Reviews of Pousada Piuval

A delightful lodge with free roaming caiman, capybara, ocelots, red vermillion fly catcher birds, hyacinth macaws, giant ant-eaters and Nina the jaguar. This is truly a nature lover's paradise. The swimming pool is nice to cool off in. The staff are amazing, Luciano, Christiano, Claudia, Tatiana, Bruno. Julio was the best guide and we managed to see 4 jaguars together (but not a black jaguar or the even more elusive, pink panther) from Porto Jofre before seeing a fifth, probably Nina near the grounds of Pousada Piuval. Please include a charge in the price to help towards jaguar protection programme run by Paul and Samuel. This is important for the majestic jaguars to survive and flourish in their habitat. Meals were delicious also. The safaris are excellent and as good as any you will find in Africa. Staff are well trained and enthusiastic.

Sometimes the mosquitoes can be all too prevalent.

Great location and amenities

Communication between tour guides and other personnel was not the greatest. They hindered each other.

Outstanding wildlife, very well designed and comfortable rooms.

Very few english speaking staff, including guides. I was fortunate to find and secure an english speaking guide (the only one?).

Well located, with clean rooms and a friendly staff. Lots of options for pay trips and lots of animals on the property.

Nothing major, showers weren’t the best but due to its location it’s understandable.

Infrastructure, good buffet and a lot of animals in the vicinity.

Last minute tour cancellation of the night safari

Great place to visit Pantanal, the staff was very nice and polite, we enjoyed the attractions and the entire hotel

The only thing I’ll change is to have some snacks, fruit to grab and go. We did a late checking and miss the supper and they don’t have anything to offer to us.

tours were fantastic saw lots of wildlife . The pousada is full of animals and fabulous birds who live around the lodges . Tatiana and all the reception staff were great. The photos do not do it justice

More info about what is available for guests would be helpful

We had an incredible time here. We saw the same jaguar on all three days, and she actually came around the lodges in the evening! Amazing experience. We also saw the big hitters like the giant anteater, tamandua, hyacinth macaw etc. The bird life is great too and if you go out looking for everything you will see so many species all the time and a lot close to the lodge (both potoos were nearby). We enjoyed the walking tour and horse ride with Branco as well as the sunrising safaris for seeing the anteater and night safaris. The buffet food was good, the lodge was a nice spacious room with good AC which we needed as it was 43C every day. The pool area is also nice. A couple of nights here and we saw an incredible amount of wildlife. All the staff were very helpful. Thank you!

It's a minor thing and for the price can't complain but most guides were Portuguese speaking only. Something to be aware of as compared to other experiences where the guide has been able to point out birds we've recorded a lot more. But the price reflects the lack of private English speaking tours which you could book separately. Also a few tours were more inflexible i.e just looking for one thing like the jaguar. But this was not a problem and we still saw a lot.

Very nice place. Needed o work on getting to know people but they are nice and helpful. Some very nice safaris but unfortunately the first night we did not have the best night guide and missed seeing the jaguars.

Absolutely no English speaking guides or translators on safari. If it is important to have international travellers then it is essential to have English speaking guides or translators. Too much reliance on google translate😊

beautifully situated on the Pantanal. exceptional views. giant Anteater was our highlight! good selection of food.

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Nice place with excellent food

Many power failures. Impossible to regulate water temperature in the shower

Peaceful location in north Pantanal, wildlife on the doorstep with birds and capybaras in the gardens, super pool, clean large rooms great food, and fantastic staff.

The mosquitos!

Close interaction with nature and animals

Great Location, lots of wildlife. Very well run, clean and organized.

Lovely people, amazing views from the pousada and fun activity's. Nice pool and good capirinha's!

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Beautiful location, clean and comfortable and kept immaculate by the staff. The food all home cooked and loads of choice was delicious. Wildlife everywhere, we saw so much even the elusive Jaguar. Would highly recommend.

Only some of the reception staff spoke English, none of the wildlife safari guides, so if you don't speak Portuguese you don't understand any of the explanations about the wildlife and can't ask any questions. We bought a wildlife guide book from the shop to get over this. Many other English speaking guests seem to have hired private guides from external companies to accompany them, but we didn't know this was an option and apparently increases the cost of the trip significantly.

Very nice resort in the middle of nature. They organise trips like safari, horse riding, walking..every day. The trip are well organised; the guide try to let you spot animals as much as possible (even if they don't explain anything, for that you need a private guide). We manage also to spot a jaguar during our last safari! The facilities are quite nice and the food excellent.

With respect to other pousadas we stayed in Pantanal, this structure has a very large area curated that gives less the impression to be in the wild. Maybe more for families than for nature kind of persons. It is worth the visit for short stay anyway.

Food was amazing! Staff very friendly. Location is beautiful and the tours offered were very nice.

Swimming pool needs more chaise lounges (there were only 4) and needs to open in the evening, especially when temperatures are so hot.