12 Jan 2025 - 19 Jan 2025 (8 days)
GBP2,395 - No Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Tour price (Per person): GBP2,395 * USD3,001 * EUR2,885 * AUD4,812
Single Supplement: GBP420 * USD526 * EUR506 * AUD844
05 Oct 2025 - 12 Oct 2025 (8 days)
GBP2,395 - 4 Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Tour price (Per person): GBP2,395 * USD3,001 * EUR2,885 * AUD4,812
Single Supplement: GBP420 * USD526 * EUR506 * AUD844
12 Jan 2026 - 19 Jan 2026 (8 days)
GBP2,500 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): GBP2,500 * USD3,133 * EUR3,012 * AUD5,023
05 Oct 2026 - 12 Oct 2026 (8 days)
GBP2,500 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change*
Tour price (Per person): GBP2,500 * USD3,133 * EUR3,012 * AUD5,023
Throughout this tour, you will be based at a comfortable and beautifully located eco-lodge, situated in the 57 000-hectare Tres Picos State Park only a relatively short distance from Rio de Janeiro. Here you will explore the numerous mosaics of trails around the lodge grounds and take short drives to explore several other habitats and elevations surrounding the reserve. Some of the avian gems that will be sought during this tour include Three-toed Jacamar, spectacular Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Saffron Toucanet, Green-crowned Plovercrest, Saw-billed Hermit, Black-billed Scythebill, Giant and White-bearded Antshrike, Blond-crested Woodpecker, Shrike-like and Black-and-gold Cotingas, and the beautiful Brazilian Tanager.
This will be a very comfortably paced tour with no long drives! On some days you will have packed lunches, while on others you will return to the lodge for lunch. There will be ample time to unwind and to enjoy birding from the lodge grounds or even while relaxing by the natural swimming pool. Fruit trays and hummingbird feeders placed throughout the grounds attract a variety of parakeets, hummingbirds, and tanagers. Birds are confiding and photographic opportunities are excellent. This tour captures the best of Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest endemic bird species, and after a week of birding, you can expect to have seen up to 250 bird species, including 70 endemics!
Three-toed Jacamar; Swallow-tailed, Grey-winged & Black-and-gold Cotingas; Saffron Toucanet; Green-crowned Plovercrest; Saw-billed Hermit; Black-billed Scythebill; Giant, Large-tailed, Tufted, Spot-backed & White-bearded Antshrikes; Blond-crested & Yellow-eared Woodpeckers; Brazilian, Green-headed, Red-necked, Olive-green, Brassy-breasted, Gilt-edged, Azure-shouldered, Rufous-headed, Diademed, Fawn-breasted & Golden-chevroned Tanagers; Brazilian Laniisoma; Dusky-legged Guan; Blue-bellied Parrot; Sharpbill; Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin; Pin-tailed Manakin; Hooded Berryeater; Bare-throated Bellbird; Serra do Mar Tyrannulet; Mouse-colored & White-breasted Tapaculo; Spotted Bamboowren; Slaty Bristlefront; Black-cheeked Gnateater; Variegated Antpitta; Cryptic & Rufous-tailed Antthrushes; White-bibbed Antbird; Spot-breasted Antvireo; Sharp-billed & Pale-browed Treehunters; White-collared Foliage-gleaner; Orange-eyed Thornbird; Itatiaia Spinetail; Plain & Maroon-bellied Parakeet; Buff-bellied Puffbird; Surucua Trogon; Brazilian Ruby; Black Jacobin; Slaty-breasted Wood Rail; Spot-winged Wood Quail and Red-legged Seriema.
Brown Howler Monkey; Black Capuchin; Guianan Squirrel
rainforest trails, grasslands, Cerrado woodlands, rivers and wetlands
warm to hot and humid
8 with 1 local birding leader
Easy to moderate. Some early starts, mostly short drives, one strenuous hike.
Singular, comfortable lodge for entire tour.
Mostly easy. Some target species are either of low density or skulking habit, which may require repetitive efforts. Some night birding (optional).
250+
Worthwhile to good. Feeders at Itororo Lodge.
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.
Very productive and relaxing tour
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!!!
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.
Rob Williams was helpful above and beyond the call by going out of his way to make it an enjoyable tour.
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