Destination: Brazil
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Sun, 6 Nov 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [122]
AND NOW FOR THE NUMBERS. This was our 8 th guided birding trip, the 1 st with Tropical Birding. There were 4 paying customers, Eduardo driving and Andrés guiding. We were on the road for 20 days, stayed in 8 different accommodations ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [108]
THE MOST POPULAR BIRDING TRIPS TO BRAZIL go to the Amazon and the Pantanal, two regions we have already visited independently. Instead we opted for Tropical Birding’s Atlantic Rainforest and Savannah trip. It’s our first time with Tropical ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Nov 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [105]
WE DECIDED THAT A FEW DAYS IN RIO after the birding trip would give us a chance to rest up and regain control of our lives. We stayed at the Windsor California Hotel in Copacabana, an ideal choice with the best breakfast I’ve had in Brazil. The ... Read more >
Tue, 1 Nov 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [100]
CHANGES TO THE ITINERARY MUST BE UNANIMOUS—unless all the target birds have been seen. So when Andres asked if we would be willing to forego the scheduled four-hour detour back to the steamy coast and then through Rio just to see another antwren ... Read more >
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [99]
NOT ALL OF THE BIRDS IN BRAZIL are as amazing and colorful as hummingbirds, trogons, tanagers and toucans. Nor are they as easily spotted. Take “antbirds,” for instance, a group of small, dull-colored birds that skulk around on the shady ... Read more >
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [95]
THERE ARE MORE THAN 350 species of hummingbirds—nearly one for each day of the year. All are “New World” species, found only in the Americas. We have seen hummingbirds everywhere in Brazil—the country claims more than 80 species—... Read more >
Thu, 3 Nov 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [89]
HAVING CHECKED OFF ALL THE TARGET SPECIES, we moved our vigil from the rainforests of southeastern Brazil to the grassland savannas around Cańastra National Park. We broke up another long drive with pee-breaks, lunch and a stop at a park in Belo Horizonte ... Read more >
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [88]
AFTER A SEVEN-HOUR DRIVE from the coast we perched at Guapi Assu Bird Lodge for three nights. It’s a purpose-built lodge on lovingly restored wetlands with views of the distant Serra dos Ôrgãos mountains. Thomas greeted us in English ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Nov 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Views [98]
ALGULHUS NEGRAS NATIONAL PARK has some of the highest peaks in southern Brazil. The drive took us up to 7000 feet elevation on a truly terrible road several hours from Hotel do Ypâ and required a 4WD, not our luxury van. We crammed into the only ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Sep 2023 | By krodin | Views [105] | Video
A Few Days in Salvador & Morro de Sãu Paulo
After a week in Chapada Diamantina, it was time to head to the beach and the capital of Bahia, Salvador. This city is the oldest in Brazil and was once its colonial capital. The elite lived on ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, churches, museums, towns
Fri, 1 Sep 2023 | By krodin | Views [103] | Video
Lençóis and Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
I arrived in the late afternoon on the prop plane from Bel Horizonte. The airport is quite small, but the staff were efficient, and the luggage arrived almost by the time we had deplaned.... Read more >
Tags: diamond town, hiking, rainforest
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 | By krodin | Views [98] | Video
A Week in Amazonas
I had been looking forward to finally getting to the Amazon River. I’d been in the Amazon basin in Bolivia, Columbia, Peru and Suriname, but had not been on the river itself. I was looking forward to seeing some amazing ... Read more >
Tags: city, rainforest, waterfalls
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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