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Bonito
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Nestling in the Bodoquena hills, over three hours by bus from AnastA?cio and Miranda, four from Campo Grande and Dourados,
BONITO
is a small, somewhat sleepy sprawl of a town. But the dirt tracks that make up most of the region's roads conceal the fact that ever since Bonito starred as an "undiscovered" ecological paradise on TV Globo in 1993, it has become one of Brazil's major
ecotourist
destinations. Needless to say, tourists have been swarming to the town ever since (especially over Christmas and Easter, and in July and August), although the mood, out of season, is surprisingly relaxed and not at all pushy. Located as it is at the southern edge of the Pantanal, a visit to Bonito can happily be combined with a trip exploring the world's biggest inland swamp. Between Bonito and the Pantanal it's possible to experience a fantastic range of wildlife and ecology. Nowadays, an estimated seventy percent of Bonito's 10,000 inhabitants work one way or another for the tourist industry, and there is a veritable plethora of hotels and tour companies. Other useful information
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