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Private Tour: Exploring Rio City Essentials: Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf
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229 Ratings
Rio de Janeiro
Embark on a private tour of Rio de Janeiro’s city essentials, including iconic landmarks like Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf. Customize your itinerary and enjoy a memorable experience!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer - Ride the train through the Rainforest to get to the Christ the Redeemer Statue and visit it.
- Sugarloaf Mountain - Ride the cable cars up to the mountains to have a stunning view of the city and the coast
- Real Gabinete Portugues Da Leitura - The gorgeous library the Portuguese built to preserve their literature. A must see!
- Escadaria Selaron - Staircase decorated with colored tiles from all over the world. Amazing !
- The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian - Unique arquiteture. A must see !
- Santa Teresa - Visit this charming neighborhood near the City Center
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What's Included
- Private air-conditioned vehicle with driver
- Pickup and drop-off in hotels, airports, seaport, you say where!
- Certified Tour Guide (according to the option chosen when booking)
- Complimentary bottled water
- ‘On the fly’ adaptations: change the itinerary during the tour to match your wishes.
What's Not Included
- Tickets for Christ the Redeemer (But we help with that!)
- Tickets for Sugar Loaf (But we help with that!)
- Food and Drinks
Additional Information
Critical Notice! The proposed route detailed here is merely a recommendation. We are extremely accommodating to alterations based on your preferences!
Indulge in the premier private urban exploration in Rio de Janeiro with a chauffeur and a local expert at your service. Discover renowned attractions, like Corcovado (Statue of Christ the Redeemer), Sugar Loaf, Selaron Steps and additional points of interest! An experience that’s truly memorable!!
- The “Real Gabinete Português de Leitura (Portuguese Reading Room) is not open on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. We will visit another attraction on those days.
Location
Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer
Estrada Redentor - Alto da Boa Vista, Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Sheri_l
Jul 14, 2024
Wonderful! - Wagner was tremendous. He was early by a few minutes to pick us up which took any stress off of us. He was knowledgeable, conversational and flexible to what we wanted to see. We had overcast skies, so we waited a bit to visit Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf. He also took us to places that we did not know existed and showed us some real treats.
Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro was not something we knew about. The stained glass work, the statues and the story were very intriguing. Escadaria Selarón was vibrant and chaotic but amazing to spend a few minutes investigating. One could spend a lot of time there, and Wagner was willing if we wanted.
The relationships he has with the staff at most of the spaces is really helpful to get in and through to areas smoothly. We did use the skip-the-line ticket at Sugarloaf which helped. In addition, he helped when we were shopping for a souvenir by translating and helping our son find something he wanted that was not readily available. By the time we came back around, the vendor remembered us and had what was wanted.
Wagner adjusted what might be a normal route to drop us off for our flight at Santos Dumont Airport. Always helpful and kind in his approach and driving.
I would not hesitate to strongly recommend Wagner and his services. Thanks from our family who likely would not have enjoyed our short time in Rio as much as we did without your expertise.
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Jb_m
Jun 24, 2024
Private tour of Rio is worth it! - We had the most wonderful day with our guide, Fabiana. She took us to Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf mountain (where we had a delicious lunch at the restaurant). We also had time to visit Casa Roberto Marinho which, if you’re interested in art, is well worth the visit. Fabiana was highly informed, very friendly and gave us an insiders perspective of life in Rio de Janeiro. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Natalie_s
Jun 21, 2024
A+ Day with Paulo - Our tour guide, Paulo was absolutely amazing! Perfect English, historian and great jokes. He customized our day based on what we wanted to see and didn’t spare any details. We’d also love to shoutout our driver, Junior who was also extremely friendly. We highly recommend this tour. Ask for Paulo and Junior!!!
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Pookie
Jun 19, 2024
Amazing Private Tour Rio with Wagner - This was an excellent private tour with Wagner, our tour guide. Wagner considered our requests of which attractions to see. We bought Skip-the-line tickets to Christ Redeemer statue and Sugar Loaf Mountain.
The van we travelled in was large enough to carry 4 adults and 8 pieces of luggage. We flew in from Lima on an overnight flight and spent the day in Rio until flying out the same day.
Communication with Wagner was very sufficient. He spoke great English and is a great communicator. We asked him to take us to a local coffee shop where we drank coffee and ate desserts native to Rio. During our time at the coffee shop we were given a 20 minute class in coffee tasting. This was a highlight of our trip. Between Christ redeemer and sugar loaf mountain, Wagner took us to Copacabana beach. Wagner recommended a delicious restaurant where we ate on sugar loaf mountain.
If you book the private tour, please request Wagner.
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Maria_s
Jun 15, 2024
A must do tour in Rio De Janeiro - We had the most amazing tour with Fabiana. Definitely one of the most entertaining and exciting tours we've experienced with Viator. Fabiana and the driver are extremely nice people and were very accommodating to the itinerary of places we wanted to visit. Absolutely enjoyed every minute of our tour.
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Edward_q
May 26, 2024
Awesome tour! - My personal tour guide Wagner and driver were fantastic. He was on time, spoke very good English, listened to all my special requests, and we had a great day touring Rio. We were one of the first to arrive at Christ the Reemer which was nice, stopped at Copacabana and drank water directly from a coconut at the beach, and had a wonderful plate of feijoada at a local restaurant in Santa Terasa. He knew about many nice spots and details I didn’t see in any guidebooks. Highly recommended!
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Jeff_n
May 16, 2024
Excellent introduction to Rio! - Excellent day trip to get a great introduction to Rio! This was my first time to Brazil, was a great way to start my trip and see a lot of the city with a tour guide that had a lot of knowledge to share. Highly recommend this trip, especially if u don’t have a lot of time but want to see the most of Rio.
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Uriel_l
May 11, 2024
Amazing customizable experience! - Marcelo contacted us almost immediately after booking and Wagner was an amazing tour guide! My coworkers and I had 1 day to explore Rio and Wagner made the experience unforgettable. Wagner assured us the tour was customizable based on the time we had available, especially since we had a same day flight. We were able to visit just about all major attractions and received great history from Wagner! Highly recommend this specific tour / company!
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Shelley_f
May 9, 2024
Baby is FABULOUS! - An incredible day from start to finish! Faby picked us up at our hotel exuding warmth and excitement and proceeded to take amazing care of us as she toured us around Rio. She was so knowledgeable, kind, patient and fun! We hit all the prime spots with no waiting in line and no worries about navigating directions or parking. Absolutely wonderful way to see Rio! Highly, highly recommend this tour!
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Ian_o
May 4, 2024
Great day in Rio - Fabulous day seeing and understanding the key sights of Rio. Faby was excellent, we engaged with her immediately and her knowledge of the city, its history and major landmarks was very good. A bonus were her photography skills, she knew where to take the memorable shot at each place and added in some quirky and different angles. We enjoyed the day enormously and would not hesitate to recommend Faby.
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