Campo Grande

Introduction

Campo Grande is the capital of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the central western part of Brazil and has roughly 750,000 inhabitants.

Neighbourhoods

Sights and Activities

Although not in the city or immediate vicinity, Campo Grande does serve as one of the three main gateways to the Pantanal, one of the most impressive paradises of nature on the continent.

Events and Festivals

Weather

Campo Grande has a (sub)tropical climate with generally warm or hot conditions with relatively high humidity, but not extreme like more tropical cities like Manaus.
Temperatures range from 25 °C to 30 °C during the day and 14 °C to 20 °C at night, the highest temperatures being from October to April, which is also when most of the rain falls.

Getting There

By Plane

Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is located just a 10 to 15-minute drive away from downtown Campo Grande, depending on traffic.
Five airlines serve the city, and only Gol Airlines does right on the fact that it is called an 'international' airport: they serve Santa Cruz in Bolivia. Domestic services with them are Cuiaba, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Manaus, Porto Velho and Sao Paulo.
Other airlines serve roughly the same domestic routes, plus services to Campinas, Maringa, Brasilia, Corumba, Londrina and Rio de Janeiro.

By Train

By Car

By Bus

Regular buses connect Campo Grande with Corumba, the city on the border with Bolivia, taking around 6 hours. Some buses stop en route in Aquidauana and Miranda, the latter being a good base for shorter trips into the Pantanal.
Regular buses make the trip to Cuiaba (10 hours, nine daily) and there are buses to Bonito (five hours, six daily). Frequent buses go to Ponta Pora (four hours, 21 daily) on the Paraguayan border. As well, there are regular buses to Sao Paulo (15 hours, five daily), Rio de Janeiro (four daily, 23 hours), Brasilia (two daily, 16 hours) and Foz do Iguacu (one daily, 14 hours). Buses to the latter are more frequent with a transfer en route, taking just an hour more or so.

By Boat

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

Work

Learn

Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Correios is the national postal service of Brazil. It is a government run postal service and overseen by the Brazilian Ministry of Communications. Post offices are generally open from Monday to Friday from 09:00am to 5:00pm, although post offices located in shopping malls have their own opening hours, usually from 10:00am to 10:00pm. There are no set opening hours at weekends and as post office owners can choose when to open and close. More and more post offices are open until 1:00pm on Saturdays though. You can check things at the nearest post office. Sending postcards, letters and parcels is a rather straightforward process and services are reliable, though not overly fast when sending post internationally, mostly taking about a week to the USA and Europe, and there is a track-and-trace service for this as well. Domestically, there are both next day as well as more expensive same day delivery options. Stamps are available at post offices, as well as some kiosks or other places where they sell postcards.