Birdwatcher's Dream - WiFi - Rainforest Project

Farm stay in Piraquara, Brazil

  1. 3 guests
  2. 2 bedrooms
  3. 4 beds
  4. 1 bath
Hosted by Gary Rainforest Preserver
  1. Superhost
  2. 12 years hosting

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Self check-in

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At-home coffee

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Gary Rainforest Preserver is a Superhost

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An inspiring retreat for birdwatchers and nature lovers, set within 1 km² of Atlantic Rainforest. At dawn, birdsong gently carries the day.
We welcome guests who see their stay as an opportunity to support forest and biodiversity conservation, treating the space with care, respect, and sensitivity.
The space is comfortable, cozy, clean, and low-key. Fiber-optic Wi-Fi. 🐦🌿

The space
This cabin is a simple pine structure, finished inside with tinted varnish that creates a warm, natural glow and echoes the rural landscape outside. Immersed in forest life, it’s a peaceful base for birdwatchers and wildlife lovers. Windows and the veranda are screened, offering comfort while keeping you closely connected to nature.
The wood-burning stove, traditional to the region, is used for cooking and heating—ideal for slow mornings, quiet evenings, and cozy refuge on cool, rainy days when the forest feels especially alive.
Beds feature firm new foam mattresses, covered in cotton and protected with washable, waterproof, allergy-resistant mattress protectors.
Due to environmental considerations, bed linens, blankets, and towels are not provided, as laundering has a significant ecological impact here. Many guests prefer bringing their own bedding from home.
Food and personal hygiene items should be purchased before arrival, as the nearest town is about 17 km away and frequent trips can be costly and disruptive to the natural rhythm of the area.
Guests have access to a shared central washing machine, used by all three cabins, as well as an outdoor washing tank and clothesline for drying.
An outdoor grill (“barbie”) is available—please bring your own charcoal. An additional outdoor table with chairs provides a perfect spot for shaded morning coffee, bird activity at dawn, or quiet sunset meals. 🐦🌿

Guest access
The cabin is entirely yours for the duration of your stay. Other housing units on the property are private residences and should be treated as neighboring homes, with residents’ privacy, quiet, and comfort respected at all times—an essential part of preserving a peaceful environment for wildlife observation.
Guests enjoy easy access to forest trails, the reservoir, and local dirt roads, ideal for early-morning birdwatching and slow, attentive walks. These routes also lead to nearby points of interest, including:
1) Morro do Canal – offering easy-to-moderate hikes and climbs, wide views, and a small snack bar known for fried fish sourced locally or from the reservoir.
2) Araçaí Indigenous Territory – an opportunity for respectful cultural contact with a community of the Guaraní people, when visits are permitted.
3) Carvalho Area (Mananciais da Serra) – historic stone-lined reservoirs managed by the state water company. Visitor access requires registration at the Visitor Center. Visits are free, generally begin at 8:30 a.m., with entry allowed until 4:00 p.m. and closure at 5:30 p.m.
As this is a protected conservation area, visitors must not leave trash or collect plants or animals. Comfortable clothing, a hat, sunscreen, and insect repellent are recommended.
The visitation program is coordinated by Sanepar, the Municipality of Piraquara, the Paraná Environmental Institute (IAP), and Pico do Marumbi State Park.
4) Observatório Ornitológico do Rio Iguassu just over the mountain... about an hour away.

We are located very close to the Piraquara I reservoir, which has supplied drinking water to Curitiba for over a century. it is immense and is surrounded by additional trails leading to scenic viewpoints overlooking the mountain range behind the forest, rewarding patient observers with rich bird activity.

Boaters and anglers should bring their own canoes, kayaks, inflatable boats, paddles, pumps, fishing gear, bait, and life vests.
Only non-motorized boats are permitted on the Piraquara II Reservoir, located about 2 km away.
As the reservoir is not monitored by lifeguards, swimming is not legally permitted.
This setting favors silence, early starts, and mindful exploration—especially at dawn and dusk, when birds and wildlife are most active. 🐦🌿

Other things to note
Since the property is in a permanent preservation area, it is not allowed to take away any kind of fauna or flora or mineral form from the property.

People interested in contributing in any way to the good of the indigenous people of the adjacent community should take their proposal to the chief in advance. The community is protected by FUNAI and has its own ideologies and customs that must always be respected. However, it is a community with which one can interact on deeper levels. These relationships can be developed with time and patience. Why not try?

Where you’ll sleep

What this place offers

Kitchen
Wifi
Dedicated workspace
Free parking on premises
Pets allowed
Unavailable: Carbon monoxide alarm
Unavailable: Smoke alarm

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Rated 4.95 out of 5 from 99 reviews.

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Where you’ll be

Piraquara, Paraná, Brazil
Exact location will be provided after booking.

Neighborhood highlights

Near to the oldest reservoir in the area, which supplies about 50% of the water to Curitiba, PR. Fishing and non-motored boating is allowed at your own risk at the another reservoir about 3 km back down the road.

Down the road about 1 km is an indigenous community of about 60 Guarani transplants who have been in the community for the last 18 years and are struggling to adapt to their new location and the dynamic of being moved from various groups into this one unit.

About a half hour's walk away, there is a climb to the top of Morro do Canal (Channel Hill) which is considered a moderately easy climb. From the top you look down to Paranaguá Bay.

There is a snack place at the base which offers good fried fish snacks and other local delights.

There are trails on our property and the water department opens their forest reserve on weekends for visitors when there are no pademic restrictions in place. There are more trails there, as well as, small waterfalls and old rock pools where the original water supplied to Curitiba (the capital of Paraná state) is located.

Meet your host

Superhost
302 reviews
4.95 out of 5 average rating
12 years of hosting
My work: Rainforest Preservation
Speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish
I am from Fort Lauderdale, FL, but live in Curitiba, Brazil, for the last 37 years. My family protects a large piece of Rainforest land using profits from my rental units (three in the forest and two in Curitiba) to finance our preservation efforts. People who book my apartments in the city of Curitiba will also be able to book days in the rainforest on our property. We don't raise any animals on the property but, rather, watch nature do her thing. There are trails and even a small indigenous community just down the road. When I travel, mostly to see friends or family, I like to leave the places I stay better than I found them. If nothing needs fixing, I usually make a drawing or a painting and leave it behind. I love hanging out with friends, making food, going on short excursions and long walks. I can't live without friends, family, nature in general, my son and his family and my partner (not necessarily in that order... ha!) I love theater, the symphony, dance of all sorts, performances of all kinds. I like the movies and would rather eat in than to go out to restaurants. As a host, I have become less interactive with my guests but, always available. As I live mostly a quiet life in the woods, I encourage all visitors to be courageous about being silent and getting into the forest. She is our great resource of pleasure and knowledge. I encourage visitors to contribute to our preservation efforts by helping with the cleaning before leaving. This allows us more time to seek solutions to the myriad of complex opportunities which present themselves in an out-of-pocket preservation effort. At my advanced age, cleaning houses is not sustainable. Because of the romoteness of the location adequate cleaning help is difficult and prohibitive cost wise. We do as much screening as we can before approving your reservation requests, so as to assure your visit will be sustainable.

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Cancellation policy
House rules
Check-in: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Checkout before 11:00 AM
3 guests maximum
Safety & property
No carbon monoxide alarm
No smoke alarm
Nearby lake, river, other body of water