Fishing near Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul

Corumbá sits on the banks of the Rio Paraguai in the northwest of Mato Grosso do Sul, at the edge of the Pantanal — the world's largest tropical wetland. The city is the main departure point for sport-fishing expeditions into this vast floodplain, where rivers, lagoons, and seasonally inundated plains hold an exceptional variety of large fish. Multi-day hotel boats departing from Corumbá allow anglers to reach remote stretches of the Rio Paraguai and its tributaries each day, making it one of Brazil's most storied freshwater fishing destinations.