The river is one of the country's most abundant finishing areas, with
such local varieties as dourados, pintados, pacus, surubins and others.
Corumbá offers a vast array of things to be done and seen, as well as
exciting side trips. Worth a visit is the ancient Coimbra Fort, built in
1776, which has survived battles with Spain and Paraguay.The city is also the site of many festivals, including the June saints celebrations: Saint Anthony, Saint John and Saint Peter. On New Year's Eve there is the famous celebration in honor of the Afro-Brazilian deity Iemanjá, goddess of the sea. People dress in white and carry an image of the goddess on a boat followed by many others, colorful and brightly-lit, down the Paraguay River.
Campo Grande, the Capital city of Mato Grosso do Sul, is rich in beautiful architecture and folkloric traditions. The São Benedito Chapel has a particularly interesting history. It was built in return for a miracle. A slave girl, suffering from a incurable disease, promised that if she was completely healed, she would build a chapel by begging for the money. In 1919, finally the chapel was completed.
One of the most fascinating, enchanting sites of ecotourism in Brazil is
Bonito (it means "beautiful"), in the region of Miranda, where
one can dive and appreciate thousands of different fish species all in a
single place called Aquário. Other attractions in Bonito include
rafting down the Bonito River and exploring the Blue Grotto, where
fossils of extinct animals have been found, for example the South
American Tiger. Inside the deep cave is a blue lake (due to magnesium
ore in the Lake's bottom).