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Region in Brazil
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Central West (Portuguese: Região Centro-Oeste) is the only landlocked Brazilian region. The region offers excellent opportunities for eco-tourism activities such as exploring caves, rappelling down waterfalls or just trekking through the cerrado (an ecosystem similar, in some ways, to the savannah). It is also well known for the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, close to the Brazil's western border.
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Brazil's surreal planned capital
center of the so-called "Caribbean of the Central West", an area with incredible clear blue ponds and rivers
the world's largest hydrothermal complex
capital of Mato Grosso do Sul and southern gateway to the Pantanal
western gateway to the Pantanal, near the border with Bolivia
capital of Mato Grosso and northern gateway to the Pantanal
capital of Goiás, a modern city planned during the art-deco era
historic city famous for its colonial architecture and religious events
old colonial city with cobblestone streets and waterfalls
The Chapada dos Veadeiros is a natural area in the state of Goias, Brazil. It is also the name of a National Park within that area, listed as a World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO for being an outstanding preservation area of the Cerrado – one of the world's oldest and most diverse tropical ecosystems.
Emas National Park is in Centre West of Brazil. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its cerrado savannah, which is one of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems in the world.
The Pantanal is a region in South America lying mostly in western Brazil, but extending into Bolivia as well (and a tiny bit in Paraguay). It is considered one of the world's largest and most diverse freshwater wetland ecosystems.
Pantanal Matogrossense National Park is a protected natural area of swamplands and seasonally flooded grasslands in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is popular with nature lovers who come for the pristine wetlands with its rich biodiversity.
São Miguel do Araguaia is in the state of Goiás, in the Central West of Brazil
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