This is an excellent
option to see the best of Rio if time
is limited. In only one day you may
visit Corcovado and Sugar Loaf. In
the morning a visit to Christ Statue
at Corcovado mountain taking the cog
train through the luxuriant rain Forest.
Enjoy the spectacular views of Rio
and the surrounding countryside.
After the morning tour, relax and
enjoy lunch at a seafood restaurant.
In the afternoon, join he Sugar Loaf
tour, driving by downtown Rio, with
its fine colonial-style portuguese
buildings, and continuing on to the
cable car at Prai Vermelha ( red beach).
A ride to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain
gives the visitor a wonderful view
of the city nestling between the mountains
and the sea, and the sight of the
sun going down over Copacabana beach
is magical. After riding down the
cable car, our coach returns passengers
to their hotels.
Half Day Tour to Corcovado
Duration:
04 hours
From any place of the
city, the visitor can see the most beautiful
postcard of Rio de Janeiro: Christ the
Redeemer statue in the mountain of Corcovado,
located at 710 meters above the sea
level and inaugurated in 1931.
This tour begins in Cosme Velho's
neighborhood from where the cog train
starts a trip through the Tijuca Forest,
the largest urban forest in the world,
up to the statue.
Once there, a panoramic and extraordinary
view of Rio will be seeing including
the Sugar Loaf, the Guanabara Bay,
the beaches of Southern Zone and the
Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.
After the visit of the Corcovado,
the tour will continue to São
Conrado area with a brief stop at
the Pepino beach from where you can
appreciate the flight of the hang
gliding .
Full Day Tour to Tropical Islands
Duration:
08 hours Lunch Included
The city of Itacuruçá,
located 1 ½ hour away from Rio
de Janeiro, in the district of Mangaratiba,
has among the main activities the fishing,
agriculture and tourism and has basically
simple houses of fishermen. The Saveiro,
name given to this typical boat that
looks like a schooner, cruises the Sepetiba
Bay, an area rich in natural beauty,
where it is normal to spot a flora and
fauna as dolphins, giant king-fisher,
parrots, turtle and sting-rays. A stop
is made for a swim and then the saveiro
continues to the island of Itacuruça
where a delicious lunch self-service
buffet will be waiting for the visitors.
There will be a time to explore the
Island before returning to Itacuruça.
Half Day Historic Rio de Janeiro Tour
Duration:
04 hours
This is an unusual walking
tour which gives the visitor a feeling
for the legends and stories woven around
the narrow streets and old historical
buildings of downtown Rio.
The walk includes a visit to many interesting
points, such as the São Bento
Monastery, Candelaria (the candle-makers),
Praça XV, the "Travessa
do Mercado", Imperial Palace, the
cultural centre located in the beautifully-restored
Banco do Brasil, the Casa França-Brasil,
Ouvidor (the listeners) Street and Gonçalves
Dias Street with the traditional Colombo
Coffee Shop.
The walk continues on down Uruguaiana
Street, Carioca Square up to the Metropolitan
Cathedral where passengers will meet
the transportation that will take them
back to their hotels. This is an unusual
walking tour which gives the visitor
a feeling for the legends and stories
woven around the narrow streets and
old historical buildings of downtown
Rio. The walk includes a visit to many
interesting points, such as the São
Bento Monastery, Candelaria (the candle-makers),
Praça XV, the "Travessa
do Mercado", Imperial Palace, the
cultural centre located in the beautifully-restored
Banco do Brasil, the Casa França-Brasil,
Ouvidor (the listeners) Street and Gonçalves
Dias Street with the traditional Colombo
Coffee Shop. The walk continues on down
Uruguaiana Street, Carioca Square up
to the Metropolitan Cathedral where
passengers will meet the transportation
that will take them back to their hotels.
Half Day Tour to the Sugar Loaf
Duration:
04 hours
This visit is made in two steps by
cable car. The first cable car takes
passengers to Urca Hill which is 215
meters high and from where one can
have a beautiful view from the Guanabara
Bay and its islands, the Rio-Niterói
bridge and Corcovado hill. From this
stage, a second cable car will be
taken up to the top with 395 meters
to find a splendid view from Copacabana
beach, the Santa Cruz fortress and
some beaches of Niterói. This
tour begins with a city panoramic
view through downtown Rio, passing
by the Sambodrome, the Metropolitan
Cathedral, in pyramid form, with internal
diameter of 96 meters and height of
80 meters. Get to know the traditional
Cinelândia square with the historical
buildings, the Municipal Theater,
the National Library and the National
Museum of Fine Arts. By taking the
Aterro do Flamengo, you will be taken
to the neighborhood of Urca where
it is located one of the largest symbols
of the city: the Sugar Loaf. This
visit is made in two steps by cable
car.
The first cable car takes passengers
to Urca Hill which is 215 meters high
and from where one can have a beautiful
view from the Guanabara Bay and its
islands, the Rio-Niterói bridge
and Corcovado hill. From this stage,
a second cable car will be taken up
to the top with 395 meters to find
a splendid view from Copacabana beach,
the Santa Cruz fortress and some beaches
of Niterói.
Half Day Tour to Maracanã
Duration:
04 hours
The stadium Mario Filho, globally
known as Maracanã, was built
in 1950, to shelter the World cup
that took place in Brazil.
The largest Stadium in the World.
Enjoy the electric atmosphere of a
classic game with great flags and
fireworks.
This is only operated on game days,
and includes entrance for tourist
section, in numbered chair.
Rio by Night - Samba Show
Duration:
03 hours
Besides being the Wonderful city,
Rio de Janeiro is also the champion
of bohemian life. It is at the Plataforma
1 show, in this effervescent rhythm
of Samba, that you will listen the
most famous songs. It was inside of
the cariocas' joints, with beat of
forks and glasses or "batucadas
" on match boxes that the most
beautifull songs were written. So,
seat and enjoy it.
Rio By Night, Barbecue Restaurant and Samba
Show
Duration:
05 hours
Night in Rio is a meeting
point and makes the heart beat faster.
Music and joy key ingredients to a good
night life, go together with a permanent
parade of artists in the show houses.
A delicious dinner in the typical Barbecue
House will be served. After dinner passengers
are taken to Plataforma 1 where a show
of Samba music with native girls mulatas
will be presented. You will fell the
energy so many times shown in Carnaval,
is an enchantment that touches all,
indistinctly.
Jeep Tour - Tijuca's Forest
Duration:
4 hours
PICK-UP
TIME: 9:00AM and 2:00PM
In this tour, we visit
the Tijuca Atlantic Forest, the largest
urban forest in the world stopping at
the Chinese View belvedere with a magnificent
view of the Ipanema and Copacabana beaches,
the Guanabara Bay and the Sugar Loaf.
Inside the forest, we stop at a beautiful
waterfall for a refreshing bath and
walk through a trail of easy tracking.
During the tour, usually we can see
tropical animals like monkeys, monkeys
sloths and exotic birds.
On the way back to the hotel, we stop
at the Pepino Beach to watch the hang
gliders.
Pick-up in convertible Jeeps at the
hotel - Horto Florestal Road - stop
at the Monkeys Waterfall - stop at Chinese
View Belvedere - Emperor's Table - stop
at Cascatinha Fall - Mayrink Chapel
- tracking - Canoas Road - Pepino Beach
- return to the hotel.
Jeep Tour - Corcovado and Tijuca's Forest
Duration:
4 hours.
PICK-UP
TIME: 9:00AM and 2:00PM
At the Corcovado Hill,
located in the Tijuca Atlantic Forest,
the largest urban forest in the world,
is the statue of Christ the Redeemer,
one of Rio's most famous postcards.
The Corcovado Hill, together with D.Marta
belvedere, is a mandatory tour in Rio
for the beauty of the sightseeing from
both locations. From the Corcovado,
we can see the beaches of Copacabana,
Ipanema and Leblon, the Rodrigo de Freitas
Lagoon and the Botanical Garden. From
the D. Marta belvedere, the main attractions
are the Maracanã stadium, the
Guanabara Bay and the Sugar Loaf.
This tour includes a small walk in a
forest trail up to the Cascatinha Fall.
ROUTE: Pick-up in convertible Jeeps
at the hotel - Cosme Velho street -
stop at D.Marta belvedere - stop at
Corcovado - Paineiras Road - stop at
Afonso Viseu Square - walk throughout
a trail up to the Cascatinha Fall -
Canoas Road - Pepino Beach - return
to the hotel.
Obs: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,
the access to the Corcovado is through
the Sumaré Road.
Full Day Tour to Corcovado and Sugar Loaf
