Sugar Loaf Mountain Half-Day Tour: Morning Exploration with Panoramic Views of Rio
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200 Ratings
Rio de Janeiro

Spend the morning at Sugar Loaf Mountain, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most famous icons. You’ll take a breathtaking ride in a cable car to the top of the Sugar Loaf for panoramic views of one of the world’s most beautiful cities. This morning tour takes you to one of Rio’s most famous attractions and also includes a scenic tour of the city.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Leblon Beach - See Leblon Beach
  • Ipanema Beach - See Ipanema Beach
  • Copacabana Beach - See Copacabana Beach
  • Guanabara Palace - See Guanabara Palace
  • Sambodromo da Marques de Sapucai - See the Sambadrome, where the Samba School Parade happens every year.
  • The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian - See from outside and get inside the iconic Cathedral
  • Aterro Do Flamengo - See the beautiful Aterro do Flamengo
  • Botafogo Bay - See Botafogo’s shore
  • Morro da Urca - The first cable car takes you to Urca Hill, a vantage point 215 meters high for which already grants beautiful views of Guanabara Bay and its islands, Flamengo and Botafogo beaches, Santos Dummont Airport, the Rio-Niterói Bridge, Urca’s neighborhood and Corcovado Mountain.
  • Sugarloaf Mountain - A second cable car takes you up to the top. When you get there, you will understand why Rio is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world. At 395 meters you’ll enjoy breathtaking views from Copacabana beach, Niterói and the Santa Cruz fortress. From up there, you will have no trouble understanding why Rio is nicknamed “Wonderful City”.
What's Included
  • Panoramic city tour
  • Roundtrip transfer to select hotels
  • Multilingual live audio guide
  • Cable Car Ticket (optional)
  • Professional Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Pickup from selected hotels in Barra da Tijuca available on request ($10.00 per person). Please contact the local provider to arrange this service
Additional Information
  • If you select the option without tickets, we suggest you bring the amount in cash so it can be paid directly to the guide so you can be included on our voucher, otherwise you may have to enter the line for the purchase of tickets
  • During Carnival, between Friday and Tuesday, there is the possibility of City Tour being reduced or excluded from the itinerary due to traffic issues and streets closed over the city
  • Wear comfortable clothing and shoes
  • Bring sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat in case it’s hot
  • The specific departure time for this tour will be determined upon reconfirmation.
  • Keep in mind that if you want to avoid picking other passenger, just ask us to be picked up from the last departure point on the tour.
Location
Leblon Beach
Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Raghu_j
May 2, 2024
Well conducted trip - Fully satisfied with the trip organization. We had a good experience and would appreciate and thank all the staff associated with the trip.
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Liz
Apr 29, 2024
Great trip - Great trip, very relaxed and competent guide made the trip a pleasure. Saw all we wanted to in good timings.
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Carolrr9359xg
Apr 18, 2024
A wonder of an experience. - Sugarloaf is amazing. The views are wonderful. We had the best guide, Warley. He gave much info about the city and the people who live here. He was generous with his attention and good with everyone in the group. His love of Rio and Brazil was apparent and contagious.
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392del
Apr 1, 2024
Amazing half day trip. - Omg the views of Argentina are amazing from the top. If you’re over 60 you’re treated as a very important person and taken right to the front of the very long queue, meaning you board the cable cars first and you get much better photos. This is their number one attraction and is a very memorable experience
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Priya_m
Feb 19, 2024
Recommended - Great experience and even got a small city tour after! Luis was really informative and explaining everything
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Fredl50
Dec 30, 2023
Great lookouts must do when visiting Rio - I went on my own and caught Uber from Copacabana you need to go early to reduce the que as it can get crowded was a great way to see Brazil this is my second time here only issue was trying to get an Uber on the way back had to wait for a long time decided to walk and luckily a local suggested I use app 99 which is motorcycles if your faring go for it if not wait for an Uber but I returned later In the day hence the traffic other wise great day out
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Chris_w
Dec 15, 2023
An excellent way to see Sugar Loaf and Rio's other main attractions! - We opted to do a series of half day tours while in Rio to reduce the risk of Rio's temperamental weather impacting all of our sightseeing. We had nothing to worry about here though! Magnificent weather, the guide arrived early to pick us up, and we were at the start of the cable car before the crowds. Once up the top we had plenty of time for a coffee and to take pics of the 360° views and watch the planes land and take off from the Santos Dumont Airport below. We then took in a few of Rio's other landmarks. Once we were dropped off after our half day, those on the full day tour were heading out for a traditional Brazilian BBQ lunch, and then up to Christ the Redeemer. Rather than being dropped off at our hotel, we even joined them for lunch to top off our great morning tour and then walked the few blocks back to our hotel. An excellent way to see the best of Rio de Janeiro!
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Baggiephil
Nov 12, 2023
Great views - Visited on a early morning trip, it takes two cable cars to get to the top , and its worth every penny great views. Not to many people when we got there but you could see it getting busier as day goes on.
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Angiea625
Sep 24, 2023
Very informative tour - Warley was a great tour guide that knew something about everything. He took a rainy day visit to Sugar Loaf (the only time we could go) and made it fun for everyone.
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Yjzluo
Apr 15, 2024
Very poor service - The tour only include the transport but no more. Pickup was almost a hour late and no drop back to the hotel. No other service provided. It was easy money for this tour
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