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Buzios Tour from Rio with Boat Ride and Lunch
3.7
20 Ratings
Copacabana
Embark on a full-day tour from Rio to Búzios, the charming city known for its beautiful beaches, boutique stores, and delicious cuisine. Enjoy a shared boat tour and a buffet lunch, creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Armacao dos Buzios - Enjoy the 3-hour ride from Rio to Buzios. Relax, enjoy the view and listen to the information provided by the tour guide.
What's Included
- Schooner Boat Trip
- Lunch Included
- Air-Conditioned Transportation
- Bilingual Tour Guide
What's Not Included
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Snorkelling (available for rent)
- Transit tax of 30 BRL per person
Additional Information
Búzios has transformed from a quaint fishing town into a bustling tourist attraction, filled with fine dining options and upscale boutiques. Its popularity took off following a 1964 visit by French film star Brigitte Bardot. Delight in a day-long excursion exploring the city’s top beaches, quaint homes, interesting shops and friendly locals. Partake in a shared boat tour to see the stunning beaches lining Búzios’ coast. Take some time to unwind, take a swim, and revel in the water. After the boat trip, a buffet lunch awaits, after which you will be taken back to Rio on a bus.
- Contact us to confirm the pickup time according to hotel location.
- Children under the age of 4 are complimentary as they must be accompanied by an adult.
- If requested, you must present a copy of your ID.
- This tour is unavailable on Christma’s Eve, Christma’s Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and Carnival season.
- Snorkeling equipment can be rented on location.
- Duration of the transfer from Rio to Búzios: approximately 3 hours.
- Duration of the boat trip: approximately 3 hours.
- Swimwear, sunglasses, sunscreen and hats are recommended for this tour.
- Transit Tax must be paid in cash.
Location
Rio Othon Palace
If you do not contact us to confirm pickup time, we meet you at the Meeting Point.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.7
(20 Ratings)
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Rhina_l
Jul 5, 2024
Highly recommend this tour! - Loved all parts of this experience. The tour guide gave us ample time to experience each stop and was engaging, taking photos of our group and making sure we were good. Loved the boat ride the most. My family swam at each stop, and the underwater pictures were great.
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Laura_c
Mar 26, 2024
Great trip from Rio. - Lovely guide, lovely crew. Driver was a gentleman. Beautiful place.
Nice snorkeling. None of the other passengers spoke English. Crew explained it all well
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Alettamaria_g
Jan 6, 2018
Great trip! Worth it! Lots of... - <p>Great trip! Worth it! Lots of traveling. 9 and a half hours by bus, guide could've given us some information/history of the area. Boat ride very entertaining! Loved it! Love Buzios!!!</p>
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Jamie
Jun 2, 2016
This excursion was a fun activity... - <p>This excursion was a fun activity, but the travel time of 2.5 hours to and from Buzios takes away a good portion of your day. While on the boat you will stop at 3 different locations for a quick swim, but the boat doesn't stop at a beach or have anywher to lay out like a catamaran, so don't expect to relax and get a tan on this outing. There are food and drinks on the boat available for purchase, but you are welcome to bring your own snacks and beverages. In Buzios you have some time to eat and shop for souvenirs. Our tour guide provided us lunch at a buffet in town, but I'm not sure if this was included in the tour. Overall, the group I went with made for a good time, but a similar trip like this in Rio may be a better choice if you don't want to spend 5 hours of your day getting there and back.</p>
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Edgarr179
Feb 8, 2024
Not Worth The Long Trip - The trip from Rio de Janeiro to buzios is about 3 to 3 1/2 hours one way 6 to 7 hours round trip and we spent about 2 hours on the water. We where told that the excursion was going to involve 5 stops which it never happened after 3 stops they called it quits and went to have lunch and drove back to Rio de Janeiro.
6 to 7 hours of sitting on a bus for two hours in the water? NO THANK YOU.
I would think twice before taking a tour like this again, there’s better things to do not to far away.
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Manne_g
Jan 19, 2024
Broken bus without air conditioning tour was more long than expected before off bad bus - We waited at the lobby at 07.00 that pick us at 08.30 than we had to pick more people at the copacabana and the downtown we left 10.30 Rio the air conditioning didn’t work and the door of the bus had problems to open, we hav n
Been promised lunch and we got tack at 17.00 we had to wait for the restaurant above 30 minutes in the warm weather, we didn’t have time to go around the city as we should go to the bus , the was supposed to end. At 21.30 we were at home 23.00, we are here for and 10 days we hope that you can refund some of the cost and Ofer us a free tour to Ilya de grande, we have been using this visitor I Cape Town without problems
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Laisa
Dec 31, 2018
Buyer beware - Cons: The so called boat trip is a spot (standing room only) on a illegally crowded boat. If you board that boat, you are in danger of ending your vacation dead.
The lunch was at a crowded (line out the door) stuffy buffet restaurant. There are plenty of comfortable, nice atmosphere restaurants in Buzios. For the price charged for this tour, a much better experience was expected.
The tour guide spoke for 10 minutes the entire trip and was disorganized - told us the time to meet up was 5PM which ended up being changed to 7PM
I am a carioca traveling with my American husband and I do not recommend this company. We ended up skipping the boat trip and taking an Uber to see the beaches. We also had to pass on the restaurant as the line was too long.
Pros: Bus transportation was comfortable
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Ida
Jul 30, 2018
Beautiful, but poorly organized - Buzios was amazing, and I will recommend you to visit. However, not with this company. The tour was poorly organized, no information regarding the schedule, and the hotel pic-up was 1,5 hours late. They promise an English tour guide, but everything was in Portuguese. The tour guide was translating at the best of her ability, but we didn’t understand much.
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