Guapiaçu Bird Lodge

Top choice in Rio de Janeiro State


Catering to ornithologists, this lodge offers ten comfy rooms with solar hot water, family-style meals served around a big table, and a library of nature books that makes for great browsing, caipirinha in hand, after a long day of birdwatching. The pond ecosystem next to the lodge draws in a stupendous array of birds, as well as families of capybaras.

A network of trails surrounding the lodge offers opportunities to enter into deeper forest and visit other attractions, including a lovely waterfall.


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