20 Sep 2025 - 03 Oct 2025 (14 days)
BRL46,000 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Alexander Alvarado
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): BRL46,000 * USD8,198 * GBP6,273 * EUR7,490 * AUD12,150
17 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2026 (14 days)
BRL48,500 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Robert Wilcox
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): BRL48,500 * USD8,643 * GBP6,614 * EUR7,897 * AUD12,811
Brazil, one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet, is a dream destination for general naturalists, photographers, and birders alike. Home to swathes of Amazon Rainforest, the vast majority of the continent's savannah and endemic-rich Atlantic Rainforest, and the highly celebrated Pantanal, few destinations can offer such great variety and abundance in such a short space of time.
Combining a visit to two of these great regions - the Pantanal, weighing in as the world's largest freshwater wetland, and the Cerrado, a true icon of Brazil's fascinating habitats - our main tour packs in an incomparable mix of superb photography opportunities, productive birding, and great wildlife-viewing. Indeed, sampling a fantastic cross-section of the Pantanal's 250 000km² (96 500mi²) of woodland, swathing rivers, and shallow wetlands, on top of the bird rich Cerrado in the Chapada dos Guimarães area, our 14-day itinerary is quite simply an unbeatable foray into the photographic wonders of this prolific area.
Highlights
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Sunbittern; Hyacinth, Red-and-green & Golden-collared Macaws; Red-legged Seriema; Black-fronted Piping & Chestnut-bellied Guans; Agami Herons Surucua Trogon; Greater Rhea; Southern Screamer; Jabiru; Maguari Stork; Black-collared Hawk; King Vulture; Nanday Parakeet; Swallow-tailed Hummingbird; White-eared & Caatinga Puffbirds; Toco Toucan; Campo Flicker; Pale-crested Woodpecker; Great Rufous Woodcreeper; Black-bellied Antwren; Mato Grosso Antbird; White-rumped Monjita; Rufous Casiornis; Band-tailed, Blue & Helmeted Manakins; Collared Crescentchest; Purplish & Curl-crested Jays; Fawn-breasted Wren; Shrike-like, Green-headed & Chestnut-headed Tanagers; Coal-crested Finch; Scarlet-headed Blackbird; Black-throated Saltator; Blue Finch.
Jaguar; Giant Anteater; Giant River Otter; South American Tapir; Capybara.
Forest trails, grasslands, rivers and Pantanal wetlands, dry Cerrado scrub, deciduous forest, primary and secondary interior Atlantic Forest, bamboo-dominated forest, Araucaria forest patch.
Warm to hot and humid
10 with 1 Rockjumper leader & local birding leader
Moderate. Suitable for all birding / wildlife interest levels and mobility capabilities. Our Bird Photo Tours are a hybrid between our Classic birding tours and dedicated photographic tours. You don’t have to be a professional photographer or have the biggest lens; this is for everyone with an interest in photography and birding. Whether you’re using a bridge camera or the latest body and prime lens, our aims are the same. • These tours are not aimed at seeing the most species possible on the route, rather taking time to photograph key targets and any other interesting species we may find. Naturally, the overall species list will be lower than a comparable birding focused tour. • Whilst we may use blinds, feeders and hide setups on some of these tours, we will not be spending an entire day nor even several hours fixed in one spot. • These tours are suitable for photographers who prefer opportunistic photography over entire days in a hide. • Our leaders will assist in helping everyone secure good photographic opportunities and advise as much as they can on camera setup. However, they are not professional photographic tour leaders.
Comfortable to very comfortable.
Most species provide good visuals in open conditions. Slightly more challenging on the Iguazu Ext.
Jaguar search by cruising the waterways of the Pantanal, night spotting for birds and mammals, scenic waterfall, visiting the Geodesic centre of South America, Argentine Black-and-white Tegu; Broad-snouted Caiman.
Good to excellent. Lots of feeders & opportunities by boat.
The trip was excellent, and there is no praise too high for Stephan Lorenz!
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 !!!
Overall we were very pleased with the trip. We have been to the tropics in various places in SA but hadn’t really experienced the heat of the Amazon. At first I was concerned about the siesta in early afternoon and the loss of bird time but by the third day I looked forward to it!! The lack of ant swarms, foliage-gleaners and mixed foraging flocks was disappointing. Some of the key target species had not been seen by local guides for several months to over a year. We hope it is not an on-going trend due to climate change but it may be. We felt fortunate to have had the opportunity and hope that others can continue to have this experience. We were pleased with the “tag-team effort” by Tuomas and Bradley. They worked well together with making sure the logistics flowed, everyone had their needs met as much as possible, and kept the pace moving. We were fortunate to have 8 people that had all travelled in groups before and were tolerant of various personalities and their strengths and weaknesses. Both Tuomas and Bradley were patient and talented in getting everyone (usually) in the group to see the target species. I will be giving a presentation to the local Audubon Chapter in November and will be recommending Rockjumper and their various trips to the group.
A Fantastic experience!! Considerably better than I had expected. Guides were fantastic!! And the inclusion of local Brazilian guide - Leo - was a real plus. He worked great together with Forrest Rowland, and his knowledge of the country and the vegetation was a real plus. The mammals and other critters were a real plus to the tour. The facilities, driver, and van were also great! Overall, this tour ranks among the top of the 7-8 birding tours I have ever taken, and Rockjumper is certainly a company I would highly recommend to others!!!
Rob Williams was knowledgeable about all kinds of animals, and went out of his way to point out lizards he spotted that I would otherwise have missed. I greatly appreciate that. Some of the best moments on the trip for me included sightings of Jaguars, otters, Crab-eating Fox, agoutis, Guinea Pigs, Capybaras and Tegu Lizards. Iguazú Falls was spectacular.
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