Bird Watching
It's impressive the variety of nature where 3 large ecosystems are present. Colorful and vibrant examples of the wildlife - the birds - are in a huge number in the Pantanal, in the Scrubland and in the Amazon. With many illustrated books, this tour is specially designed to who is able to spend 1 hour to better watch a specie of bird; or to walk with binoculars for 2 hours just for the pleasure of finding a new specie. Sometimes comfort and nature are not together, but the accommodations have the minimum necessary for a good staying. The guides are expert on seeing and recognizing birds.

Places visited
Transpanantaneira; Chapada dos Guimarães; Serra das Araras;
São José do Rio Claro

Dates to 2002
JAN ( 04th to 14th )
FEB ( 01st to 11th; 15th to 25th )
MAR/ APR ( Mar/29th to Apr/08th )
MAY/ JUN( May/24th to Jun/03rd)
JUN (14th to 24th )
JUL (05th to 15th; 12th to 22nd; 19th to 29th)
AUG (02nd to 12th; 16th to 26th)
SEP (06th to 16th; 27th to Oct/ 07th)
OCT (04th to 14th; 18th to 28th)
NOV (01st to 11th; 15th to 25th)
DEC (06th to 16th)

Duration
11 days / 10 nights

Activities included
Birding; Hiking; Horse-back riding; Boat sightseeing

Difficulty level
Active

Meals
10 lunches; 10 dinners and 10 breakfasts

Suggested extensions
5 Days Pantanal; 7 Days (plus Chapada);
9 Days (plus) Serra das Araras.

Bird Watching Prices
01 pax - US$ 2,950
02 / 03 pax - US$ 1,780
04 / 06 pax - US$ 1,660
07 / 10 pax - US$ 1,600

Price includes
• Transportation, accommodation as described, sightseeing as mentioned, all meals , entrance fee taxes and accompaniment by a naturalist guide, armed with binoculars, books, etc.

Price doesn't include
• Beverage, tips and any other personal expenses.

Observations
• According to the accommodation or to number of people, it's possible to do:
7th day: Chapada dos Guimarães/ São José do Rio Claro
8th day. São José do Rio Claro

1st Day: CUIABÁ/ PANTANAL - Pouso Alegre
Arrival at Cuiabá airport and transfer to the Pantanal. On traveling the 100 km until Poconé town is the exchanging from the Scrubland (with a chance for seen the Greater Rhea) through the Transition vegetation (Palm trees) where there are living the Blue-and-Yellow Macaw as well as the Toco Toucan. Near to the Amazon, the northern Pantanal receives the visit of rain forest birds such as Sunbitern and Troupial. Along the Transpantaneira, there is an epic crossing of diversified sceneries where in small lagoons live the 'fisher' Storks (Jabirus, American Wood and Maguari), Cormorants; Herons (White-necked; Black-capped; Orange billed whistling), and the pretty Roseate Spoonbill. So much food attracts the action of predators such as the fast Peregrine Falcon; the beautiful Black-collared Hawk and the small Pearl Kite. The private access of 7km to the traditional cattle ranch passes through a 'mountain chain' (where live the clever Oropendulas) and invades the Flooding Field, with the unforgettable observation of large concentration of Ducks and Ibises together with Capybaras and Caymans. Arriving to the Hotel Fazenda Pouso Alegre, the great surprise of seeing at least 25 Hyacinth Macaws that comes to sleep in the surrounding of the lodge.
• transfer Airport/ Pantanal;
• dinner and overnight in Hotel Fazenda Pouso Alegre.

2nd Day: PANTANAL - Pouso Alegre
The day starts with the first songs of the Chaco Chacalacas, still with stars in the clean Pantanal sky. The garden attracts the colorful Chestnut Eared Aracari. Guided by the unique sound of the Undulated Tinamou and observed by the huge Black Howler Monkey, the hiking through a mound hill is the opportunity to observe the activity of Wood Peckers and Wood Creepers, as of the camouflaged Common Potoo. In the afternoon, a horse back riding, the most versatile way of visiting Pantanal observing the gorgeous birds activity during the sunset. Returning in the beginning of the night is the opportunity to see also the Night Herons and the Rufous Nightjar
on the way.
• hiking in the morning; horse-back riding in the afternoon;
• breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight in Pouso Alegre.

3rd Day: PANTANAL - Pouso Alegre/ Campo do Jofre
Hiking through large 'mountain chains' (first in the morning at the Pouso Alegre and the second in the afternoon at the forest in ´O Pantaneiro´ lodge) to observe little birds such as Black-fronted Nunbirds; Rufous-tailed Jacamar; Humming Birds and, with luck, the Surucua Trogon. On the way of 91 km, there is a chance to observe endless species, among the Guira Cuckoo; Smooth-billed Ani; Southern Screamer; Blue-Throated Piping-guan; Rufescent Tiger Heron and others. Lunch on the way, then dinner and rustic overnight in the Jaguar Pantanal lodge.
• transfer Pouso Alegre/ Jaguar lodge. Hiking in P. Alegre & Jaguar;
• breakfast in Pouso Alegre; lunch in Pixaim; dinner and overnight in Jaguar lodge.

4th Day: PANTANAL - Campo do Jofre / Santa Tereza
Early in the morning, visit to the region where, into a huge panorama there are species such as Black-Headed Marsh Tyrant; Vermillion Flycatcher; Scarlet-Headed Blackbird; Whistling Herons and, with luck, Blue Heron and Purple Gallinule. Transfer to the Hotel-Fazenda Santa Tereza, arriving in time to do a boat sightseeing during the sunset. Followed by the Little Nightjar, many Kingfishers (since the Ringed to the Pigmy) take us to an explosion of colors and noises of the Turquoise-Fronted Parrots and Snail Kites preparing themselves to sleep in the trees on the border of the river. Return on the darkness, with Cayman spotlighting. After diner, hiking in the surroundings, where normally is seeing the majestic Great Horned Owl.
• transfer Jaguar/ C. Jofre/ S. Tereza; Boat sightseeing (2 h); Night safari in S. Tereza;
• breakfast in Jaguar. Lunch, dinner and overnight in Santa Tereza.

5th Day: PANTANAL - Santa Tereza/ SCRUBLAND - Chapada dos Guimarães
Departure in the morning, in an opportunity of knowing the spectacle of the Transpantaneira in the early morning. Having seeing the sunset in the Swampland of Pantanal, then there is the sunset in the Cidade de Pedra, located in a cliff of the Brazilian Central Plateau, after a journey of 244 km climbing 500 m and testified by the Red-Legged Seriema and the Burrowing Owl.
• transfer Santa Tereza/ Chapada by car. Visit to Cidade de Pedra;
• breakfast in Santa Tereza; Lunch in Cuiabá and dinner and overnight in Chapada at Pousada Santa Rosa in chalets with bedrooms with ceiling fan, verandah or in Pousada Penhasco with panoramic verandah, panoramic view, apartments with air conditioning, 3 swimming pools, sauna, sports courts - groups bigger than 04 people.

6th Day: SCRUBLAND - Chapada dos Guimarães
Sunrise break into the Jamacá Valley, where there is possible to see the Rufous and the Blue-Crowned Motmot. Return to the city for lunch and departure to the National Park where, in a hiking is possible to see since the White-eared Puffbird until the Swallows Tanager.
• transfers to Jamaca valley and to the National Park by car;
• breakfast on the way. Lunch and dinner in town.

7th Day: SCRUBLAND - Chapada dos Guimarães/ (SCRUBLAND/ AMAZON)
- Serra das Araras
After breakfast, departure to Serra das Araras. Arrival to Cuiabá for lunch and transfer to Serra das Araras, 130 km faraway of the capital. The only mountain chain between two Plateaus is the had of water of the Paraguay River and its in the intersection of Scrubland to the Amazon. Since the arrival is present the possibility of watching the rare Harpy Eagle in which is considered by ornithologists as the easiest place in the whole South America to observe them. Dinner and overnight.
• transfer Chapada/ Serra das Araras by car;
• breakfast in hotel Chapada. Lunch on the way. Dinner and overnight in Pousada Currupira D´Araras into a farm, in bedrooms with private facilities, air conditioning and swimming pools.

8th Day: (SCRUBLAND/ AMAZON) - Serra das Araras
The day starts when the stars are still in the sky. That's the time to do hiking until the hiding place specially built for waiting these rarities leaving their nest. In the afternoon, another chance to see them come back to the nest, not without grateful surprises such as the Mato Grosso Antbird and others.
• hiking and, optional, horse back riding;
• breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Pousada Currupira D´Araras.

9th Day: (SCRUBLAND/ AMAZON) - Serra das Araras / AMAZON -
São José do Rio Claro
Having being on the transition Scrubland to Amazon, on this day is the penetration into the Amazon jungle, in a journey of about 250 km. Lunch on the way and arrival in time to enjoy a relaxing bath into a fast flowed crystalline water spring. Dinner and overnight in a jungle lodge.
• transfer Serra das Araras/ São José do Rio Claro/ Jardim da Amazônia lodge by car;
breakfast in Currupira D´Araras. Lunch on the way and dinner and overnight in bedrooms with ceiling fan, private facilities, swimming pool in Pousada Jardim da Amazônia, in the jungle.

10th Day: AMAZON - São José do Rio Claro
In the middle of a large protected area, huge trees provide the habitat for a large variety of birds, watched in the hiking through the Forest. Optional boat sightseeing on the Rio Claro, with observation of the incredible nest of the
predator Tucunaré fish.
• hiking and, optional, boat tours;
• breakfast, lunch and dinner in Pousada Jardim da Amazônia.

11th Day: AMAZON - São José do Rio Claro/ CUIABÁ
After breakfast, departure to Cuiabá in a journey of 350 km (or 6 hours) for embarking in the airport.
• transfer Pousada Jardim da Amazônia/ Cuiabá by car;
• breakfast in Pousada Jardim da Amazônia.