Private Rio Tour: Experience Art, Nature, or History in Brazil's Vibrant City
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380 Ratings
Rio de Janeiro
Immerse yourself in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro with a private tour focused on art, nature, or history. Choose from a range of stunning highlights, including Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf, and experience the city's diverse culture.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer - Begin your exciting private tour in Rio with 8am pick-up, going to one of the world´s New Seven Wonders, by train passing through the Tijuca National Forest, one of the largest urban forests worldwide. At the top, get sweeping views of Rio and take the time to snap photos. Your guide will take every photo you desire so feel free to ask!
- Sugarloaf Mountain - You´ll be absolutely amazed by the views on top of Sugar Loaf hill. Hop a cable car to the top at 1,300 feet (396 meters), from where you’ll enjoy more panoramic views of the city below. Along your visit, you’ll get personalized attention from your private guide (if option selected) and plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
- Parque Nacional da Tijuca - We´ll relax passing by the Tropical forest and if we´re lucky we´ll see a few animals such as the Capuchin monkey, or the sloth.
- Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon - We´ll pass by one of the most expensive places to live in Rio, this luxurious neighborhood has the beautiful artificial lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas and its salty waters come from Leblon beach through a canal.
- The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian - If history is the chosen focus of the tour, we´ll visit the peculiar looking Cathedral and architecture buffs will fall in love with it.
- Carioca Aqueduct - We´ll pass by Roman Style Lapa Arches, what was once an aqueduct and where the Santa Teresa tram pass on top.
- Painel Etnias - If your tour custom focus is art, you will see the most amazing mural in the world by famous artist Eduardo Kobra.
- Cascatinha Taunay - If nature is your tour focus, you´ll be amazed by the 35 meter waterfall at the Tijuca forest :D
- Santa Teresa - If your tour custom focus is art, you´ll love this charming artsy neighborhood in Rio!
- Cinelandia - If your custom tour focus is history, you´ll see how and where Rio wanted to be the “Little Paris”
- Pepino Beach - If nature is your custom tour focus, you will see the beautiful place where people land when they hang glide :D
- Painel Etnias - We will see one of the world´s largest murals by artist Eduardo Kobra.
What's Included
- Driver-guide or separate driver and guide options.
- Full guidance dependent on parking availability.
- Tour durations of 8 or 9 hours, with optional lunch.
- Pre-reservation of tickets to the Christ site (payment on day of tour).
- Customizable tour focus: art, nature, or history.
- Option to provide one passport number for booking.
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance tickets
Additional Information
Experience the ultimate private excursion listed on TripAdvisor! Embark on a tailor-made 8-hour tour that could either be arts-focused, history-centric or nature-inspired! Marvel at Rio’s spectacular attractions including Christ the Redeemer, Selarón Steps, and Sugar Loaf.
This bespoke tour provides the added benefit of either hiring a driver-guide (single professional) or a distinct guide and driver for maximum convenience. We offer only the best, the friendliest, and the most knowledgeable licensed tour guides in Rio. These guides have impeccable language skills in English, Spanish, Italian, German, and French, or are native speakers.
What would you choose?
• Art enthusiasts will appreciate the vibrant Santa Teresa neighborhood and the Ethnicity mural
• History aficionados will enjoy exploring Cinelândia square and the Metropolitan Cathedral.
• Nature lovers will relish the rousing nature experience: Tijuca forest and its waterfall, Pepino beach at São Conrado.
- Special restaurants are available: gluten-free, vegan, halal, kosher, please advise.
- Small pets are allowed .
- Wheelchair accessible vans may be provided. Please choose the “van” option at the time of booking.
- Infant car seats are available. Please advise as a “special request.”
- A small amount of walking is involved. Sights are wheelchair accessible.
- Please read our voucher for important information before the tour starts.
Location
Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer
Estrada Redentor - Alto da Boa Vista, Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(380 Ratings)
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Wullenjohn_w
Mar 28, 2024
We really enjoyed the... - We really enjoyed the full day trip with our wonderful tour guide Diogo Lopes! He was very knowledgeable and friendly! He created the great schedule that included the most scenic parts of Rio! We visited Christ Redeemer, Selaron steps, Sugarloaf mountain, beautiful park, Santa Teresa neighborhood and had a great lunch at Churascaria restaurant. Diogo is an amazing tour guide and his “Jonny Depp” driver was great! They picked us up from the cruise on time and delivered after the long day of sightseeing to the airport. Thank you, guys!
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Jonathan_m
Mar 27, 2024
Fredrico is AMAZING! - Our personal driver Federico was so amazing and professional. He was patient, informative, funny, and made it very easy to enjoy his company. We highly recommend you request him! For us, we prioritized Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf Mountain, and Selaron Steps. If you are a surfer he can give you all the best spots to visit while in Rio! Thank you again for an amazing day!
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Tanyala_r
Mar 27, 2024
Amazing Private Tour!!! - This was one of the best private tours I’ve ever experienced! Our tour guide, Michael, was very knowledgeable and accommodating to our wheelchair bound friend! His personality was great and he took amazing care of everyone in the group.
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Claytonvp
Mar 23, 2024
Diogo is a great tour guide with loads of knowledge and lots of energy. - Diogo our tour guide was full of energy and made every effort to make our Rio highlights tour most memorable. I can highly recommend him.
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Marka7561
Mar 22, 2024
Well worth the money. A great intro to Rio. - It may sound bad, but having a guide who can chat his way to the front of the queues really helps. Our guide and driver were excellent. We opted for the “history” extension and after Christ Redeemer and Sugarloaf we had a great tour of Rio, including cathedral, library, cafes, docks, monastery etc. I feel we saw things that we would have missed as solo travellers. Our guide was excellent throughout and I feel we got an excellent intro to Rio in a day. We weren’t sure that the extra for a private tour would be worth it, but if definitely was. . Recommend.
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Luigisassa56
Mar 19, 2024
A day with Angelica - The trip was a success, the guide (Angelica) very kind and friendly well informed. In one day we saw and visited the main attractions to see. We were lucky with the good weather (in Rio it changes in an instant), the views were fantastic.
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50sharon
Mar 19, 2024
A must do! Private car and guide to experience a great day in Rio - Our guide, Diogo, loves history and therefore knew a lot about the country and city. Our driver, Carlos, was very conversant as well. We went to see Christ the Redeemer and Diogo got us front seats on the train both ways! Excellent. We decided to visit the city rather than Sugarloaf, so spent time visiting the Cathedral, the monastery (elaborate building from the 1600’s filled with gold statues, alters, reliefs etc), descended the 250 stairs with tiles from Rio artist, Selaron, and tasted cachaca, a Brazilian rum made from sugar cane,
We also drove around the city square and Diogo explained where it used to be water but land was reclaimed. We visited the port and the largest mural in the world. We also saw the part of the port for the slave trade that was unearthed recently. We learned about favelas, the houses on the hills.
We ate in a typical Brazilian steak house for lunch and visited Ipanema beach and the area of Leblon.
A wonderful day!!!! Highly recommend. We want to thank Diogo for being so hospitable and kind, and showing us his city.
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Kygreeneyedblond
Mar 17, 2024
Private tour of Rio with Duncan - We had a perfect day seeing Rio with Duncan! We were on a cruise so our time was limited yet Duncan made sure we saw all the most important sites, plus a few that we personally requested (bikini shopping in Impanema!) Duncan was fun & extremely knowledgeable. We highly recommend this tour!
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Waynef236
Mar 17, 2024
All-day tour of Rio with Fred - Our guide, Fred, did an outstanding job showing my wife and me around Rio. Fred was very friendly and knowledgeable of the history, culture and geography. He was able to get us through the lines for the railroad to Christ the Redeemer and on to the gondolas going up Sugarloaf Mountain in a fraction of the time it would have taken us. It was a very hot day and his air conditioned car provided great relief between attractions. I would give Fred the highest rating.
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Irisvanessam2024
Mar 16, 2024
Amazing tour! - Michael is the best!!!
He is super friendly and made our tour even better. We loved his energy and every little detail he had to tell us about the places we visited. We never felt rushed and we had our time to enjoy every place. It felt like he was part of our group as a friend. Oh and he is the best photographer too. It really was amazing, we will never forget this experiencie.
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