The Acuri palm tree in front of the main Lodge building

Our lodge buildings, which are nestled under the forest canopy, have many acuri palm trees nearby (infact, there is one right in front of the main building terrace), and because of the important role that these trees play as a source of food in the Pantanal, so we have been able to observe the different animals that they attract. The acuri palm tree starts to bears fruit in the autumn and continues through the winter and spring.
The agouti which likes to live close to acuri trees, seems to spend its days burying acuri nuts to make sure that it still has food in the leaner months.

The agouti

The caracara

The white-lipped peccary

The feral pig

Other regular visitors of the acuri palm tree included a tapir, coatis, hyacinth macaws and blue and green-winged macaws.