In late-2006 and early-2007 I visited the Mata Atlantica of Rio de Janeiro State. The resulting trip reports are attached below in downloadable .pdf format (click on the destination name to open the .pdf file in a new window):

1) Brazil November 2006 covering a one-day visit to the Guapi Assu reserve and a long-weekend on the coast south of Parati;

 
2) Brazil January 2007 covering a weekend at the Serra dos Tucanos lodge and another weekend in the wonderful Itatiaia National Park.