Tour Leader: Dušan Brinkhuizen
Tour Leader: Bradley Davis
Tour price (Per person): USD7,595 * GBP5,811 * EUR6,940 * AUD11,259
Single Supplement: USD820 * GBP627 * EUR749 * AUD1,216
Can be linked with: Brazil - Amazonia NP Extension 2025
Tour Leader: Bradley Davis
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): USD7,900 * GBP6,045 * EUR7,219 * AUD11,711
Can be linked with: Brazil - Amazonia NP Extension 2026
Few countries in the Americas hold more mystique and intrigue than the massive nation of Brazil. No feature on the continent of South America is more recognizable, more written about, or more wistfully contemplated than the mighty Amazon River. Despite this amazing river’s nearly 4 000 miles of length, remarkably few ports of access exist. In fact, the entirety of the Amazon Basin, some 2 700 000 sq. miles (!), represents the largest contiguous area of intact rain forest, and least populated area, in the entire Western Hemisphere. No wonder the draw of the Amazon is irresistible to the nature-loving explorer in all of us! This tour is centred in the heart of the basin, in the states of Amazonas and Para, where we will access the entire suite of micro-habitats in the region. From the white-water river islands and flooded varzea forests of the Amazonas and Negro River systems, across hilly terra firme, we will spend time in boats, and afoot, searching out the Amazon Basin’s most spectacular and iconic bird species. Wildlife possibilities range from Lowland Tapir and Amazon River Dolphin to the elusive Jaguar. This tour is an in-depth exploration of the best Amazon birding has to offer.
Amazonian Umbrellabird; Crimson Fruitcrow; Purple-breasted, Spangled, Pompadour & Guianan Red Cotingas; Capuchinbird, Guianan Cock-of-the-rock; Harpy & Crested Eagles; Dark-winged & Grey-winged Trumpeters; Black Curassow; White-crested, Spix’s & Marail Guans; Horned Screamer; Hoatzin; White-winged & Rufous Potoos; Amazonian Pygmy Owl; Scarlet-shouldered & Sapphire-rumped Parrotlets; Crimson-bellied, Santarem, Golden, Golden-winged & Tui Parakeets; Festive Amazon; Vulturine, Short-tailed, Caica, Dusky, Orange-cheeked, Black-headed & Red-fan Parrots; Guianan Puffbird; Guianan & Amazonian Trogons; Green-tailed, Yellow-billed, Great & Paradise Jacamars; Black-spotted & Brown-chested Barbets; Red-necked & Green Aracaris; Guianan & Gould’s Toucanets; Varzea Piculet; Glossy-backed Becard; Natterer’s Slaty, Saturnine, Cinereous, Castelnau’s, Glossy, Blackish-grey & Spot-winged Antshrikes; Ash-winged, Pygmy, Spot-backed, Brown-bellied, Rufous-bellied, Long-winged, Klages’s, Leaden, White-eyed, Sclater’s, Ihering’s & Grey Antwrens; Guianan Warbling, Willis’s, Black-and-white, Black-headed, White-plumed, Ash-breasted, Black-faced, Chestnut-crested, Ferruginous-backed, Rufous-faced, Harlequin & Xingu Scale-backed Antbirds; Pale-faced Bare-eye; Alta Floresta, Variegated & Spotted Antpittas; Point-tailed Palmcreeper; Long-billed, Zimmer’s, Red-billed, Ocellated, Uniform, Hoffmanns’s & Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper; Curve-billed Scythebill; Fiery-tailed Awlbill; Crimson Topaz; Black-eared Fairy; Racket-tailed Coquette; Olive-spotted Hummingbird; Parker's, Red-and-white, White-bellied & chances for Scaled Spinetails; Lesser Hornero; Brownish Elaenia; Pearly-breasted Conebill; White-eyed Attila; Screaming Piha; Tiny & Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakins; White-throated, White-fronted, Black, Snow-capped, Flame-crested & Yellow-crested Manakins; Wing-banded Wren; Guianan & Chestnut-belted Gnateaters; Guianan Tyrannulet; Painted Tody-Flycatcher (Tody-Tyrant); Pelzeln’s, Zimmer’s & Snethlage’s Tody-Tyrants; Short-tailed & Double-banded Pygmy Tyrants; Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo; Red-billed Pied Tanager; Fulvous Shrike-Tanager; Paradise, Flame-crested, Fulvous-crested & Spotted Tanager; Golden-sided Euphonia; Blue-black (Rothschild’s) & Yellow-green Grosbeaks.
Brazilian Tapir; Giant Otter; Amazon River Dolphin; Tucuxi; Jaguar (rare); >14 species of primate including the rare Golden-backed Uakari; Squirrel & Red Howler Monkeys; Golden-faced Saki.
Lowland rain forest, varzea, terra firme forest, Campina forest, white-water & black-water river islands, rivers
Temperatures are warm to hot with high humidity, some rain showers to be expected.
10 with 2 Rockjumper leaders
Moderate. Not suitable for dedicated photographers; inexperienced birders; or anyone with mobility or health challenges. Long days in the field, often spending hours at one site waiting for various species to arrive or pass through. Opportunities to rest in the hot afternoon after lunch on most days.
Mostly comfortable to very comfortable. One simple lodge which is chosen for proximity to birding sites.
Fairly demanding. Several rare or difficult species. Usual difficulties of birding in Amazonian forests.
450+
Worthwhile, but challenging forest lighting conditions.
This was a really wonderful trip, so rich in birds, mammals, scenery and food. I really valued the outstanding knowledge all three guides shared with us, their constant awareness of our needs, and their senses of humor. We covered a lot of ground but there was always plenty of time for birding and we were always well fed. I really loved this trip and would recommend it to everyone who wasn't to see plenty of birds.
Guides - in addition to Tuomas we a great local guide - whose bird-finding skills were fully up to Rockjumper standards, so had all the resources needed to get us onto the birds. Highlight of the trip was undoubtedly birding in comfort and style on the river cruise section. Being paddled in a canoe through flooded varzea forest must be the height of birding luxury. Land-based sections of the tour were also rewarding despite the inevitable heat and chiggers (fortunately minimal rain). Overall a very satisfying tour, with more lifers for me than on a longer trip to Colombia in 2019 that also included Amazonian habitat on the Vaupes River. A great bunch of people too.
The tour was fantastic and both of our guides were excellent. We enjoyed traveling with Lev. He is so enthusiastic! He is an excellent birding guide and also very knowledgeable about the natural history of the animals we saw. That made the experience even more enjoyable. He worked very hard to enable us to see some of the trickier birds, like the Zigzag Heron that was hiding in the trees. It turns out, he even speaks 'zigzag', as he carried on a 10 min conversation (back and forth calls) with the heron, trying to coax him into a better view. It was wonderful having a local guide, Leo, on this trip as well. He added a lot to the birding experience, was essential for dealing with logistics, and had a wealth of knowledge about the history of Brazil and the places we visited, that made it an even more interesting trip. Well Done Rockjumper!!
I had the very best time on tour with Stephan. He is an excellent leader and a lovely, kind human being. In terms of his technical ability as a birding leader, his eyesight and hearing skills are excellent, which coupled with his first class fieldcraft and ID skills, meant that we saw/heard over 500 species during our tour. He also gelled well with the local guide Caio , so that in terms of finding, IDing and showing the birds to the group, we were treated to splendid views of our target species plus many many 'bonus birds' too. Stephan was also very patient with group members, some of whom for a variety of personal reasons, were less able to see the birds than the majority of the group-so that wherever possible-every group member who wanted to, had the opportunity to see every bird.
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.
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