Southeast + Amazon
Tie your boots — this will certainly be a memorable journey
Tour Overview
Tie your boots and get ready; this will certainly be a memorable journey through this vast country! Combining the Atlantic Forest endemics of the Southeast with the incomparable diversity of the Amazon creates a tour unlike any other — covering two of Earth's greatest birding biomes in a single expedition.
Tour Highlights
- Two of the world's greatest birding biomes in one tour
- Atlantic Forest to Amazon corridor birding
- Over 700 species possible across both regions
- Private Atlantic Forest reserves with limited access
- Amazon river lodge stays
- Expert team seamlessly managing all logistics
- Itatiaia to the Amazon in one grand sweep
- Dedicated photography time at key sites
Itinerary at a Glance
- 1Day 1–3: Arrival in Rio de Janeiro — Atlantic Forest reserves
- 2Day 4–6: Itatiaia National Park — highland and lowland zones
- 3Day 7–9: Espírito Santo — Vale do Rio Doce and Linhares
- 4Day 10–11: Fly to Manaus — transfer and acclimatize
- 5Day 12–15: Central Amazon — river lodge and remote forest
- 6Day 16–18: Pará Amazon zones
- 7Day 19–21: Confluence zone — white-water and black-water species
- 8Day 22–23: Final consolidation days
- 9Day 24: Departure
Download the full detailed itinerary with day-by-day birding sites, target species, and lodge information.
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What Our Guests Say
The combination of Atlantic Forest and Amazon in a single trip is genius. You are exhausted by the end but the species list is extraordinary. BBE pulls it off seamlessly.
Dr. Amanda Silveira
Brazil
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