Full-Day Tour Highlights of Rio de Janeiro

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Highlights of Rio Full Day Tour with Lunch

8 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Tick off all the attractions on your Rio de Janeiro must-see list on this full-day tour. With transportation included and a guide in the lead, you'll make good time on visits to the city's highlights, including the Selaron steps, the main Rio cathedral, the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado, and Sugar Loaf Mountain. Gondola ride and lunch included.

Comprehensive tour of Rio de Janeiro highlights in a single day
Learn about the city's must-see attractions through a guide's commentary
Transportation in between makes efficient use of your time
All entrance fees and gondola ride on Sugar Loaf included
Lunch
Hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Included

Local taxes
National Park fees
Lunch
Professional guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Drinks

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Av. Atlântica, 1500 - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22021-000, Brazil
For those who is staying in barra da Tijuca.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

08:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

Flats, Airbnb, Apartments, Rental vacation , Hostels please advise your adress . We have meeting point in Ipanema if you are staying in Barra da Tijuca. For port pick up, we have a meeting point.

What To Expect

CITY TOUR RJ

8 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Copacabana Beach

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Sugarloaf Mountain

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Maracana

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sambodromo da Marques de Sapucai

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Morro da Urca

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Escadaria Selaron

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Guanabara Palace

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Instituto Benjamin Constant - Theater

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Rio de Janeiro Historic City Center

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Maracana Stadium

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate

Pick up time will be advised the night before the tour
Infant rates (0-4 years) dont apply provided they do not occupy a seat
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Be aware: During the Carnival time , some streets are blocked and it will not be possible to visit all the attractions. But we guarantee the Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer for shure, lunch will be not possible.
If tou are vegetarian or any specific diet let us know.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

4.5

28 reviews

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Sugarloaf and Laughs

June_M, Dec 2023

Also took us throughout Rio explaining all of the ins and outs of this beautiful city. Sugarloaf was, for us, a wonderful highlight but talking with our co-travelers was too. Will plan on using Viator in the future.

If you are looking at an insightful trip then forget it!

Odyssey19461908213, Sep 2019

Very little insight was provided by the tour guide. the information he provided was not insightful or of value. Furthermore, other tourists who went through the hotel received a better rate than booking it via Trip Advisor.

Highlights of Rio Was great, almost perfect.

Jeff_L, Jun 2019

Roma was a great tour guide. He was knowledgeable, polite and caring. The selection of sites to visit were perfect. The driver was careful and efficient. Only one item was less than perfect: the lunch was only fair. The food was fair, but not great.

Highlights of Rio de Janeiro Full-Day tour with lunch

Carol D, Nov 2018

On time pick-up good. Guide provided information on van in three languages, but he spoke so fast too close to his microphone that it was difficult to understand even our own language. When group was combined with a half-day trip the bus was too crowded and the new people talked so loud we could not hear the guide. When time to return to hotels we got involved with taking the half-day people to Sugar Loaf and then a great deal of traffic while returning the first groups to their hotels. The driver seemed to get lost circling the hotel district over and over. Next thing we knew we were back at Sugar Loaf picking up the people we had dropped off. Finally we, the last group to be picked up in the morning, got to our hotel. It was over two hours after the tour had ended. This was very poor planning. The tour was fine and the sites visited were good, but I would be hesitant to ever use the company again. Adding the half-day tour to the full-day tour truly compromised the entire program.

Lots and lots of driving

Therese_S, Nov 2018

The guide was good but he had to tell the history in 3 languages so it was rushed. And then we picked up some people later in the tour which felt like it was just to make more money; van was crowded and everything took longer. But the real fun was when we were stuck in the van for TWO & A HALF hours because of all the folks getting dropped off and going back to pick up the later people from Sugar Loaf. TORTURE - we were tired, hungry and some of us really had to use a bathroom.

Response from Host, Jun 2019

Sir, you must review the company you made the tour, this is not us! We work with separated groups of 2 languages.We didnt find your name and email on our records your name on the bookings.Besides, we have a scheadule that fits every attraction to make the most of the time in it.There is no way to spend more than 2 hours inside the van waiting in vain, totally insane this coments. This is a misunderstand.

Exellent spent day

Valentina_I, Oct 2018

You can benefit this tour by saving time visiting most attractions in Rio. Our guide Mauro was extremly commited to guiding, explaining and amusing us and he did it. Thanks

Rio Full day tour

Jay E, Aug 2018

Jonathan did a great job as guide. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and he continually called his office to get updates and adjusted the schedule to try to get us to Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf when there would be the best visibility. It was a good first day to get an overview of Rio

great tour guide!

Mari_O, Jul 2018

Vinicius was a great tour guide and gave us plenty of time to take pictures and enjoy the view. The tour was well organized and I enjoyed the whole day. Thank you!

Tour guide Vincentia was amazing...

Raymond_H, Feb 2018

Tour guide Vincentia was amazing, very knowledgeable and really loves Rio, pickup was on time, nice small group. As a first timer to Rio we found our driver Marcio was amazing getting around the streets. Had plenty of time at all our stops. Our lunch stop was good, tried things I never tried before.

Great tour, bus a bit crowded but...

Peter_H, Jan 2018

Great tour, bus a bit crowded but took us to interesting places that otherwise we would have had difficulty getting to. The Guide was very good as was the Driver. Enjoyable tour.

Tour was amazing and included...

arun g, Dec 2017

Tour was amazing and included sugarloaf mountain Christ redeemer and city tour with lunch . Rio is beautiful city whichever way u want to see it. Mountains have beautiful view around Overall recommend this tour with one issue about the guide/driver to have one stops on beach for at least 30-45 mins

Wonderful tour done so much in one day...

carol q, Dec 2017

Wonderful tour done so much in one day. Driver and tour guide were excellent.

We only had one day to get around...

Jose Antonio G, Nov 2017

We only had one day to get around Rio. We found this guys via Viator. We gladly recommend them. Our guide (Adriana) was very good!! We felt that we saw the main attractions in Rio in a safe and fun way.

Aufgrund des Karnevals konnte die...

Sandra J, Mar 2018

Aufgrund des Karnevals konnte die Tour nur eingeschränkt stattfinden: nur Sugerloaf und Christ the Redeemer sowie Lunch. Ich hätte es vorgezogen mehr zu sehen und dafür den Lunch weggelassen. Dani hat sich großartig um uns gekümmert und für gute Laune gesorgt. Passend zum Karneval hat sie uns nur wer wollte natürlich geschminkt. Nur für Dani gibt es 4 von 5 Sternen.