Private Half-Day Tour: Customized Sightseeing in Rio de Janerio
4.9
50 Ratings
Rio de Janeiro
Experience a personalized half-day tour of Rio de Janeiro, tailored to your interests and schedule. Choose from a variety of iconic sights, including Ipanema beach, Christ the Redeemer, and the Botanical Garden. Enjoy a local lunch and make the most of your time in Rio!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Copacabana Beach - We´ll begin this exciting half-day tour by seeing Rio´s beloved and world-famous beach.
- Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer - Optional: 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!
- Aterro Do Flamengo - With 1.2 million square meters, meet the largest Urban park in the world.
- Escadaria Selaron - Optional: The most popular stairway in the world by the artist Jorge Selaron, we´ll see colourful tiles from over 60 different countries.
- The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian - Optional: We´ll visit the peculiar looking Cathedral, its colourful stained glass only seen from the inside and architecture buffs will fall in love with it.
- Botanical Garden - Optional: Founded in the imperial times of Rio, this impressive park is rich in tropical Brazilian flora and also shows samples from all over the world, including a cool cactus garden, orchidarium and bromeliad. Cute little animals such as marmoset monkeys can be a bonus.
- Rocinha - Optional: Rocinha the largest favela in Rio is also an option.
- Cinelandia - Our own glamorous petit Paris
What's Included
- Licensed tour guide
- Complimentary pick-up and drop-off
- Travel in a modern, air-conditioned vehicle
- Fuel surcharges included
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance fees
Additional Information
Coming to Rio in the middle of the day? Let´s make the most of your stay!
In this 5-hour private tour, get special attention from your friendly and knowledgeable tour guide as you visit the main highlights of Rio. This half day tour is perfect for those arriving in Rio in the middle of the day or for those who don´t wish to wake up early to go sightseeing. And since this is a custom tour, you can change the pick up time from 10 am to the desired time! Feel special the way only a private tour can make.
In a modern air-conditioned vehicle, choose between:
• Ipanema beach, the cool Selarón steps, and Christ the Redeemer,
• Christ the Redeemer and the Botanical Garden
• A favela and Tijuca Forest
• Christ the Redeemer, the Cathedral and Selarón Steps
• Christ the Redeemer and a Santa Teresa old tram ride
• Drop-off at Sugarloaf is also included.
All options with time for lunch in a wonderful local restaurant. (at own expenses)
- Last-minute tours: please call us after booking!!
- Your guide will wait for you at the hotel lobby. If you are exiting the port, he or she will have a Viator sign near gate 4.
- Please read “inclusions and exclusions” and the voucher after purchase for important information.
- Infant car seats are available. Please advise as a “special request.”
- Special restaurants such as vegetarian or gluten-free are available, please advise.
- A small amount of walking is involved.
Location
Copacabana Beach
Av. Atlantica - Copacabana,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Joshuatr5289th
Apr 15, 2024
Excellent experience - The tour was fantastic. My guide Mike made sure I had a great time and got to see the locations I wanted to see. He was very knowledgeable and was able to make it so all I needed to do was enjoy the experience. Highly recommend.
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Deren_k
Apr 7, 2024
Excellent tour to fall in love with Rio de Janeiro - Fred was such a great tour guide. We had a wonderful time exploring both Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain. Fred gave us excellent tips for the city, and, during our tour, pivoted to a fantastic market tour when Christ the Redeemer was cloudy which led to us leaving very quickly. They also provided transport back to the hotel after everything. The local candies available and Brazilian music in the car was the icing on the cake. We would highly recommend this tour, and can't wait to visit Rio again.
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Jae_e
Mar 24, 2024
Fred was amazing! Pick up... - Fred was amazing! Pick up and drop off were seamless. He communicated all the key details in advance, the tour was flexible, and he knew how to navigate the crowds for efficiency. After the tour he gave us numerous good leads for exploring Rio.
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John_w
Mar 23, 2024
It was great to see the... - It was great to see the Christ the Redeemer as a small group instead of having to keep up the larger group around us.
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Robert_m
Mar 15, 2024
Rio tour extraordinaire! - Our experience with Igor as guide was wonderful. From an on time hotel pick up to fascinating local color the tour and guide were totally memorable. We toured Christ the Redeemer, the tile steps and the cathedral and had a wonderful lunch. Igor knew how to navigate all the locales and crowds without a hitch. Would recommend guide and tour to anyone.
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Brian_d
Feb 22, 2024
Nice tour. Igor had to... - Nice tour. Igor had to think on his feet. When we got to public gardens, they were only taking local cash for tickets, normally they take CC. He pivoted and took us to nearby forested garden that was free entry and pretty cool.
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Shay_w
Jan 19, 2024
very good - ullysis is a very good guide. flexible with choosing the sites. With him we cut the line to the jesus the redemeer train line. We saw the main sites. the price of the train is not included in the cost of the trip.
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Harriet_p
Jan 12, 2024
A brilliant day out with Michael - We had the most brilliant time with Michael on our half day Rio tour. He was super knowledgable, enthusiastic, friendly and fun.
We even went over by 1hr due to needing to return to the hotel to print our Sugar Loaf tickets, and they were totally relaxed about it.
100% recommend!
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692nanazm
Jan 3, 2024
Amazing - Flavio was not only super knowledgeable but also extremely flexible. Together with our driver Roberto, he put together a wonderful itinerary that met the wide ranging needs of our family! We all walked away with some very memorable facts about Rio … and he even helped us with some souvenir shopping! Would highly recommend, worth every penny.
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Sandro_k
Jan 2, 2024
Best way to explore Rio if you don’t have a lot of time - We had a great time exploring Rio with our guide Isaac. We met in the lobby of our hotel and were off the Christ the redeemer in no time. Isaac gave us a lot of historical information on the city and buildings we passed and after visiting the Christ statue, we moved on to the Cathedral, Samba Stadium, historical center before being dropped off at the Sugar Loaf station. We had a great time with Isaac, laughed and learned a lot and explored a great city. Highly recommend this tour and Isaac!
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