Brazil - Rio Roosevelt & Porto Velho 2021

Highlights

• Harpy & Crested Eagles
• Cryptic & Slaty-backed Forest Falcons
• Brown-banded & Western Striolated Puffbird
• Ivory-billed Aracari
• Golden-collared & Gould’s Toucanet
• Bonaparte’s
• Crimson-bellied & Santarem Parakeet
• Peruvian Warbling
• Rondonia Warbling
• Manicore Warbling
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What's this trip about?

2021 Prices are an estimate, dates are not confirmed and may change. Nowhere inspires more awe and wonder at the raw beauty of remote nature like the Amazon Basin of South America. Pioneered by Major Candido Rondon de Silva, explorations in this region of Brazil became the stuff of legend, as Rondon enabled the first telegraph line and subsequently the first road, to cross the Brazilian Amazon. He discovered numerous indigenous tribes, named several major rivers, and is hailed by many Brazilians as one of the true heroes of Brazil’s native tribes and tribal lands. This area of Brazil became most famous with the publication of a biographical work on Theodore Roosevelt’s ill-fated expedition on the Rio de Duvida (River of Doubt). None other than Rondon himself escorted and outfitted the expedition in 1914, that nearly cost the ex-president his life. The mishaps of Roosevelt’s adventure only added to the mystique and draw of the area, which continues to be one of the least-accessible, most remote areas in the World. Luckily for us, the Pousada Roosevelt is a welcome surprise: luxury, outstanding service, delicious cuisine and superb birds and wildlife await visitors to this spectacular destination. Accessible only by plane, we will focus our efforts on seeking out the numerous special bird species on the lodges many trails and river systems. Fine birding will be had in the Porto Velho and Humaita area, on the West Bank of the Madeira River, where we will have exposure to completely unique habitats, and species, on the other side of the Madeira interfluvium. This will be an unforgettable adventure into the heart of the Amazon!

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