Guapi Assu Bird Lodge | Rates and Bookings

Comprehensive tours of Brazil are conducted throughout the year as are shorter SE Brazil tours taking in the best of the Mata Atlantica. Please click here to see our itineraries for set departure travel.

If your schedule doesn't lend itself to joining these well-designed adventures, make room reservations for a stay at the Lodge at the rates shown below.

For those who are interested we also offer tours for groups including Audubon Chapters, science centers, hiking clubs, zoos, and nature centers. Our low group size improves chances of this being a success.

RATES.

LUXURY ROOMS

$90 per person per night, single or double.

Rates include 3 meals / day.

PLEASE NOTE: The rates do not include guiding. Guides are available at notice, though in peak seasons, there are times when all guides are pre-booked.

PACKAGE DEALS

Please write to us about the latest package prices.

BOOKINGS.

If you are interested in accommodation only, with perhaps a few optional guided daytrips, please email the lodge manager Nicholas Locke at aregua@terra.com.br

If you are interested in a full guided bird tour for groups of four or more, please email Tropical Birding at info@tropicalbirding.com for a customized quote.

Please inform us in advance if there is a particular bird or other animal that you really want to see, so that we can increase your chances of finding it during your stay.

OUR BIRD GUIDES.

Specialized bird guides are available for the Regua Reserve and other areas in Brazil. We only have the very best birders working at the lodge as bird guides. Trainees also work at the lodge as naturalist guides. Our policy is to only have real birders, who are fully commited to the birding lifestyle, working at the lodge.

TRANSFERS.

To and from Rio Airport / City centre take c. 2 hours. Please email us for the current price of this service. Group transfers can also be arranged. Hotel collections can also be arranged from Rio de Janeiro.

HOW TO GET TO GUAPI ASSU BIRD LODGE.

BY AIR. There are daily connections to Rio de Janeiro from all major cities in the world, direct or via São Paulo. Most flights arrive early in the morning, but a few (such as Aerolinas Argentinas and Air France) arrive midday or evening. Book in advance, and there will be a car waiting for you at the airport.

BY CAR. You can get to us in any standard sedan (you do NOT need a 4WD). Head out of Rio de Janeiro on the “Linha Vermelha” to the “Região Grande Serrana” and follow the signs Petropolis /Teresopolis via the BR040. Later leave the BR040 and turn right to continue in the direction of Magé/Teresopolis on the BR493. After 37km you will arrive at Parada Modelo where you will leave the BR493 and turn right just before a flyover to continue in the direction of Novo Friburgo/Cachoeiras de Macacu on the RJ122.

At Km 32 you will arrive at a speed trap near a Gasoline Station with the name Shogun. There you will turn left on a dirt road in the direction of Guapiaçu (look for signs Cascatai Agua Mineral). After 15 km you will arrive at a bifurcation where you will turn left and down. Continue for 500 meters, after which you will pass a concrete bridge and the road will make a sharp turn to the right. Continue another 300 meters and turn left following the main track.

After 300 meters you will pass a small bridge over a ditch, turn right immediately after and you will the Reserva Ecologica de Guapiaçu and continue the track passing several farm buildings and drive up the hill, on the top you will find the Guapi Assu Bird Lodge.

BY BUS. You can catch one of the regular buses from the Rio de Janeiro main bus terminal. A company called 1001 (mille e um) maintains a regular service to Novo Friburgo (5$). Get off at the bus station in Cachoeiras de Macacu and jump on the Colletivo Guapiaçu in the direction of Areal (1$). There are only three busses a day, the last one leaving at 17.00. Ask the bus driver to drop you off at Reserva Ecologica de Guapiaçu or REGUA and walk the last 500 meters to the Guapi Assu Bird Lodge. You can also take a taxi from Cachoeiras de Macacu. Ask for “Radio Taxi Mauro” at the bus station and tell him to take you to REGUA (10$).