Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil extension
October 13-20, 2026
Your place on this Venture is reserved when your completed registration form and deposit of $500/person has been received. Deposit may be made via the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer, cash, check, or money order (payable to ‘VENTURES BIRDING’) sent to PO Box 1095, Skyland, NC 28776.
This Venture is limited to 8 participants.
After we arrive back in São Paulo, we will take a day trip to the Sitio Macuquinho Lodge, a lovely site with feeders, trails, and a forest hide, situated ca. 2 hours from the airport in São Paulo. Here we will look for the localized Marsh Antwren, as well as Bertoni’s Antbird, Brazilian Tanager and more.
Then we fly from São Paulo to Porto Alegre the next morning to start the South Brazil itinerary.
With this short week trip we will focus just on two areas in Rio Grande do Sul state: 1) the highlands of the Serra Gaúcha around São Francisco de Paula and the Aparados da Serra and Serra Geral National Parks, and 2) the coastal marshes of the amazing Lagoa do Peixe National Park and surrounding area. This combines two of the very best areas while avoiding some of the longer drives
The list of target birds is very long, but we will do our best to see an excellent selection of species that occur in Southeast Brazil.
Cost of Rio Grande do Sul extension: $3700 per person from Sao Paulo, based on double occupancy (Single supplement $550)
Price includes: All ground transportation and accommodations, return flight to Puerto Alegre, all meals, admission fees, information packet & bird checklist, and services of one Ventures tour leader and one local guide.
Not included: Alcoholic beverages, gratuities, laundry, and items of a personal nature.
Birds We Hope to See
Brown Tinamou, Black Jacobin, Brazilian Ruby, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Red-and-white Crake, Surucua Trogon, Bertoni’s Antbird, Marsh Antwren, White-breasted Tapaculo, Bare-throated Bellbird, Half-collared Sparrow, Brazilian Tanager, Brassy-breasted Tanager
Red-winged Tinamou, Purple-crowned Plovercrest, White-throated Hummingbird, Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail, Long-tufted Screech-Owl, Rusty-barred Owl, Long-trained Nightjar, Atlantic Black-throated Trogon, Mottled Piculet, White-browed Woodpecker, Pileated Parrot, Blue-bellied Parrot, Vinaceous-breasted Amazon, Red-spectacled Amazon, Giant Antshrike, Speckle-breasted Antpitta, Planalto Tapaculo, Mouse-colored Tapaculo, Scalloped Woodcreeper, Long-tailed Cinclodes, Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner, Striolated Tit-Spinetail, Araucaria Tit-Spinetail, Straight-billed Reedhaunter, Gray-bellied Spinetail, Hooded Berryeater, Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Black-capped Piprites, Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant, Black-and-white Monjita, Azure Jay, Ochre-breasted Pipit, Green-throated Euphonia, Saffron-cowled Blackbird, Chestnut-headed Tanager, Gray-throated Warbling-Finch, Chestnut-backed Tanager, Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch, Lesser Grass-Finch.
And many more…..