Rio de Janeiro Excursion: Spectacular Day Tour to Christ Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain

Experience the best of Rio de Janeiro in one day with a thrilling excursion to Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain. Enjoy panoramic city views, ride a cable car, and explore the Tijuca Rain Forest. Don’t miss out on this spectacular day tour!

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pier Maua - Meeting point is
    Cruise Terminal Pier Mauá - The guide will be waiting for you at the
    exit gate of the Cruise Terminal 4 (right in front of the Kobra Mural), and will walk with you to the vehicle
  • Guanabara Palace - You will pass through the historic Laranjeiras neighborhood, which hosts the Guanabara Palace, the ancient home of…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Cable Car Ticket to Sugar Loaf Access
  • Skip The Line Train Ticket to Christ Redeemer Statue Access
  • Lunch
  • Port pickup and drop off
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Drinks
Additional Information

Experience the best of Rio de Janeiro in a single, full-day shore excursion combining two of the city’s top tours. The morning kicks off with a comprehensive city tour, including a cable car ride up to the peak of Sugar Loaf Mountain. Post lunch, embark on a journey through the Tijuca Rain Forest, equipped with skip-the-line cog train tickets,…

Location
Pier Maua
Avenida Rodrigues Alves 20, Centro
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Rafael_o
Feb 11, 2024
Must do or else you miss out! - Absolutely amazing! Andrea our tour guide goes above and beyond. The restaurant of choice was really good with plenty of meat selections. If you are on a Cruise ship I would not recommend this tour because you need more time than the ship allows to see both Cristo Redentor and Pan de Azúcar. This tour is a complete package and well worth it! Thank you Andrea! Miriam y Rafael Otero
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840ppk
Aug 3, 2023
Worth it - Our guide Warly was very friendly and knowledgeable. He made our tour fun and easy. Lunch was awesome too!
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563janiquej
Jul 25, 2021
Best excursion ever! - This was the best experience ever! Louis was a awesome tour guide he was the best ever! I would recommend him if you choose to go on a excursion! Food was incredible!
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Chris_s
Feb 22, 2020
Night at Sugar Loaf - It was awesome, our trip was delayed by 4hrs because of the ship, but the team waited for us and rearranged the tour, the night tour at Sugar loaf was amazing. THANKS.
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Pamela_m
Mar 2, 2019
Comprehensive One Day Overview of Rio - Took this tour over the cruise line's shore excursion because (1) it costs less, (2) included more sites and experiences, and (3) I was pleased that Viator now offers a guarantee not to miss your ship. The problem with Rio is heavy traffic, so you crawl from one site to another. Nevertheless, this tour took us up Sugarloaf Mountain on the cable car, the bog railway to see Christ the Redeemer and the viewing stands for Carnival. The only disappointment was that no drinks of any nature - water, soda, tea, coffee - were included with the lunch. For a few extra dollars, Euros, pounds, yens, pesos, reals, please throw in a complimentary, non-alcoholic drink.
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Steve
Apr 6, 2018
The highlights of this three-part... - <p>The highlights of this three-part tour were the gondola ride to the top of Sugar Loaf and the visit to the Christ Redeemer statue. It was a cloudy day, so some of the vistas were not spectacular, but that's touring. Between the two was a lunch at a grilled-meat restaurant. Although the food was tasty, it was a bit much for us and we would have been just as happy with a more modest meal, reducing the tour cost.</p> <p>For some reason, communication between Viator and the local company was incomplete. We had to pay for both the Sugar Loaf Gondola and the restaurant meal because the local company did not have a record of our payment credit card accepted, fortunately. Upon return to the US, we contacted Viator and they refunded the amount we were charged.</p>
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Bb_villagesfl
Feb 22, 2020
Day/Night Mare in Rio - It wasn't our tour operator's fault, but our tour operator didn't help much either. Our ship (Island Princess) was not cleared until after 12:00 Noon so our 8:30 Tour got off to a late start. We were told right from the beginning that we would not make the Rio de Janerio Cathedral so that was one item we missed. We also missed Tijuca National Park, along with visiting Sugarloaf Mountain at night when we saw nothing but lights from afar. Besides seeing "Christ the Redeemer", we saw a beach from a Sheraton hotel parking lot, and a soccer stadium from the outside that we circled around and watched people at the ticket counters. We realize the tour operator had no control over our ship letting people off late, but we spent so much time (at least an hour) just getting our group together, and a bunch of time wasted because the restaurant told us to kill time because they were crowded... Then, because we were so late and wasted so much time, the rain moved in like a monsoon and we had to make our way to the bus walking in 4" to 6" deep puddles.... It was a "Tour from Hell"! Our friends asked how we like Sugarloaf and we told the truth.. "We have NO Idea"!!
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Carlos_s
Dec 9, 2019
Too long - The places we visited were very good, but to pick up passengers from different hotels was too long. I thought it was only for cruise passengers. We wasted around two hours and we had to change the bus.
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Anne
Mar 17, 2018
My friend and I had a wonderful day... - <p>My friend and I had a wonderful day on this trip. The views from the top of Sugar Loaf mountain and Christ the Redeemer were wonderful. We were picked up from the port just after 8am and taken to a hotel to join a larger group for the tour. There were a few times during the day when the organisation was a bit chaotic as there were several gaps in the day when we had to wait for our transport to the next stage of the trip. The worst part was our return to the ship when we were transferred to a private taxi to take us back to the ship. The journey started well but, it turned out that the driver had no idea where the port was and it took almost 2 hours for us to get back to the ship. My friend and I do not panic easily however, given the warnings we had been given about safety in Rio I was worried. The content of the trip was great but, as a result of the return trip to the ship I wouldn't recommend using this company in Rio.</p>
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Lionel1234
Nov 4, 2018
Taxi tour - This was a ten hour tour and although we did see sugar loaf mountain and Christ the redeemer we saw more back streets over and over again plus hotels. Over half of the tour was filled up with collecting more guests. Getting rid of some at lunch time then going round more hotels to pick up the afternoon crowd. Very frustrating and disappointing
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