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Serra do Mar

The Atlantic Forest highlands — cool montane forest of antpittas, cotingas and highland endemics.

Getting there

In the coastal mountains within reach of São Paulo

Best for

Highland Atlantic Forest endemics, antpittas, cotingas, tanagers, montane birding

The land

Cool, montane Atlantic Forest in the coastal Serra do Mar range

Good to know

The highland Serra do Mar holds endemics absent from the lowlands

What it is

The Serra do Mar is the Atlantic Forest's highland realm — cool montane forest rich in antpittas, cotingas and highland endemics.

In the coastal mountains, the Serra do Mar offers cool, montane Atlantic Forest birding: a distinct set of highland endemics including antpittas, cotingas, tapaculos and mountain tanagers, complementing the lowland and coastal sites for a complete Atlantic Forest experience.

PhotoSerra do Mar — highland atlantic forest.

The reason to come

The forest highlands

The Serra do Mar completes the Atlantic Forest with its highland endemics.

Highland endemics

Antpittas, cotingas and tapaculos of the montane forest.

Mountain tanagers

Highland tanagers and finches at altitude.

Montane trails

Cool-forest birding distinct from the lowlands.

Worth knowing

The highland endemics

The Serra do Mar's montane forest holds Atlantic Forest endemics found at no other elevation.

PhotoMisty highland Atlantic Forest in the Serra do Mar.

When to come — honestly

A year-round highland forest.

Year-round

Best

A year-round montane forest; mornings are best at altitude.

April – October

Good

Drier, cooler months in the highlands.

Year-round

Good

Highland endemics are resident throughout the year.

It is cool and often misty at altitude; mornings give the best activity and views.

Context

The Atlantic Forest highlands

The Serra do Mar adds the highland endemics that complete an Atlantic Forest journey.

It pairs with the lowland and coastal forest sites.

We add the Serra do Mar for its montane endemics, completing the Atlantic Forest circuit.

Beyond the obvious

More to Serra do Mar.

PhotoHighland endemics

Highland endemics

Antpittas and cotingas.

PhotoMountain tanagers

Mountain tanagers

At altitude.

PhotoMontane trails

Montane trails

Cool-forest birding.

Why Wild Voyager

We get you the jaguars and the endemics.

From Porto Jofre's jaguars to the Atlantic Forest's endemics, we time and base your trip around the wildlife that matters, with the specialists who find it.