Birding group on a wooden platform among buriti palms

Watching · Photography · Nature

Wildlife in the southern Amazon

Wildlife watching and photography at Fazenda Anacã and partner properties around Alta Floresta, always with our local guide.

Our itineraries cover a range of habitats and landscapes — from tall forest to várzea and open areas. Each trip can be shaped around your interests, whether that is birding, primates and other mammals, photography, or a broader wildlife experience.

Birding route

Four areas for birding

Fazenda Anacã and three partner properties — Fazenda Rancho Novo, Fazenda Bom Jesus and Chácara Esteio. Each has its own landscapes and habitats, widening the possibilities over a stay. All itineraries are organised by Anacã, with guide and transfers arranged to fit the plan.

Our approach

Genuine encounters, minimal impact

The Gilberto Tavares Boardwalk across the buriti palm swamp, in RPPN Fazenda Anacã
RPPN Fazenda Anacã

At Fazenda Anacã, the 17.08-hectare reserve is the permanently protected core of a wider set of natural areas — Legal Reserve, riparian areas, ecological corridors and restoration areas. Wildlife moves across this whole mosaic, inside and outside the reserve’s boundaries. About the reserve

On every outing we respect the animals' behaviour and space, and avoid any disturbance that could cause stress or change what they are doing. Because these are free-living animals in the wild, encounters depend on the weather and, of course, the animals themselves.

As this is wild nature, sightings depend on the weather and on the animals themselves. No sighting can be guaranteed.

Your itinerary

Your time, your interests

Built around you

Shaped by your time, interests and priorities. Areas can be combined or revisited.

Field knowledge

Over ten years getting to know the areas, their wildlife, the best spots and the best times.

More time, more chances

More time in the field means more encounters, second chances and good photographs.

Scarlet macaw
Scarlet macaw
Alta Floresta titi
Alta Floresta titi
Blue-crowned trogon
Blue-crowned trogon
Brown capuchin
Brown capuchin
Blue-headed parrot
Blue-headed parrot
Blue-necked tanager
Blue-necked tanager

Photos: Kacau Oliveira (primates) and Valdir Hobus (trogon and parrot)

These experiences are available exclusively to guests staying at Fazenda Anacã.

Behind the experiences

Who guides and who plans

Gilberto Tavares by a giant buttress root
Cecília Licarião

Local guide

Gilberto Tavares

He grew up around Alta Floresta and has spent his whole life in the forest. He knows the areas we visit in detail and stands out for reading the habitat, finding wildlife, navigating and persevering on a search. Attentive and careful, with first-aid training, he brings a sense of safety and handles the surprises of fieldwork calmly.

Fernão Prado in the field with binoculars
Cecília Licarião

Experience design

Fernão Prado

For more than ten years he has closely shaped and refined Anacã's wildlife experiences, drawing on over two decades as a wildlife watcher, photographer and traveller. That experience guides the choice of areas, timings and logistics, and the steady evolution of each outing.

Your experience starts here

Tell us how much time you have and what you would like to see or photograph.