Tijuca Park Tour: Wildlife and Nature Insights

Discover Tijuca Forest’s hidden gems with our expert-guided tour. Enjoy wildlife, waterfalls, and eco-friendly exploration away from the crowds.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Parque Nacional da Tijuca - This tour offers visits to half a dozen waterfalls, showcasing stunning wilderness, wildlife, and caves. Located just 30 minutes from Copacabana, within the city limits, the Tijuca Forest is a remarkable natural wonder in an urban setting!
    The adventure begins and ends between 7:30/8 AM and 1 PM. Participants will…
What's Included
  • Guide: English, Portuguese
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Why choose our tour? We start early to maximize wildlife sightings and minimize tourist crowds! Unlike the Safari Jeep tours, which do the opposite and pollute the park with diesel emissions. That’s a definite no! Our guides are knowledgeable in wildlife and nature, capable of identifying animals, plants, and tree species, providing a comprehensive…

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.

Customer Ratings
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P4784iakathrynh
Oct 16, 2025
Fun in the forest - Henry and Ricardo gave us a fabulous day out in Tijuca forest. They tailored the experience to our ability and preferences- very supporting and accommodating. A great mixture of history & information along with a humorous touch.
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Go36370143702
Sep 4, 2025
Highly recommended if you like nature and hicking - Such a peaceful forest to visit. Henry shown many things, more than I was expected. So happy to have seen monckeys, toucan, coati, many birds, water falls, caves, awesome views, etc. Henry has a high level of knowledge of this area. He even accomodated to start earlier so I would not miss my flight and accomodated me as well to return to my hotel. Just note that it is not an easy walk through the forest, you should be in good shape to really enjoy the experience.
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576bhavanak
Jun 22, 2025
Highlight of our trip to Rio! - Highlight of our trip! Our tour guide, Henry, was incredible. He graciously accommodated a last-minute change to our schedule due to a flight delay, which we greatly appreciated. You can tell he cares a lot about the environment and is very passionate about what he does. Henry shared fascinating stories about the forest and its trees, bringing the experience to life. He also has a great sense of humor and was great with our kid!
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Henrikb470
Mar 4, 2025
Great, great tour! - Well, I have a lot of things to say about this tour, and it is all positive. With his great knowledge of the area and goal to find the unique and not so over-crowded spots, Henry was a wonderful guide. He speaks perfect English, had great humor and did not mind making way for us, through other groups groups of turists. We were picked up at our hotel in Barra de Tijuca at 7.15 am and ended the last stop in the national park well past 2 pm, making this the best value-for-money tour in the area. Other jungle tour takes you to the area for only 2h tours, but Henry made sure we got a great experience. Maybe we got lucky, but we saw many monkeys, a beautiful snake and heard a tucan. For your own sake, consider this tour!
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C2630cojanew
Oct 27, 2024
Tijuca Forest Waterfalls, great tour with Henry! - We spent a brilliant few hours with our guide, Henry, exploring the waterfalls in the Tijuca Forest. We went early in the day to avoid the crowds. Henry was a great person to be our guide, he was friendly and kind. He told us so much about life in Rio, and took us to some great places in the forest. Sadly we didn’t get to see any of the views of Rio as the weather was very cloudy, but if you did this tour on a sunny day, the views would be fabulous. Our teenage boys enjoyed the trek and Henry’s company too. Highly recommend.
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From $60
up to 4 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).