Tijuca Forest Tour: Explore Caves, Waterfalls and Wildlife in Rio's Largest Urban Forest

Embark on a thrilling Tijuca Forest Tour in Rio’s largest urban forest. Explore hidden caves, majestic waterfalls, and encounter fascinating wildlife. Book now!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Parque Nacional da Tijuca - Tijuca National Park is claimed to be the world’s largest urban forest, covering 39 square kilometers. We are going to spend half day exploring the best spots in the park.
    Tijuca National Park has a wide variety of plant and animal species, including over 300 species of birds, 2,500 species of trees and plants, around 60…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

The tour’s primary focus is to showcase the top scenic views in Rio while also allowing the opportunity to hike and explore secret caves and waterfalls located within the national park. For chillier days, we offer the option to visit Pedra Bonita, also known as ‘The Beautiful Rock’, one of Rio’s most stunning mountain peaks. During our explorations, we…

Location
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Estrada da Cascatinha 850, Alto da Boa Vista
Cancellation Policy

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

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Orodas
Dec 25, 2024
Family vacation tours - We love the tour to Tijuca. Our guide was excellent. He has so much knowledge about this forest and took us to a great places! We had an excellent day! Thank you,
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Omar
Dec 24, 2024
Amazing Forest - It was an amazing experience going to the forest! Our guide was amazing and he has so much knowledge of the forest! We are very pleased with this tour. Thank you,
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185parrav
Dec 20, 2024
An exceptional forest tour! - Overall, our tour was an unforgettable experience. Our tour guide was exceptionally friendly and knowledgeable, sharing insider facts and insights about the local ecosystem. We were fascinated by the guide's in-depth explanations of the forest's unique wildlife and plant species. I highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for an immersive and informative experience.
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Joanno91
Dec 20, 2024
Enjoy the outdoors and nature - We had a great day with Bernardo; he was a wonderful guide; he highlighted nature, history, etc. Highly recommend good sneakers or hiking shoes; it is a tough hike for those not cardio conditioned. The views were incredible from top of mountain, cave was amazing to see, and waterfalls are always peaceful and beautiful. Family enjoyed going under the waterfall.
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Margaretbu8791pb
Dec 20, 2024
Fabio the best - Hiking to Pedra Bonita Tijuca National Park , our guide Fabio was amazing, very friendly, explained everything about the hike. Amazing experience, I’m sure I will be back for more in future to come . Totally recommend 💯
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Globetrotting659921
Dec 15, 2024
Rio de Jinero best spots - Our tour guide was Yasmim. She was great. She picked us up on time and was like a professional photographer when she took pictures of myself and my daughter. She went above and beyond to make sure we had enough time at every spot we visited and also educated us on the history of the sites. We spotted a toucan at Tijuca National Forest, that was a plus.
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Rhonda_s
Dec 11, 2024
A must do in Rio! - Eduardo La Pasta was an amazing guide. He not only took us to the best spots, gave us history and information, but is an amazing photographer who took the most professional shots of us at each site. We have the most precious memories. Thank you Eduardo!
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Neilmd7446od
Dec 21, 2024
Tijuca forest hike - Great views. Good hiking with some cave climbing and nice waterfalls. Friendly and knowledgeable guide who answered all my questions.
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Brent_t
Dec 13, 2024
A few concerns - This was a good tour but we had several issues beforehand and during as well. To begin with the operator gave us a name of a building to meet him at with no address. Not being from the area we had no idea where the building was. It ended up only being about four blocks from the ship so we were confused why he didn’t just meet us outside the port. Second, the vehicle that we were in for 3-4 hours was way too small for the number of people in the tour. The guide was late picking us up so that was a little concerning as well. Third, we were the first to be picked up and the last to be dropped off, spending an extra hour on both ends getting others picked up and dropped off. Lastly, the tour was suppose to end at noon and we didn’t get back to our ship until 3:15! I don’t mind going over a little bit that was excessive. He really didn’t seem to be in a hurry or concerned about time.
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Lennart_a
Dec 20, 2024
Not worth it - Heavily overpriced. In case of bad weather don’t go on this tour, no matter what they tell you. Poor experience!
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