Focus Tours Environmental Travel

Name: Focus Tours Environmental Travel
Address: Pecos, NM, 87552, US
Telephone: +15052169696
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

Home
United States
Pecos, NM
Focus Tours Environmental Travel

Focus Tours was founded in Brazil in 1981 by American ecologist Douglas Trent to use as a tool to help get people out of poverty and preserve nature.
(2)

Focus Tours started in 1981, in Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil. Owner Douglas Trent had just returned from the Amazon, where he witnessed the very beginning of deforestation. He started this company to use as a tool to help get people out of poverty and preserve nature. Focus Tours was the only professionally run nature tour business in Brazil for the first 20 or so years of its existence, and he opera

ted tours and/or co-guided trips for most of the world's nature and birding companies, including Field Guides, International Expeditions, Ornitholidays, Questers, and others, as well as doing films and documentaries for BBC Wildlife, Arte France, Redaktion Tiere & Natur, Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures, Travel Quest and more. Focus Tours success enabled Douglas to raise significant funds for conservation and community development. Our largest project to date started with Lerinho Arruda de Falcao, a Pantanerio living alongside the newly opened Tranpantaneira road. After years of friendship, Lerinho showed Douglas a jaguar tooth, from the last one he had killed. A month later, Lerinho gathered about 30 family members, and when I arrived, told him he had proven hisself to be a true friend of the Pantaneiro community. He gave Douglas that tooth, and Douglas accepted the invitation to be part of his family. Douglas then offered an exchange...it they stopped killing jaguars, he would help the family get into the nature tourism business, showing people jaguars. This started with Lerinho putting 1,000 hectares of his land into conservation, creating the RPPN Jaguar Ecological Reserve. Douglas had already founded the American NGO, Focus Conservation Fund, and was able to raise money with the assistance of Joanne Devlin, to pay him well above the going price per hectare, to award him for setting up his privately owned reserve, still in the family name. Douglas was able to prepay room nights for the next year far in advance, giving them time to build the first real ecolodge in the Pantanal. This provided a place for English teachers to stay, and they taught his children and others English. Once they could communicate well with clients, Focus Tours took them on as guides in training. In 2005 Douglas told them that to be really successful, they need to go on their own, and he moved his conservation efforts, and tours, to the Caceres MT region, on the Paraguay River. Even today Douglas guides the trips, combined with research to establish baseline populations for birds, jaguars, otters, etc. By 2015, the project that started with Lerinho long ago, had grown and involved others and today is reported to sustain some 50 Pantaneira families. Focus Tours remains a substantial force for conservation and community development, having started this long before the concept of ecotourism was established. When you travel with Focus Tours, you are helping to contribute to our work to make a better world.

08/14/2024

Sundowners on our floating bar area popular event on our river tours in the Pantanal & Amazon!

07/31/2024

Join us on our 13 day Atacama Desert and High Andes Luxury small group tour in Chile in January 2025! Scenery and wildlife unlike anywhere else make this a favorite, Most limit their visit to 3 days, missing what is really good in this region. Focus Tours excels in the best everywhere we offer our tours.

07/08/2024

Heading back into the Pantanal and Amazon to guide several tours in the next 3 months. I will be looking for this cub, who will be a young adult now. When will you join me in the wild places I know so well?

06/29/2024

Hooded Capuchin with baby at the Pantanal Ecological Reserve. We have several confirmed trips to the rich reserve this year

06/28/2024

I am proud to be a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission/Otter Specialist Group. We just set a world record as the largest volunteer conservation science network!

Largest volunteer conservation-science network Share Facebook Twitter Email Whatsapp Pinterest LinkedIn Reddit Snapchat Weibo Tencent Contact an Account Manager Who IUCN Species Survival Commission What 10,072 people Where Not Applicable When 01 May 2024 The largest volunteer conservation-science ne...

06/17/2024

White-shouldered Fire-eye, Pyreglina leocoptera, papa-taoca-do-sul, is an ant following antbird. It follows army ants, picking off the insects trying to escape the ants!

05/22/2024

Blue Manakins take 4 years to have final plumage. This young male is around 2 years old. Our Wildlife Population Baseline Project captured and ringed this individual four months ago and it has brighter colors now! Happy International Biodiversity Day!

04/29/2024

After a hard weekend, jaguars need to rest!

04/07/2024

Our desert and Andean tours in northern Chile and Argentina are some of our favorites to operate!

04/04/2024

This beauty was ready to call it a night

03/09/2024

The Giant River Otters in the Pantanal and Amazon of Brazil bring a smile to everyone’s face!

03/06/2024

Returning to the Pantanal next week!

03/05/2024

This is the logo of one of the focusconservation.org projects. As Forbes magazine named me the Birdman of Brazil, and Mick J. is our rescue dog, we started this project to visit parks and lodges, taking pictures and making videos that we use on our site, and give the lodge, park etc. authority to use in their promotion.

01/29/2024

Saffron Finch in front of the Tabuleiro Falls, Conceição do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais Brazil.

11/29/2023

Hoje é o Dia Nacional da Onça-pintada

A onça-pintada é observadora, sempre atenta a tudo ao seu redor. Com esse porte de majestade ela se impõe com muita segurança.
Wildlife Tourism - including Jaguar tourism - is among the fastest growing tourism in the world. This kind of tourism isfocused on the largest feline in the Americas.
Jaguar tourism is an activity that, in addition to being sustainable, employs many people in the regions where it occurs.
Eu sou um pioneiro no desenvolvimento deste tipo de turismo. Trouxe, com a …..a ideia para o Brasil há mais de 40 anos, quando comecei a atuar no Pantanal. Consegui influenciar caçadores de onça-pintada transformando-os em empreendedores do turismo sustentável e protetores deste maravilhoso felino.

Para saber mais, acesse meu livro sobre o tema no site FocusTours.

11/14/2023

A female Pin-tailed Manakin is not as colorful as the male but still a very nice bird!

10/27/2023

Tabuleiro Falls is the third highest waterfall in Brazil. The buildings are the. Tabuleiro Municipal Park headquarters. Have you seen these falls?

10/24/2023

The Reddish Hermit, Phaethornis ruber, is one of the smallest birds in Brazil. It weighs just 2 grams. Have you seen one?

10/11/2023

White-bibbed Antbird, Myrmoderus loricatus, is an endemic bird of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. We mist netted, weighed, measured, photographed and released as part of our wildlife population baseline project in Conceição do Mato Dentro, MG, Brazil.

09/28/2023

We are mist netting birds in two parks in Minas Gerais to set the population baseline of birds. We do far more than just tours, and you may want to join us as we do this in 10 stations each month. This is a Pin-tailed Manakin.

09/05/2023

Today we leave for the Pantanal Ecological Reserve at the Recanto do Dourado Lodge. Camera traps have revealed 4 jaguars that walk together on the 3,600 meters of interconnected trails in the reserve.

08/28/2023

We have been contracted to to a baseline population study in two parks in Minas Gerais, Conceicao do Mato Dentro. You can join us, in small groups. This is a Blue Manakin.

06/26/2023

Want to see jaguars without the mass of tourist boats in other destinations? Join us on the Paraguay River, where we found this majestic creature!

05/25/2023

We limit our tour size to just 4 participants in our boat for our Pantanal tours on the Paraguay River. This way everyone sits in the front. We use the seats behind the guide and boat driver for our coolers and gas grill. www.focustours.com

03/23/2023

Alpaca babies in the high Andes are Soooooo cute!

03/14/2023

The Suriplaza region of the High Andes in northern Chile from Putre are incredible. The 16,303 altitude is awesome as well! This is from Day 12 of our 13 Day Atacama Desert tour.

02/22/2023

A male jaguar following a female into the Paraguay River in Brazil’s Pantanal.

01/20/2023

Scaled Antbird is a Brazilian endemic species found in the lower Atlantic rainforests. This sweetie was in the RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala in one of our trips there last November.

01/06/2023

After a long week of parties and celebrations, this jaguar plans on resting this weekend.

12/23/2022

Looking back!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Address

Pecos, NM
87552

Telephone

+15052169696

Website

http://www.focustours.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Focus Tours Environmental Travel posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Focus Tours Environmental Travel:

Videos

Pantanal Ecological Reserve at the Recanto do Dourado Lodge

Great Kiskadee is a common city bird from Argentina north to Mexico and just over the border in the USA

Brazilian Tapir, Paraguay River

Giant Anteater is one of the marvelous creatures we se on our tours!

Black-faced Black Spider Monkey is an Amazonian species but occurs in the Pantanal in the Pantanal Ecological Reserve at the Recanto do Dourado! #primate #monkey #monkeys #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wild #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #natgeo #canon #nikon

Giant Otters are wonderful to spend time with. We still have a few dates open for our Pantanal tours on the Paraguay River! www.focustours.com #otter #osg #mammal #wild #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wilderness #wildernessculture #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #naturelover #natural #nature_perfection #natgeo #natgeotravel #natgeotravelpic #canon #canonphotography #nikon #nikonphotography #hope

International Jaguar Day! #jaguar #wild #cat #cats #catsofinstagram #wild #nature

Bare-faced Curassows are the least endangered curassow species due to its wide range. Hunting is less popular now as older hunters are being replaced by their offspring who don’t continue the practice. #currassow #bird #birds #nature #naturephotography #natural #wild #wildlife

Giant Otters are charming creatures, but are also endangered. Conservation is important! #otter #wild #wildlifetravel #wildlife #nature #naturephotography

Pale-breasted Thrush, Turdus leucomelas, is in the same genus as American Robin, Turdus migratórios. All in the genus have the same body type, and all have long, loud musical vocalizations. These are their genus characteristics. #turdus #turdusmigratorius #thrush #thrushes #bird #birds #birdsofinstagram #birder #birders #birdersofinstagram #birderslife #birdwatching #birdwatch #birdwatchers #birdwatcher #nature #naturephotography #natureshots #naturelove #education #educational #wildlife #wildlifetravel #animal #animals #animallover #animalsofinstagram #animalphotography #animalkingdom

Capybaras are a common site on the shores of the Paraguay River in the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands. #capybara #nature #natural #wild #wildlife

Jabirus control the size of their necks and the intensity of red skin as well. #jabiru #bird #birds #birder #wild #wildlife #nature #animal

This wet Giant Anteater had just left a pond when I found it. An endangered species is always a lucky find! #anteater #endangered #wild #wildlife #nature #photography #tour

Black-faced Black Spider Monkey is an Endangered Species. It’s range SW Brazil in the Amazon and NW Pantanal, western Peru and NW Bolivia has suffered from hunting and loss of forested habitats for agriculture. This individual at the Recanto do Dourado is aided by the lodge during the extreme dry season. #recantowildlife #wildlife #nature #tourism #tour

Toco Toucan taking a drink. The Paraguay River in the northern Pantanal is low, and many of the ponds have dried. As a result more and more wildlife is coming to the river edge, making it easier to see! #Toucan #wildlife #bird

Jaguars are peaceful animals and rarely attack people. Lion, tiger and leopard are in the Sam genus and are much more aggressive with humans. #jaguar #jaguars #cat #cats #catlover #animal #animals #animallovers #animalsofinstagram #animalphotography #photography #photo #photoshoot #photooftheday #wild #wildlife #wildlifetravel #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature_perfection #naturetravel #naturetourism