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Private Rio Tour: Art, Nature, or History
4.9
529 Ratings
Rio de Janeiro
Immerse yourself in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro with a private tour focused on art, nature, or history. Choose from a range of stunning highlights, including Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf, and experience the city’s diverse culture.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro with a private tour focused on art, nature, or history. Choose from a range of stunning highlights, including Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf, and experience the city’s diverse culture.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy a private itinerary with both fixed and customizable options, featuring art, nature, or history. Tailor this tour to include places of your interest by sending a message after booking.
- Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer - Start your thrilling private tour in Rio by visiting one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Travel…
- Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy a private itinerary with both fixed and customizable options, featuring art, nature, or history. Tailor this tour to include places of your interest by sending a message after booking.
- Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer - Start your thrilling private tour in Rio by visiting one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Travel by train through the Tijuca National Forest, one of the largest urban forests globally. Your guide will capture all the photos you wish, so don’t hesitate to ask! This is a FIXED part of the tour.
- Escadaria Selaron - As the third most visited attraction in Rio, the Selaron steps are a stunning and vibrant mosaic artwork, featuring tiles from over 60 countries.
- Sugarloaf Mountain - Be captivated by the breathtaking views atop Sugarloaf Mountain, offering panoramic vistas of the city below. This is a fixed part of the tour. For additional sights, a Sugarloaf drop-off is recommended.
- Cinelandia - Explore the remarkable buildings at Cinelândia and delve into the history of Rio. This is included in the HISTORY option of the tour.
- The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian - The uniquely designed cathedral will leave you in awe. This is part of the HISTORY option of the tour.
- Pepino Beach - Discover a stunning section of our coastal beaches! This is part of the NATURE option of the tour.
- Cascatinha Taunay - Experience the refreshing Taunay waterfall in the Tijuca forest and the beautiful Pepino beach in the São Conrado neighborhood. This is part of the NATURE option of the tour.
- Santa Teresa - Visit the charming Santa Teresa neighborhood and the impressive Ethnicity wall, capturing amazing photos! This is part of the HISTORY option of the tour.
- Etnias - Mural de Graffiti (Estúdio Kobra) - Discover one of the largest and most beautiful murals in the world! This is part of the ART option of the tour.
What's Included
- Pick-up and drop-off anywhere in the city of Rio
- Tours with driver-guide: Fully guided only if the guide finds parking
- We’ll advise you on the best kind of tickets to purchase
- Tour duration: 8 hours without lunch, 9 hours with lunch
- Tours with separate driver and guide: Undivided attention and absolute comfort
- Choose focus: art, nature, or history
- Last minute bookings: Please call us
- Pick-up and drop-off anywhere in the city of Rio
- Tours with driver-guide: Fully guided only if the guide finds parking
- We’ll advise you on the best kind of tickets to purchase
- Tour duration: 8 hours without lunch, 9 hours with lunch
- Tours with separate driver and guide: Undivided attention and absolute comfort
- Choose focus: art, nature, or history
- Last minute bookings: Please call us
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance tickets
- Lunch
- Entrance tickets
Additional Information
Experience the ultimate private excursion listed on TripAdvisor! Embark on a tailor-made 8-hour tour that could either be arts-focused, history-centric or nature-inspired! Marvel at Rio’s spectacular attractions including Christ the Redeemer, Selarón Steps, and Sugar Loaf.
This bespoke tour provides the added benefit of either hiring a driver-guide…
Experience the ultimate private excursion listed on TripAdvisor! Embark on a tailor-made 8-hour tour that could either be arts-focused, history-centric or nature-inspired! Marvel at Rio’s spectacular attractions including Christ the Redeemer, Selarón Steps, and Sugar Loaf.
This bespoke tour provides the added benefit of either hiring a driver-guide (single professional) or a distinct guide and driver for maximum convenience. We offer only the best, the friendliest, and the most knowledgeable licensed tour guides in Rio. These guides have impeccable language skills in English, Spanish, Italian, German, and French, or are native speakers.
What would you choose?
• Art enthusiasts will appreciate the vibrant Santa Teresa neighborhood and the Ethnicity mural
• History aficionados will enjoy exploring Cinelândia square and the Metropolitan Cathedral.
• Nature lovers will relish the rousing nature experience: Tijuca forest and its waterfall, Pepino beach at São Conrado.
- Special restaurants are available: gluten-free, vegan, halal, kosher, please advise.
- Small pets are allowed .
- Wheelchair accessible vans may be provided. Please choose the “van” option at the time of booking.
- Infant car seats are available. Please advise as a “special request.”
- A small amount of walking is involved. Sights are wheelchair accessible.
- Please read our voucher for important information before the tour starts.
Location
Rio de Janeiro
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(529 Ratings)
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Victoria_v
Feb 25, 2025
Great way to experience Rio - Great experience! Tatiana was a great tour guide. She was friendly and knowledgeable, and I can’t imagine seeing the sites we saw without her guidance, especially when it came to visiting Christ Redeemer. Our driver, Bruno, had a clean and comfortable car and drove us around the city safely. Highly recommend booking this experience for an organized tour of the city!
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G6486kwoscarr
Feb 23, 2025
Best tour guides - Carmen and Bruno! Are the best tour guides in Rio. They were very welcoming, head warming personality and extremely patient with us. I would most definitely recommend them for anyone looking to find a tour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!🇧🇷
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Phartungm
Feb 19, 2025
I totally recommend this experience - Punctual and very good vehicle. The Wagner guide very friendly and attentive. Fully recommended! He spoke 3 languages and was always watching my children and make it a pleasant experience for all 3!
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Michael_l
Feb 16, 2025
Wonderful day in Rio - From the pick up at our hotel Alex was engaging and full of knowledge. From Brazilian history to the etymology of various words and phrases Alex knew it all and shared in a jovial and relaxed manner. He took us everywhere and everyone seemed to know him. He was a fixture of Rio and we felt right a home. Corcovado, Sugar Loaf and many other spots, even a old Baroque church which was a bonus. We fed monkeys and had a grand time. What a wonderful memory of Rio!
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Tinastans13
Feb 15, 2025
Worth the time! - Two couples went for multiple days to Rio in February 2025. We had a private tour with Isaac as our guide. He was very knowledgeable, friendly and spoke nearly perfect English that was easy to comprehend. He tailored our tour to our wants. Besides the Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf Mountain, he chose a delicious restaurant in the Santa Teresa neighborhood for lunch, stopped by the Cathedral of Rio, stopped for art exhibits in historical buildings and helped my brother-in-law find information on a very specific coffee he desired.
I left my favorite sun glasses in the back of the car, Isaac facilitated a return of the glasses to my hotel by the driver of the tour, Rômulo.
I would also suggest following the tips sent by the tour company after booking. The “Skip the Line” tickets for both Christ the Redeemer and SugarLoaf are worth the premium. Also, start your tour as early in the morning as possible, we began at 7 am with our first stop being Christ the Redeemer, which was already crowded.
This was a well organized tour by the company but the guide, Isaac and driver Rômulo were the reason I gave it 5 stars, their care and professionalism are not seem often today.
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Christina_m
Feb 15, 2025
Best way to explore Rio's highlights in a day. - Best way to explore Rio in 1 day. Our guide, Beth Banho, and driver, Bruno, picked us up promptly at our hotel. Beth guided us through the city's highlights (cathedral, steps, Christ the Redeemer statue & Sugarloaf), going at a leisurely pace set by us. A perfect compliment to our tour were the Fast Pass tickets we purchased in advance; Beth was an absolute expert navigator using the fast pass tickets, skipping the lines, and ensuring we enjoyed ourselves. We booked a late morning tour since we just arrived the previous evening, which worked out perfectly allowing us to enjoy the sunset from Sugarloaf. Beth was super not rushing us, giving us time to enjoy our day. We loved the team Beth & Bruno made seamlessly driving us around and taking every small step to ensure our trip was enjoyable. Thank you for an amazing experience!
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William_s
Feb 15, 2025
Wonderful first day in Rio - Definitely need to buy skip the line passes for Christ the Redeemer and to Sugar Loaf. Especially during high tourist season. With traffic and crowds around Rio, this would be a tough day without the extra passes.
We had a wonderful guide and driver. We saw everything on our itinerary and even had a wonderful lunch.
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Grmay38
Feb 12, 2025
A perfect day in Rio! - Excellent experience with this tour in Rio. The tour guide Isaac is the best, very knowable, enthusiast and professional. All question was addressed perfectly. I had a short time to know the city and I saw more that I could imagen. Tour was well organized, thanks to Isaac. The driver Bryan very professional and kind. I came back to my country in Love with Rio thank to that perfect day. Highly recommended.
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517liloul
Feb 19, 2025
Circuit very well but... - Very interesting and very friendly guide, thank you Romeo! Only downside is that the tour is not really personalized: we did not have to choose the theme art, nature or history as what is written in the statement of this activity...
Nothing else to say!
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Nicholas_s
Feb 15, 2025
Try someone else - clearly no coordination - My guide Wagner was prompt and did a nice job of improvising on the day. However I cannot recommend booking with this company. I got no guidance on buying tickets in advance until 4 PM the day of the tour (i.e., after it was already over) so we had to spend a lot of time in line wasted and it was clear Wagner had not received guidance on what we were going to do that day. For $250 you would hope for some basic communication consistency. There are 100 other tour companies that can take you around. Mine might have been a distinctive miss given the strong ratings but I can’t recommend this.
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