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trilha-dos-tucanos · ubatuba · serra-do-mar
Duration
7 Days · 6 Nights
The route
trilha-dos-tucanos · ubatuba · serra-do-mar
Style
Atlantic Forest endemics for the camera
Best season
Year-round · best
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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Green-headed tanager
At the feeders.
Saffron toucanet
At the lodge.
Toco toucan
In the forest.
Spot-billed toucanet
On the trails.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Trilha dos Tucanos

Arrive Trilha dos Tucanos

The journey begins.

Arrive in Trilha dos Tucanos, met and transferred to your accommodation. The Atlantic Forest is one of the world's great endemic hotspots, and Trilha dos Tucanos showcases it superbly.

02Trilha dos Tucanos

Trilha dos Tucanos

A full day in the field.

Green-headed tanagers and toucans at the feeders. Feeder and trail birding for Atlantic Forest endemics.

03Trilha dos Tucanos → Ubatuba

To Ubatuba

On to the next.

Transfer to Ubatuba. Hummingbird feeders and lowland Atlantic Forest birding. Coastal-forest trails for endemics and tanagers.

04Ubatuba

Ubatuba

A full day in the field.

Coastal-forest trails for endemics and tanagers. Ubatuba's coastal forest holds lowland endemics found nowhere in the highlands.

05Ubatuba → Serra do Mar

To Serra do Mar

On to the next.

Transfer to Serra do Mar. Montane birding for highland Atlantic Forest endemics. Trails for antpittas, cotingas and mountain tanagers.

06Serra do Mar

Serra do Mar

A full day in the field.

Trails for antpittas, cotingas and mountain tanagers. The Serra do Mar's montane forest holds Atlantic Forest endemics found at no other elevation.

07Depart Serra do Mar

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Serra do Mar — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

Year-round

Peak season

A year-round birding lodge; feeders are productive in every season.

April – October

Good season

Drier, milder months in the Atlantic Forest.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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