Recently Viewed
Tijuca Forest Tour: Exploring History & Adventure in Brazil's Replanted Urban Forest
5.0
60 Ratings
Copacabana
Embark on a thrilling Tijuca Forest tour in Brazil's replanted urban forest. Explore hidden historical attractions, hike through 19th-century trails, and discover the beauty of Rio's tropical rainforest.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
learn more
Highlights
- Tijuca National Park - On this tour, we’ll hike for about 3h in a loop circuit in the Tijuca Forest National Park. We’ll visit the atlantic rainforest, hiking on trails, up and downhill, passing by waterfalls, caves, bridges and also historical sites. After the hike, there’s a break for a waterfall shower.
What's Included
- Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points
- Guided Hike
- Transport in small vehicle (max. 6 people) / (optional air conditioner)
- All fees and/or taxes
- Licensed tour guide
- Insurance
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pick up/drop off OUT of the designated areas
Additional Information
This Tijuca Forest tour circuit, visits a variety of attractions in the National Park that are not well known so it has a more exclusive touch. HIking approx. 6,4 km (3.8 miles), on trails made in 19th century, when the area was occupied by coffee farms and you’ll discover and learn the history of Tijuca National Park, one of the largest replanted urban forest in the planet.
Along the way we visit Cascatinha Taunay (highes waterfall in the park), the Mayrink Chapel (from 1850), the Cova da Onça Bridge, the Eucalyptus Forest (an old slave cemetery) and the Bats’s Grotto (biggest gneiss cave in Brazil).
After that you cool off at Baronesa Cascade waterfall, and start descending to the starting point and on the way visitng some other historical attractions of the park.
The tour combines history, adventure, nature, a waterfall shower, among other attractions, visiting somehow hidden spots that reveal the beauty and personality of Rio and its tropical rainforest.
- Fitness required. MODERATE level hike. NO technical rock climbing, just hiking.
- Hike details: approx. 6km=3.8mi (up and down rough terrain), 3h, elev. gain 448m=1469ft.
- Maximum of 6 participants on the tour (or you can choose a private option)
- Not recommended for child under 12 and they must be accompanied.
- Passport name, number, and date of birth is required at time of booking for all participants (for insurance)
Location
Hilton Rio de Janeiro Copacabana
Avenida Atlântica
Transport is included from designated hotels (more than 100 options) on the neighborhoods of
Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Leme, Santa Teresa, Flamengo and Botafogo. If you're not in any of them please choose the hotel HIlton Copacabana (Av. Atlântica 1020) as the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(60 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Shirleypf2015
May 19, 2024
half day hike - Enjoyable half day hike with Jungle Me( Ricardo was our guide). All went smoothly which is easier in the small group but you need to be fit enough to go sometimes quite steeply uphill for short periods. We had perfect weather, Ricardo is very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and attentive. Enjoyed his sharing about the history of the urban forest and the different flora etc. The highlights were seeing wildlife: coati( brazilian raccoons), a toucan and the beautiful view points. Highly recommended.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
900milicap
May 8, 2024
Amazing experience in the forest with local wildlife, waterfalls and cave - Amazing day in the lively forest with pleasant people. Saw a lots of interesting plants and animals, like sloth (everyone to whom I told about that was excited!), monkeys, toucan, different sorts of butterflies etc. Visited several waterfalls, a small cave, lovely garden, view points, and learned many interesting things about forest and preserving nature in general. The forest itself is amazing, the fantastic guide and nature lover Renata was very enthusiastic, she answered all our questions and told us much more about Brasil than we expected, including history, geography, ecosystems, wild life and life in general, took photos of us, and made it a very pleasant trip. There were two more people in the tour and I felt like I was in some trip to the forest with friends, not on a guided tour, the atmosphere in the group was so relaxed and friendly. One member of a group took a waterfall "shower". Overall, it was one lovely day in the forest with nice people, which I would recommend to everyone, particularly to the nature lovers.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Yuanl667
Apr 29, 2024
Great experience if you love nature - The trip was wonderful! Renata was a great guide and not only took us to hike but also introduced Brazil geography and history, which makes the experience even more enriching! The forest is beautiful and the hike is nice and easy.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Daniele
Apr 24, 2024
Excellent guide - Interesting tour and the guide, Riccardo, super knowledgeable, friendly and available to share his favorite places in Rio. You can tell he really loves this city!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
O517jysandrak
Apr 8, 2024
Cozy, informative and beautiful nature - Renate was our guide. Very nice woman, good information about the country and its history. Very pleasant and nice walking tour. Tip from her to try a caprahinha with Cajun, delicious. Thank you very much for this fun trip 🥰
Review provided by Tripadvisor
G684kpmartind
Apr 8, 2024
Great mix of history and light jungle trekking - Tito was our great tour guide. Tour started with a comfortable drive from pickup location to the Tijuca jungle drop off point, where we got a quick history of Brazil before embarking on a moderate 6km trek through great scenery, complete with caves, waterfalls, remnants of 1800-century coffee plantations and dense jungle. You completely forget that you are in an area surrounded by city. Total trip time incl back and forth to Rio in-city pickup point (Leme) was around 6h. Remember bug repellant and swimsuit for a quick dip in the waterfall towards the end of the walk!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Mihai_i
Mar 21, 2024
A day in Rio's rainforest! - First of all the guide (Renata) was awesome!!! She was very knoledgeble about pretty much everything relating to Brazil's history and Tijuca's biodiversity. I honestly had a wonderful time. The trek was really cool and combined with all the things I've learned it made for a great trip. I will definitelly recomend it!! All and all it was an awesome day!
Review provided by Viator
Canadianwanderer87
Mar 19, 2024
Excellent day in Tijuca rainforest. - Doing this tour made for such an enjoyable. I like how they cap the group at six people. As someone who hikes regularly I feel smaller groups are better for this kind of activity. It’s much easier to keep the group together.
Apart from that our guide, Riccardo, made the day one to remember. He cared about his guests and wanted to be sure they had the best experience possible. You can see he is very passionate about what he does.
In all it was a great day and I had lots of fun on this tour. You should definitely book this if you are looking to explore Tijuca.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Ashleybryant3390
Mar 14, 2024
Highly recommended - Me and my friends had the best time on the hike with Reneta. Reneta was an amazing guide and was very knowledgeable. about the history of Rio and I loved learning about the beautiful Tijuca rain forest. I highly recommend this excursion. Thank you so much for an amazing experience.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Andrew_c
Apr 5, 2024
Super interesting experience - Renata, our guide, was great and explained so many interesting things about the forest, Rio, and Brazil including history, culture and geography.
Review provided by Viator
More activities from this operator
