Our story
Fazenda Anacã is a family property in Alta Floresta, in the Amazon of Mato Grosso, where cattle ranching sits alongside forest, springs, a buriti-lined reservoir and a private reserve.
Family hospitality
With just six rooms, Anacã offers an intimate stay where every visit can find its own rhythm. The kitchen is part of the experience, and hospitality comes from the people who live here.
Anacã is also the Portuguese name of an Amazon parrot, the red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), one of the species that can be seen on the farm.
Our journey
We arrived at Fazenda Anacã in 2014 with one central idea: to join tourism and conservation. Since then, our wildlife experiences have been built and refined in the field, alongside the restoration of the forests.
The family arrives at Fazenda Anacã with one central idea: to build a tourism and conservation project.
The first wildlife watchers come to bird and look for wildlife on the farm, staying in town; two groups even camp here. In 2015, free community birdwatching days also begin.
The lodge opens. That same year, the riparian areas, the Central Ecological Corridor and the corridor along the lodge access are fenced off, and restoration begins across most of them. The TV programme Terra da Gente films the coexistence of nature and cattle ranching at Anacã.
Stingless beekeeping with native bees begins. At the end of the year, the family buys, for preservation, the land that would later become the RPPN.
The lodge closes during the pandemic, from 2020 to July 2022, and reopens in August 2022.
On 5 September, the land becomes RPPN Fazenda Anacã, covering 17.08 hectares.
The lodge marks ten years of operation, established as a national and international reference for wildlife watching, for both birds and primates. The Monitora Anacã project also begins.
People
Host · operations and kitchen
The person behind everything at the lodge. She runs the lodge day to day, the team, the care of every space and the whole kitchen, where Anacã's signature menu is created with fresh, local ingredients and shared the day before so each guest can choose and personalise their meals. From arrival to farewell, every detail of your stay passes through her eye and her care, and that care is what gives Anacã its family atmosphere.
Host · projects and conservation
Handles Anacã's creative side and its relationships: he develops the projects, trails, boardwalks, lookouts and signage, produces the videos and social media, and leads the RPPN, the reforestation work and Anacã's part in social and environmental projects and events. A wildlife watcher, photographer and traveller for more than two decades, he also designs the wildlife experiences.
Institutional role
Anacã plays an active part in Alta Floresta’s Municipal Tourism Council and in the regional tourism governance body, helping nature tourism grow in an organised way that benefits the region.
It is also one of the organisers of Alta Floresta Não Atropela, a collective initiative to protect wildlife on the region’s roads. Learn more
Press
A selection of articles and videos about conservation, wildlife and experiences at Fazenda Anacã.
Camera-trap footage from the Monitora Anacã project.
Fazenda Anacã is a member of ABETA (Brazilian Adventure Tourism Association) and TOVS (Brazilian Wildlife Watching Tourism Association), and is registered with CADASTUR, the national tourism registry.
