Bamboos are members of the grass family and play a vital role in tropical and temperate forests. If you are interested in visiting the Atlantic Rainforest and would like to learn more about our nature-related tours, please contact us.

Lowland Pacas (Cuniculus paca) are the second largest rodent species in Brazil. They inhabit humid environments, along running waters in tropical forests. Terrestrial and nocturnal animals, Lowland Pacas live in holes on the ground, usually building escape emergency exits to their burrows.

The 11 cm White-breasted Tapaculo is endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and southern Brazil and found up to 1,500 m in altitude, inhabiting dense and dark areas of primary and secondary humid forests bordered by araucaria trees, ciliary and subtropical woods, hiding on or close to the ground.

The uvaia is a plant in the Myrtaceae family, comprising more than twenty species. It is typically a shrub or small tree, reaching heights of up to thirteen meters and a trunk diameter of 30 to 50 centimeters.