Wildlife
Six primate species recorded at Fazenda Anacã, and an experience devoted to watching and photographing them.
Photos: Kacau Oliveira; night monkey: Valéria Boldrin
The chances of seeing each of them are good, each with its own degree of ease or challenge. We have welcomed wildlife watchers and photographers for ten years, and our knowledge has also grown through our involvement in Alta Floresta Não Atropela. Anacã is also part of the Mato Grosso Primate Route (Rota dos Primatas de Mato Grosso).
Six species
Plecturocebus grovesi
Zogue-zogue-de-Alta-Floresta
The symbol of Alta Floresta and Critically Endangered (IUCN). At least six groups live at Anacã, each with a well-defined territory, so encounters are frequent, especially early, during the duet that gives the species its local name. Going with a guide greatly improves the chances.
Mico schneideri
Sagui-de-Schneider
Abundant in almost every forest patch. Small, agile and curious, it lives in groups, and its distinctive call helps to locate it. Often seen even without a guide.
Sapajus apella apella
Macaco-prego
Very abundant, found in practically every green area. Curious, intelligent and with a varied diet, it was the first to use the Alta Floresta Não Atropela canopy bridges. Often seen even without a guide.
Ateles chamek
Macaco-aranha-de-cara-preta
Handsome and agile, it lives in a large group that splits up during the day and ranges widely through the RPPN and the Legal Reserve. With no fixed spots, we look for it walking the trails. A guide makes a real difference in finding it.
Alouatta matogrossensis
Bugio-vermelho-de-Mato-Grosso
A species described by science in 2026. Slow-paced, it moves little and rests for much of the day in the RPPN and the Legal Reserve; here, curiously, it rarely calls. Usually found, but it takes more effort. Finding it relies on the guide's experience.
Aotus infulatus
Macaco-da-noite (quatro-olhos)
The most challenging of the six, active at night. There is more than one group on the farm, and it has even been seen in the lodge garden; with dedication on night outings, those who look for it usually succeed. Finding it relies on the guide's experience.
In focus
Plecturocebus grovesi
The symbol of Alta Floresta, this titi lives in small family groups and often reveals itself first by its calls at dawn. It can also be found on the RPPN Fazenda Anacã trail.
Like other forest primates, it depends on connected forest to move, feed and keep its groups together. That is why forest connectivity — ecological corridors, restoration and canopy bridges — is central to the conservation work Anacã is part of.
Conservation and connectivityThe experience
This experience takes place only at Fazenda Anacã, where the presence of all six species — together with what we have learned about their groups, where they occur and how they behave — lets us focus field time and improve the chances for watching and photography.
Forest, edges, ecological corridors, restoration areas, buriti swamps and the reserve form a mosaic of habitats close together. Trails, boardwalks and lookouts make access easy, and outings can run in the morning, afternoon and at night.
RPPN Fazenda Anacã, the ecological corridors and the restoration areas provide shelter and food for these groups. Not every sighting happens inside the reserve: the primates use the whole network of forest on and around the property.
What to expect
As this is wild nature, sightings depend on the weather and on the animals themselves. No sighting can be guaranteed.
Fewer roadkills, more connectivity
For many primates, crossing a road is one of the biggest risks of the day. Alta Floresta Não Atropela is a collective initiative that reduces the impact of roads on wildlife, with canopy bridges for tree-dwelling animals, road signs to alert drivers, and work to connect forest fragments.
Led by Projeto Reconecta, the programme brings together Alta Floresta's city government and a range of partner institutions, including Fazenda Anacã, which also takes part in the primate census. All six primate species found at Anacã already use the canopy bridges, including the Alta Floresta titi, the programme's symbol.
Primates protected, forest standing
The Mato Grosso Primate Route (Rota dos Primatas de Mato Grosso) is a conservation initiative that combines primate protection with economic activities such as wildlife-watching tourism, as an alternative to deforestation.
It was conceived by members of the Brazilian Primatological Society from institutions including Re:wild, Instituto Ecótono, the Federal University of Mato Grosso and Brazil's National Centre for Research and Conservation of Brazilian Primates (CPB/ICMBio). Sebrae supports the development of the route's tourism products, and Fazenda Anacã is part of it.
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