Rio de Janeiro Trip Overview
Rio de Janeiro is home to world-famous landmarks, natural wonders, and vibrant neighborhoods. Discover it all on this private tour with an itinerary that takes in five of the city’s most memorable attractions. Visit the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado hill, ride the cable car to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, and take in the views from Praia da Joatinga. Plus, visit Parque Lage and explore the Santa Teresa neighborhood, home to the colorful Selaron Steps.
But wait, there is more. On the route we will also stop to know some other iconic and amazing locations, such as The Tijuca Rain Forest, see hang-gliders land on São Conrado Beach, Favela Rocinha, and Carnival Sambadrome..
* Five Rio highlights + Five additional attractions in one day: ideal for first-time visitors
* Delicious traditional Brazilian BBQ lunch at a restaurant in Santa Teresa
* Private tour: enjoy the undivided attention of your guide
* Hassle-free hotel pickup and transport by private and comfortable vehicle
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro is home to world-famous landmarks, natural wonders, and vibrant neighborhoods. Discover it all on this private tour with an itinerary that takes in five of the city’s most memorable attractions. Visit the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado hill, ride the cable car to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, and take in the views from Praia da Joatinga. Plus, visit Parque Lage and explore the Santa Teresa neighborhood, home to the colorful Selaron Steps.
But wait, there is more. On the route we will also stop to know some other iconic and amazing locations, such as The Tijuca Rain Forest, see hang-gliders land on São Conrado Beach, Favela Rocinha, and Carnival Sambadrome..
* Five Rio highlights + Five additional attractions in one day: ideal for first-time visitors
* Delicious traditional Brazilian BBQ lunch at a restaurant in Santa Teresa
* Private tour: enjoy the undivided attention of your guide
* Hassle-free hotel pickup and transport by private and comfortable vehicle
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Estrada da Cascatinha 850 Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20531-590 Brazil
We will start by going into the Tijuca Rainforest, the largest urban rain forest in the world and home to hundreds of species of plants and wildlife, many threatened by extinction.
Only when we are inside the forest we will feel how big and dense it really is and we will be surprised that we are still inside a big city, like Rio de Janeiro.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Praia Da Joatinga, Rua Lasar Segall, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 22611-100 Brazil
Secondly, we will head to the amazing and secret Joatinga Beach; a small jewel formed by a hidden cove is one of the most beautiful beaches in Rio de Janeiro and its visitation is a high point for those who like beach, surf, nature and to know where the “Cariocas” go for fun.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sao Conrado Beach, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro Brazil
We will stop by São Conrado Beach to see the hang-gliders land on the beach after their fall from Pedra Bonita. From here you also have a great view of the iconic mountain Pedra da Gávea.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro Brazil
We will enter the most famous and largest favela in Rio, Rocinha. Understand how a favela really works and what factors have influenced it thru history and present. If your group is up to 2 people then we will go to the very top of the Favela. Groups 3 people and more, we enter into the favela, by foot, but do not go to the top.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Parque Lage, Rua Jardim Botanico 414 Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 22461-000 Brazil
This historical mansion, right below Corcovado mountain and the Christ Statue, used to be a sugar farm in the 16th hundred century and is inspired by Italian architecture. It is one of the most iconic places in Rio and have been the stage of many cultural events such as the end scene of Snoop Dogg’s video “Beautiful”. In the surroundings you find waterfalls, a beautiful garden and visitors that come for the amazing ambient and great photos.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí, R. Marquês de Sapucaí – Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20220-007, Brazil
This is where the biggest parade show on the planet happen once a year during.
The Sambadrome was build specially for the Carnival and has capacity for 90.000 spectators.
Designed by Brazil’s most famous architect, Oscar Niemeyer.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Escadaria Selaron, Rua Joaquim Silva S/N, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 20241-110 Brazil
Great place for the best photos ever and an iconic place featured in music videos such as Snoop Dogg’s “Beautiful”. Some background: In 1990, Selarón began renovating dilapidated steps that ran along the front of his house. It started out as a side-project to his main passion, painting, but soon became an obsession. He found he was constantly out of money, so Selarón sold paintings to fund his work and also tiles were donated from all over the world. It was long and exhausting work but he continued on and eventually covered the entire set of steps in tiles, ceramics and mirrors.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Santa Teresa, Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro
We will have a tasty Brazilian BBQ lunch at the historical and bohemian neighbourhood Santa Teresa. This part of town is also famous for artistry, culture and great views over Rio.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Corcovado – Christ the Redeemer, Estrada Redentor – Alto da Boa Vista Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 22241-330 Brazil
Next we go up Corcovado Hill, by van, to see Brazil’s greatest national icon and on of the new wonders of the world, for some fantastic photos. This is the highest point we will visit during this day, with 710 meters.
Our Rio Official Guide will facilitate your entrance tickets, avoiding the public long line to acquire them.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Sugarloaf Mountain, Av. Pasteur, 520 – Urca, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro 22290-255 Brazil
Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak that rises 396 meters high and presents a bird’s eye view of Rio de Janeiro from the mouth of Guanabara Bay. To get to the top we take two cable cars called “bondinhos”. The first cable car takes us up to the Urca Mountain and the second to Sugarloaf.
Our Rio Official Guide buys the needed tickets at a separate ticket office, without the long public line, only granted to Official Guides.
We’ll end this full packed, fund day here at Sugarloaf and see the sun go down over Rio de Janeiro.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
