Why this ride
A wetland road from Pocone, Mato Grosso to Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, via Pantanal wetlands. Key character: wildlife; wetlands; open skies. Surface: unpaved.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Transpantaneira
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 152 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 53
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Transpantaneira
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 15 km this is Transpantaneira, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 15 km
- Named road
- Transpantaneira
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Poconé
Planning note
Transpantaneira point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Transpantaneira point 2.
2. Transpantaneira point 2
A short way past Poconé the tarmac gives out and the road becomes the Transpantaneira proper. The town is about fifteen kilometres behind, and from here the landscape opens into wet pasture, scattered trees and shining ponds, where herons and ibis wade and cattle graze among them. The track is raised above the flood plain, built on an embankment, and the borrow pits alongside have become permanent lagoons, which is why every ditch seems full of birds.
Read the complete Transpantaneira point 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Transpantaneira point 2 comes up 62 km in. Next is Transpantaneira point 3.
3. Transpantaneira point 3
Porto Jofre is where the Transpantaneira stops, at a broad bend of the Cuiaba River deep in the Pantanal, and it is a place of a few lodges, a boat ramp and an enormous quantity of sky. There is no town, only a small cluster of buildings serving fishermen, naturalists and the occasional rider, and Poconé is a long way back, more than a hundred kilometres. You come here for a single reason: this stretch of river is one of the best places on Earth to see wild jaguars.
Read the complete Transpantaneira point 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
152 km in you reach Transpantaneira point 3.