Car rental for Bonito, Brazil starts 300 kilometres away: the working pattern is collecting at Campo Grande International Airport, where Brazil's big two - Localiza and Movida - anchor the counters alongside the internationals, then driving roughly 3.5 hours to Bonito on fully paved roads. The car matters more here than in most Brazilian destinations because Bonito's attractions are scattered: the crystal rivers, caves and waterfalls sit 7 to 60 kilometres from town in every direction, all visited on timed vouchers under the town's pioneering visitor-management system - the scheduling discipline that made Bonito the world's first carbon-neutral certified ecotourism destination. Book the car early for July and holiday seasons, keep headlights on for the rural highways, and treat the drive itself - macaws over the soy fields at dusk - as the first excursion.
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