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Tour Leaders
Meet the Tour Leaders from Tapira Expeditions
Marcos Félix
As an autonomous professional tour guide based in the Cuiabá region, Chapada dos Guimarães, Nobres, and Pantanal, I specialize in showcasing the breathtaking natural wonders of these areas. With a passion for birdwatching and all aspects of nature's biodiversity, I strive to offer unique and memorable experiences to travelers. Through my YouTube channel and iNaturalist profile under the name "MarcosFelixPantanal," I share my adventures, insights, and observations, inviting viewers and followers to immerse themselves in the beauty of the Pantanal and its surroundings. Marcos is our Top Birdwatching tour leader and partner in Mato Grosso.
René Santos
René Santos became a biologist because of his love of parrots. Since he was a kid it was clear to him and his family that one day he was going to follow a career in ornithology. Even before university he started working with the care and breeding of captive birds, when he had the late Nelson Kawall (a renowned brazilian orinithologist specialized in Parrots) as his inspiration and mentor. He has also volunteered at the São Paulo Zoo, where he has got to know some of the wild parrot conservation projects and joined the teams that worked for the conservation of Lear's and Spix's macaws.
Greisi Batista
Born in the interior of São Paulo, always in love with nature and wildlife, since the childhood. Tourismologist graduated from the University of Vale do Itajaí/SC and Regional Tourism Guide: Mato Grosso do Sul, National and South America, with more than 10 years of experience in Pantanal, Bonito/MS and the region. Cadastur - Brazilian Registration no. 12.152531.08-8 Bilingual English language. Family, group and individual guide.
Fabrício Vilela de Araújo
Environmental Sanitation Technologist Specialist in Environmental Education and Sustainability Tour Guide Technician CADASTUR number 16.422306.88-5 Bird Watcher conductor registered by ICMBio Coordinator and Tour Guide for Birdwatching Foz, validated by SEBRAE as a Tourist Experience Product. He is also the chief tour leader for the Tapira Expedition in Iguassu Falls, for all of our birwatching operations.
Lucas Barros
Biologist, Naturalist Guide & Photographer Lucas's lifelong fascination with animals led him to study Biology, where he always pursued the direct contact with Nature. His fieldwork experience and fluent English opened the doors to Ecotourism in his hometown Rio de Janeiro. After completing his master's degree in Neotropical Biodiversity in 2016, he had the opportunity to bring together his skills to connect people with Nature working as a Naturalist Guide in Pantanal, and has continued on this path ever since; He picked up photography on the way as a hobby, but then understood its role in raising public awareness about Conservation.
Fabricia Campello
Fabricia Campello was born in São Paulo, graduated in biology and working as a tour guide since 2012, in Chapada dos Guimarães. Passionate about the fauna and flora of her region, she is extremely motivated to show the natural treasures of this part of Brazil and share its knowledge and experience with travelers, helping visitors enjoy the beauty of our environment.
Eliane Renata Ferreira
It is with a great honor to announce that Eliane Renata Ferreira is part of the Tapira Expeditions birdwatching tour guides team and therapist with huge experience in Atlantic Rain Forest and Pantanal.She’s also our Operational Director and Tour Leader in English and French speaking groups
Aynore Soares Caldas
Professional experienced wildlife tour guide, tracker, nature photographer, agronomist and master in wildlife management.Aynore discovered to be autistic level 1 diagnosed at the age of 30, and for 10 years hid his condition for fear and violence he had already suffered. Currently he develops a very beautiful work, with autistic people in the world of birdwatching. Speaks English and Spanish. He has a passion for horses and for the Pantanal nature.
