Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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"Bonito, a small town of Serra da Bodoquena, is in the middle of a region which is being discovered as "Caribe do Centro-Oeste" due to the unbelievable blue colour of its rivers and springs."

"Located in the south border of Pantanal, Bonito is a unique reserve that presents some of the most interesting tours in Brazil. In Portuguese, the word Bonito means beautiful… too modest to describe the totality of the beauty of this exotic area.'

'This region is not very well-known (we wonder why). It is ideally located, between Pantanal and the waterfalls of Iguaçu, the two main sites of Brazilian eco-tourism. It certainly offers the most incredible possibilities to discover animals in their natural environment. "

"Mato Grosso do Sul is a charming State of the central - west region of Brazil. It has many natural and ecological attractions, one of the most important is El Pantanal." Attractions, tourism, hotels and other travel information.

"Mato Grosso do Sul literally means "Southern Thick Forest", a name inherited from its northern neighbour state of Mato Grosso, of which it was part until split in the 70s."

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"The place is like a big and natural water amusement park, where you can do canoeing, biking, rappelling, paragliding, snorkeling along the rivers and meet fish eyeball to eyeball, basic or advanced scuba diving in subterranean and water filled caves."