Private Tour: Rio Experience (Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf and more !)

Badge of ExcellenceRio de Janeiro, Brazil

Private Day Tour Rainforest Beaches and Icons of Rio de Janeiro

7 to 8 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Get to know Rio's beaches, rain forests, and important landmarks on a full-day private tour. With your dedicated guide, ride in a private vehicle to visit Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Mountain and ascend Sugar Loaf Mountain. Explore the Tijuca Rainforest, one of the largest urban forests in the world and home to an array of native flora and fauna. Have lunch (own expense), then journey to some of the city's most famous beaches; Leblon, Ipanema and Copacabana. Delight in personal attention from your private guide; round-trip transportation Rio hotels and the cruise port is included.

Private tour of Rio's landmarks, beaches and rainforests
Informative commentary from a local guide
Private tour means personal attention and a flexible schedule
Round-trip transportation from Rio hotels or the cruise port

What's Included

Air-conditioned private vehicle with driver
Certified Tour Guide
Flexibility, so you can change the places visited
Pickup and Drop-off in the city of Rio de Janeiro (you say where!)
Bottled Water

Attraction tickets
Food and Drink

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will pick you up at any hotel, Airbnb, airport, seaport or any other place of your convenience in the city of Rio de Janeiro. If your pick-up place is not listed, please inform it when booking. Also, for airport pickup please inform the arrival flight details; for seaport pickup please inform cruise ship information The drop-off at the end of the tour is also included.

What To Expect

Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Santa Teresa

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Escadaria Selaron

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Sugarloaf Mountain Cable Car

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
All our Drivers and Tour Guides are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible

Service animals allowed
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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

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Great experience - highly recommend!

Alison_P, Apr 2023

Wow what a great experience! From the time we booked the tour, communications with the tour company was excellent. Our tour started right on time from the cruise ship terminal and ended at the international airport at the time we had specified. Fabiana is an amazing tour guide and Marcello a great driver!! We saw all the popular tourist sights that were on our list and with Fabi's experience avoided the long line ups at Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf!! Her warm personality, general knowledge and fluency in English made for an unforgettable tour. She's also fantastic at taking photos!

Response from Host, Apr 2023

We're thrilled to hear that you had a fantastic tour with Fabiana and Marcello, and we appreciate your kind words about our communication and sightseeing experiences. Thank you and take care! :)

Great tour!

Eudaldo_A, May 2022

It’s was an amazing tour! We had Wagner as our tour guide. He is amazing! He is super knowledgeable and give you great tips. He took his time with us. Showed all the highlights.

Response from Host, May 2022

Excellent! We are so happy you enjoyed. Thanks for the review!

All the Best of Rio and More!

Karen, Feb 2020

Renata, our tour guide was engaging and knowledgeable! We saw everything we possibly could - the weather was wet and rainy - and despite limited visibility we were able to make our points of interest flexible so that we could get all the best experiences at the Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer Statues. We also saw many other points of interest including the Seleron Steps, Villa Santa Theresa, Copacabana Beach, Ipanema and so much more!! I would highly recommend this tour. Thanks to all!

Response from Host, Feb 2020

Thanks for the review, Karen ! I'll make sure it gets to Renata aknowledge. She's great, isn't she ? Take care ! :-)

Beyond Excellent

Denis_A, Dec 2019

We have been travelling the world for over 40 years. In that time we have used all sorts of methods to explore. The is our first time with Viator. The Viator process was very good and helped us to arrange for our tour and to communicate with the operator regarding detail. Even before we travelled the operator was very helpful. Our driver was Marcelo with whom we had been exchanging communications. His English was excellent. His driving was excellent. He was courteous, friendly and helpful. He turned up promptly and was very flexible as to the itinerary but gave excellent guidance on what to do and when. The car was in excellent condition, clean and roomy. Rio as with most cities is of concern to visitors in terms of safety and finding ones way around. We felt very safe with Marcelo and got a very good feel for the city. Rio is the most amazing city and with Marcelo as our driver and guide we had the best day imaginable. It just exceeded our expectations and these were quite high. He dealt with the locals and gave lots of information about Brazil, Rio and the places that we visited which were both the famous ones but also some local colour. I cannot recommend Marcelo or Rio enough. Plus, the day before our tour it had rained for a lot of the day, but for our trip we had perfect weather. We are quite hard to please travel-wise, quite honestly there was nothing to complain about either with Viator or Marcelo. We will use them both again, and Marcelo and Rio have us wishing to return there.

Response from Host, Dec 2019

It's difficult to answer a review like this. Thank you sooooooooo much ! It's always great to know that we exceeded the expectations. It was a pleasure to meet you, really. Thanks again, take care and come again ! :)

The tour was really good and exactly...

Lorenzo L, Sep 2016

The tour was really good and exactly the kind of tour that I was looking for. The tour guide Marcelo was on time, was very well prepared to answer to all my questions and really really helpful.

Marcelo, a Rio native, is...

Jonathan H, Jul 2016

Marcelo, a Rio native, is knowlegeable and entertaining and provides a thorough custom tour. Wish we'd had another day to tour with him and his skilled driver/assistant.

had an amazing time. our guide was...

Christopher_N, Jun 2016

had an amazing time. our guide was extremely knowledgeable and, above all, very flexible. made sure we saw everything we wanted and made sure we got back to the hotel safely. highly recommended.

Marcelo was an excellent guide...

GlendaKay_G, Jun 2016

Marcelo was an excellent guide. Unfortunately it rained all day so we on,y caught the train to Christ redeemer which was fun, we couldn't see anything once up there because of the thick cloud and rain. He showed us other places to make up for not seeing the Sugar Loaf and said he would take us to it the following day but we told him not to worry. He took us to a great Brazillian restaurant buffet style very nice. His English was very good I would recommend him again. Kay and Mike from New Zealand. Review rating 5 star.