Tijuca Forest Tour: Exclusive Hiking with Guides Exploring Waterfalls, Caves, and Nature
4.7
29 Ratings
Alto da Boa Vista
Embark on an exclusive hiking adventure in the Tijuca Forest, guided by experts. Discover enchanting waterfalls, caves, and stunning nature while learning about Rio's stories and fascinating plants and animals.
Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Parque Florestal da Tijuca - We will entry the Tijuca National Park will be welcomed with the stunning view of the Taunay Waterfall, the most famous cascade in the Park with its 35m free fall beauty.
    Our hiking experience will last 4 hours along beautiful trails. We’ll discover historical places and walk inside the impressive vegetation of the Rain Forest that create the stunning scenery of the Park.
    Our first stop is at Cachoeira das Almas (waterfall) where we can take a
    shower
    c under its fall. Then we pass by the Floresta restaurant, a historical building, to hit the Caves Trail and discover the Belmiro, Archer and Bats Caves, being surprised by rocks and granit walls along this part of the park.
    After visiting the caves we’ll stop at the Cristalina and Baronesa waterfalls and hike back on a different path, allowing time to visit to the Gabriela fall and take time to relax, have a snack, enjoy the place and feel the Rain Forest.
    The trails are mostly easy, but the hike is 8km long. Some small bits of humid and slippery soil, but no big difficulties.
    All waterfalls have natural crystal water that rises from the water basins of the Park.
    All caves visited are safe and don’t pose any danger to the guests.
What's Included
  • Walking sticks and small backpacks provided upon request
Additional Information

An elite trek through the Tijuca Forest, accompanied by guides who will expose you to much more than just the splendor of our environment. You’ll uncover tales of Rio, learn interesting facts about our flora and fauna. You’re guaranteed to enjoy yourself, take in stunning views and landmarks. Moreover, our guides are committed to accommodating your schedule and capabilities.

Location
Praça Afonso Viseu
Our Meeting Point is at the square PRAÇA AFONSO VISEU – at Alto da Boa Vista This square is right beside the entrance of the park. In the middle of the square there is a fountain. We will meet in the fountain.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(29 Ratings)
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Tishes
Apr 15, 2024
A Beautiful and Fascinating Experience - The hike to the waterfalls and caves in Tijuca Forest was a beautiful and exciting experience! Alessandra has a genuine fascination and love for the forest and is excellent at sharing her passion with visitors, as she tells us about the natural and human history of the region. The views, wildlife and plant life were incredible, it was like a visit deep into the jungle and yet we were less than an hour from the center of Rio. Waterfall showers were delightful and the cave exploration was spectacular! I very highly recommend this tour!
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Crawlm2023
Mar 22, 2024
The best tour guide!!! - Wow!!! .. Ale is amazing... I learned so much from her! She kept the pace good, keeping the information coming and making us feel amazed. She took up to the waterfalls and took high quality pictures! I highly recommend her!!!
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Immsns
Mar 20, 2024
One Splendid Trip. - Allesandra took us on a wonderful trip through Tijuca: A very informative, fun and exciting hike with waterfall showers and a cave that really wowed. Our very friendly and likeable guide made this a day to remember. Totally recommended.
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Navigate61455467835
Jan 4, 2024
Amazing experience! - Amazing experience and lots of fun! I learned so much. The duration and the activity was perfect, Alessandra is very attentive and dedicated. Thank you!
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Th0riumc
Jan 4, 2024
Explore the amazing Tijuca forest with waterfalls and caves - The forest is amazing and such a good contrast with the old architecture of the original houses. Great hike with a good cool off in the waterfalls and exploring some caves. Super recommended.
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Lynayaa2022
Dec 27, 2023
Once in a lifetime experience - We did the hike and cave tour and it was amazing. Lucas Teixeira was an awesome guide. Very knowledgeable about plants and animals. We hiked around for about 4 hours. Got some amazing photos. Definitely recommend this hike and Lucas as a guide.
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T6379sichristinas
Oct 3, 2023
A memory for the books! - I could not imagine this experience with any guide other than Alessandra. This hike absolutely took my breathe away with the beautiful views of waterfalls, plants, monkeys and caves. I truly felt immersed in this experience due to how knowledgeable and fun Alessandra was throughout the hike. She also has a true photographers eye! My friends and I have the most amazing photos to remember this experience by. Alessandra knew how to get the best angles and guided us how to pose and where to get incredible results! I'm a plant person, so I was pleasantly surprised to be able to identify a handful of plants! We all felt like great friends at the end! 10000/10 would recommend to anyone and 100% I would love to go on another experience like this with Alessandra as my guide. I will remember this experience for life!
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Morgan2800
Sep 17, 2023
Great experience! - We absolutely loved this experience! Alli was very knowledgeable and talked over the history of the Tijuca forest and did a great job of pointed out interesting things along the way. Highly recommend!
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Joey_r
Feb 8, 2024
never showed up. I waited there five hours later they told me sorry we had to cancel because of lack of participants. - I would give it zero reviews if I could. they never showed up at the meeting point. And they told me only five hours later into the trip time, but they had to cancel because they weren’t enough people. I have the email to prove it and obviously I received the full refund. I booked it this week in advance and they didn’t respond to any of my request for confirmations on WhatsApp, a few days before the excursion, as well as the night before, and the morning of. I woke up at 5 AM just to get there on time and I got there 30 minutes before the required time and waited an hour after but no one showed up. I ended up doing the trail on my own. they have a lot of nerve telling me five hours into the trip that they canceled because of lack of participants that’s just rude and considerate to my time. Don’t let them waste yours.
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Joseph
Feb 7, 2024
they never showed up and they had the audacity to text me five hours later and say it was canceled. 0 rating. - I would give it zero reviews if I could, they never showed up at the meeting point and they told me only five hours later that they had to cancel because not enough people showed up. I have the email to prove it. And I obviously got a full refund. I booked this a week in advance. They also didn’t respond to any confirmations whatsoever on WhatsApp. I contacted the guide three times before including the day before the trip. I woke up at 5 AM just to get to the meeting point on time, got there half an hour earlier and waited an hour, but nobody showed up. I decided to do the hike on my own, and I was fine on my own. That being said , five hours later I got an email saying sorry we couldn’t make it and we had to cancel the hike because we didn’t have enough participants.
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