Day 2 – 3: Birding at Chapada dos Guimaraes

Enjoy two full days of birding excursiona in some of the best hotspots of Chapada, where we can observe some extraordinary birds.

Overnight at the Chapada dos Guimaraes.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Travel to the Northern Pantanal and Discover its Birdlife

Enjoy the last opportunity in the morning to observe the birds of Chapada, and then you will be transferred to the Pantanal (2h30m). Occupy your rooms and discover the birds around the lodge, such as Campo Flicker, Savanna Hawks, Buff-necked Ibis, Whistling Heron, Wattled Jacana and many others. After dinner, you will depart on a night safari looking for night birds, such as Nacunda nighthawk, Pauraque, Common and Great Potoos, Great Horned Owl Boat-billed Heron. You may also see some mammals on the way like the Crab-eating Fox, the Tapir, or the Giant Anteater.

Overnight at the Pantanal.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Birding in the Pantanal

Wake-up early and start the day with a birding excursion looking for Hyacinth Macaws, Red-legger Seriema, Sunbittern, Plumbeous Ibis, Green Ibis, Bare-faced Ibis, Cocoi and Refuscent Tiger Herons, Jabiru Stork, Snail Kite, Southern Crested Caracara, Southern Lapwing, Blue-crowned Trogon, Pale-crested Woodpecker and many more. After lunch, we leave the lodge and drive to our next destination within the Pantanal. We will be making stops along the Transpantaneira road to spot Limpink, Little Blue Heron, Jabiru Stork, Wood Stork, Large-billed and Yellow-billed Terns, Ringed Kingfisher.

Overnight at the Pantanal.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Birding Tour & Transfer to Porto Jofre

Start the day with birding at the lodge. This location can offer a great variety of exotic birds. After lunch, we drive to Porto Jofre, making stops along the way.

Overnight at the Pantanal.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Full-Day Boat Safari in Search of Jaguars, Birds and Other Mammals

Enjoy a full-day boat safari in search of jaguars, giant otters and many bird species.

Overnight at the Pantanal.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Birding & Transfer to Rio Claro

Morning birding around the lodge, and after lunch, we drive to the Rio Claro area.

Overnight at the Rio Claro.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9: Birding at Rio Claro & Transfer to Cuiaba

Depart on a boat safari on the Rio Claro looking for gallery forest birds. After the boat trip, there will be time to observe some birds in the lodge’s garden like the  Chestnut-bellied Guan, Yellow-billed Cardinal, Nanday Parakeets, Scaly-headed Parrot, Turquoise-fronted Parrot, Shiny Cowbird, Giant Cowbird, Toco Toucan and others. In the afternoon we drive back to Cuiabá, with the chance to spot some missing birds along the Transpantaneira road. Accommodation in a hotel close to the airport.

Overnight at the Cuiaba.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 10: Fly to Sao Paulo & Transfer to the Atlantic Forest

Fly back to São Paulo and meet your guide at the airport. Drive to Jacu Birding Lodge (3 hours) which is located in the forests of Ubatuba. You can observe Green-headed-, Sayaca-, Palm- and Goldenchevroned Tanagers, Violaceus and Chestnut-bellied Euphonia, Blue Dacnis, Bananaquit and many others at the birdfeeders of the lodge.

Overnight at the Atlantic Forest.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 11: Birding in the Atlantic Forest

Today you will visit a private hummingbird garden where we can see: Saw-billed Hermit, Festive Coquette, Brazilian Ruby, Sombre Hummingbird, Black Jacobin, Black-throated Mango, Violet-capped Woodnymph, Reddish hermit, but also Red-necked Tanager, Brazilian Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Green Honeycreeper and others.

Overnight at the Atlantic Forest.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 12: Transfer to Itatiaia National Park

The transfer to Itatiaia NP can take over 4 hours. We stay here three nights in order to explore both the low and high park.

Overnight at the Atlantic Forest.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 13 – 14: Full Day Birding at Itatiaia National Park

Enjoy 2 full days of birding at Itatiaia NP

Overnight at the Atlantic Forest.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 15: Departure Day

Drive back to São Paulo airport (3 hours), according to the scheduled flight.

Meals Included: Breakfast