Bonito, A Nature Lovers Paradise

Bus from Foz de Iguazzu to Bonito, 5 July 2007
Bonito, Brazil, 6 - 8 July 2007

We planned to head to the Pantanal region next. We met a few South Americans who recommended a town called Bonito & we decided to make that our next pit stop (it was en route to the Pantanal). Another 22 hour bus journey (for which we were ripped off by the toursales office for a cross border taxi journey)! We boarded a conventional bus with none of the comfortable trappings of the previous bus journey, instead we had a twilight zone experience:
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Bus Route: was through the back end of nowhere via sticksville central
Passengers: ok lets just imagine if “One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest” had been set on a bus.. then through in a few cowboys, a Neanderthal Man, a few respiratory challenged individuals (coughs, splurts, wheezes, sneezes) and an eclectic mix of oddballs & I think you may (somewhat) have the picture.

We had to change bus four times and we lost count of the number of ticket checks conducted while on board! That said, we arrived safe and sound (yet exhausted) and relaxed in our comfortable hotel Muito Bonito. Bonito is receiving an ecotourism boom due to the surrounding areas caves, waterfalls, Forrest lined rivers and clear waters where you can swim eyeball to eye ball with hundreds of fish. On top of that we had amazing weather. Excellent.

In Bonito we spent a relaxing day at the local Natural waterpark & then we went snorkeling on the Sucuri (Anaconda) River. The water along the 2km strip was crystal clear & provided ample opportunity for fish watching.