Lodge Review: Floresta Amazonica, Alta Floresta, Brazil

The Floresta Amazonica Hotel makes a great welcome to the Cristalino experience and I highly recommend at least a night here before or after visiting Cristalino.  We arrived by bus from Cuiaba and the hotel staff picked us up at the bus station and brought us back in time for a wonderful breakfast buffet (only included if you are staying the previous night, otherwise payable separately).  We had gotten a bit of sleep on the bus and were re-energized after breakfast to walk around the hotel grounds.  There was a rare Harpy Eagle nesting in the grounds and they said to be back by 10am to join the guide to go see them so we didn’t stray too far.

Our actual stay was after the Cristalino Lodge for only 1 night (wish it could have been more).

Hotel entrance

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Gotta love a restaurant named after the beautiful Crimson-bellied Conure called Tiriba in Portuguese.A04

Magazines in lobbyA05

Artwork in lobbyA06

Time to go birding!A07

Grounds in front of the hotelA025

Rooms facing nice bird habitatA046

Our room was decent sized but to be honest we only slept there – too many birds to find!A047

In Sept it got hot in the afternoon so we swam in the lovely pool until it cooled off a bit.A043 A044

Some fruit trees that attract birdsA045

Stand by for more details of the birds we found!