Our Amazon Rainforest Birding Extension takes us to the soon to be famous Thaimacu Lodge. Here we will explore the trails and waterways while also scanning from a productive canopy tower in search of Bald Parrot, Razor-billed Curassow, Zigzag Heron, Cryptic Forest Falcon, Curl-crested Aracari, Rufous-faced and Bare-eyed Antbirds, and Fiery-capped, Flame-crested and Band-tailed Manakins to name just a few of the special species we hope to see!
This is a highly recommended addition to our Brazil – Birds & Wildlife of the Pantanal & Cerrado tour for anyone wishing to maximize their time in this vast and beautiful country!
Cryptic Forest Falcon, Zigzag & Agami Herons, Dark-winged Trumpeter, Razor-billed Curassow, Bald & Red-fan Parrots, Kawall’s Amazon, Crimson-bellied & Santarem Parakeets, Collared, Rufous-necked & Brown-banded Puffbirds, Paradise Jacamar, Amazonian Pygmy Owl, Gould’s Toucanet, Black-girdled Barbet, Pavonine Quetzal, Glossy Antshrike, Bare-eyed Antbird, Xingu Scale-backed Antbird, Curve-billed Scythebill, Tooth-billed Wren, Snow-capped, Flame-crested & Fiery-capped Manakins, Alta Floresta Antpitta, Scaled Ground Cuckoo (rare), Pompadour & Spangled Cotingas, Curl-crested & Red-necked Aracaris, Channel-billed & White-throated Toucans, Long-billed Woodcreeper, Amazonian Umbrellabird, White-browed Hawk, Harpy & Crested Eagles (both rare, but occassionally seen from the towers).
Feline Night, Dusky Titi, Red-handed Howler, White-Whiskered Spider and the endemic Red-nosed Bearded Saki Monkey, Brown Capuchin, Snethlage's Marmoset, Southern Tamandua, Giant River Otter, Paca, Red Brocket Deer, Collared Peccary, Lowland Tapir, Jaguar (rare), Puma (rare)
rainforest trails and canopy, primary tropical forest, mixed savanna with granite outcrops, wetland, and seasonally flooded forest
warm to hot and humid
8 with 1 Rockjumper leader & local birding leader
moderate pace, undemanding walks
comfortable lodge
moderate with numerous challenging species
200+
good
We really appreciated our trip. Our Rockjumper guide, Bobby Wilcox, and the local guides were awesome; always on the lookout for new birds and other animals, even on the long drives. The organization was flawless, the lodges were great and perfectly located. Our triplist and lifers goals were exceeded! The group was great and always well controlled by Bobby. Very well done! Our long sighting of a female jaguar was certainly the peak of this trip !!!
"The whole tour was perfectly organised: the transportation to the lodge, the accommodation itself, and of course the different trips incl the local guide. Our tour guide Carlos was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Everything went perfect. As this was my first experience with Rockjumper, I was pleasantly surprised about how effortless the whole trip was. I will for sure travel with you again!"
The trip was excellent, and there is no praise too high for Stephan Lorenz!
We had an unbelievably great tour. ALL the guides were extraordinary and fun to be around. They went out of their way to provide us non-birders with very interesting, novel activities. We all enjoyed seeing all the wildlife - it was beyond expectations. The 50th anniversary surprise was an unexpected, delightful treat. We don't know how the tour could have been any better.
WOW – this was an entirely different trip than the main trip. The Pousada facility was a little more rustic than some of the other accommodations but nothing we couldn’t handle. It was certainly better than a hammock at the guard headquarters which Bradley indicated was the only thing available prior to Pousada. This portion required what seemed like a lot more walking and climbing over tree falls than anywhere else on the trip. It seemed that more of the birds were skulkers but then we were focusing on “ant-somethings” which are notoriously secretive. Again, it was disappointing there was not a single ant swarm and the mixed flocks were generally small and moved away from the trails fairly quickly. It was also frustrating that the best of the three trails (Capelinha) in the park was not available to us due to an on-going mammal-use survey. But, none of these things were within the control of Tuomas, Bradley, or our local guide. They were pros at adapting and modifying to take advantage of the trails that were available to us. By my count the main trip list was about 446 and we gained 81 sp on the extension, however, 40% of those were lifers, so worth the effort and expense, in my opinion. Our local guide, Gilberto, was indispensable. His recent knowledge was invaluable to know where to go for the target species.
11 Aug 2024 - 16 Aug 2024 (6 days)
BRL15,595 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Tour price (Per person): BRL15,595 * USD3,047 * GBP2,431 * EUR2,846 * AUD4,672
Single Supplement: BRL2,000 * USD391 * GBP312 * EUR365 * AUD599
Flight costs: BRL1,700 * USD332 * GBP265 * EUR310 * AUD509
31 Aug 2024 - 05 Sep 2024 (6 days)
BRL15,595 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Robert Wilcox
Tour price (Per person): BRL15,595 * USD3,047 * GBP2,431 * EUR2,846 * AUD4,672
Single Supplement: BRL2,000 * USD391 * GBP312 * EUR365 * AUD599
Flight costs: BRL1,700 * USD332 * GBP265 * EUR310 * AUD509
10 Aug 2025 - 15 Aug 2025 (6 days)
BRL16,595 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: David Hoddinott
Tour price (Per person): BRL16,595 * USD3,242 * GBP2,587 * EUR3,029 * AUD4,971
Single Supplement: BRL2,000 * USD391 * GBP312 * EUR365 * AUD599
Flight costs: BRL1,120 * USD219 * GBP175 * EUR204 * AUD336
30 Aug 2025 - 04 Sep 2025 (6 days)
BRL16,595 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: David Hoddinott
Tour price (Per person): BRL16,595 * USD3,242 * GBP2,587 * EUR3,029 * AUD4,971
Single Supplement: BRL2,000 * USD391 * GBP312 * EUR365 * AUD599
Flight costs: BRL1,120 * USD219 * GBP175 * EUR204 * AUD336
13 Sep 2025 - 18 Sep 2025 (6 days)
BRL18,595 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Alexander Alvarado
Tour price (Per person): BRL18,595 * USD3,633 * GBP2,899 * EUR3,394 * AUD5,570
Single Supplement: BRL2,000 * USD391 * GBP312 * EUR365 * AUD599
Flight costs: BRL1,120 * USD219 * GBP175 * EUR204 * AUD336
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Brazil - Amazon Rainforest Birding Extension (Small Group) II 2022 - July 2022
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