Pousada Piuval

The lowest quality rooms. Infested with mosquitoes. The big Dror to this lodge is supposed to be the giant and eaters, however, none were to be found. Upon speaking with other fellow travelers, and some of the guys, none have been seen in months. This was just another unfulfilled, overhyped come on by Southwild Eco tourism company.

This is a wonderful lodge with huge numbers of birds and animals to see on drives or walks. We saw Ocelot and ant-eaters and so many more. the rooms and facilities are good, with a lovely swimming pool. Really I should be giving 5 stars, but unlike any of the many similar nature lodges there was no coffee available before our early morning drive, nor any sign of the staff at that hour (6.30!)

The property is fantastic, the staff at the reception was very helpful. It’s unfortunate that One needs to know Portuguese or Spanish make the most of your stay and no one speaks English . Now in my opinion when you are on a safari or a holiday and that too staying in a resort who has been informed vegetarians are coming, one should be prepared. All Main meals had between 4-6 options of various forms of meat - for vegetarians every meal was rice beans and one veg mostly squash. Usually in buffest around the world one has 4-5 different vegetables and a couple of meats for the job vegetarians to add on. Very very disappointed with the food and if you are a vegetarian I would suggest you carry your own food as you won’t get much here. Other than that the property, as I said, is the best in the region. Wish they do something on the food front. I am quite sure they are happy with their present ‘clientele’ which I noticed, but it’s always good to have people from other parts of the world too…

We stayed here for 4 nights and saw lots of wildlife on the ranch including jaguars, tapir, marmots, macaws etc. The lodge itself is comfy with AC in the large rooms, a nice small pool, adequate buffet and everything relatively cheap. We are from the UK and our travel company had arranged a private guide who also stayed at the lodge and took us out on all the excursions. He also came with us for a day trip to Porto Jofre where we saw 9 jaguars on the Cuiaba river. Well worth a visit. It’s not a lodge that is commonly used by UK tour operators but we found it excellent and much better value and better wildlife viewing than other lodges.

Really enjoyed my stay here. It’s location is superb and its access for seeing Pantanal wildlife is excellent. I felt really welcome and relaxed here. Very comfortable, quiet with helpful friendly staff. Good food and very clean. Top class eco-tourism carefully thought through.

This is a special place in so many ways. First and foremost, the wildlife. We didn’t think we’d have much luck seeing lots of animals outside of the park but boy, were we wrong. The property was huge with a lot of different types of landscapes. We only spent one night here and explored the property day and night, in safari vehicles and on foot. We were amazed by everything we saw in such a short visit: 4 giant anteaters, including a baby on mom’s back, within 15 minutes of our morning drive; a jaguar, foxes, and an ocelot during a night drive; marmoset and capuchin monkeys; and most amazingly a pair of jaguar mating! The biodiversity here is incredible. After already spending 6 days in Pantanal, we were blown away by our experience at Pivual. If you enjoy wildlife and beautiful birds, definitely stay here. Another highlight was the cowboys and the livestock. These were not tourist attractions, this lodge is a working farm with thousands of cows and many horses. We enjoyed watching cowboys running the horses back and forth across the property grounds and the huge herd of cows coming home at sunset. It was beautiful. Last but not least, this is a well-kept and well-run lodge with big and comfortable rooms, delicious (and a huge variety of) food, and friendly and helpful staff and guides. We regret our schedule only allowed us to spend one night here. We would have liked to enjoy the pool and other facilities if we had more time.