City Tour Christ and Sugar Loaf + Highlights
Joined 2024
You have only one day to explore Rio? This tour is your best choice! We will have an 8-hour itinerary that encompasses as much as possible.
We will cover the main attractions of Rio, and I will give you an inside about cultural life in Rio and how is the day by the day of locals.
This tour can also be a customized tour. I want it to be a special day for you.
Let's have an amazing day together!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Hotel
- Pick-up and Drop-off in a private transportation at: - Locations in the south or central zone of the city of Rio. - Port of Rio de Janeiro
Christ the Redeemer
Simply the main attraction of Rio de Janeiro.
Sugar Loaf
We will take the cable car to see an amazing view of the city.
Lunch
Lunch in a Brazilian restaurant.
Selaron steps
Beautiful tiles project made by the artist Selaron.
Cathedral
Iconic arcuitecture of the metropolitan cathedral of Rio.
Ending Point
Hotel
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Transportation via Citroen C3 Aircross 7-seater 2025
- Pick-up and drop-off in locations in the south or central zone of Rio (if starting from Barra, start time of the tour will need to be 1h earlier).
- Gasoline fee
- Toll fee
- Guide Fees
- Pick-up and Drop-off in the south or central zones of the city.
- My car is a 7-seater SUV and can accommodate 6 passengers (plus me as the driver guide). For tours, I recommend a total of 4 adults and 2 more persons up to 1.70 meters tall in the 2 back seats.
For more than 4 adults over 1.70 meters, I rent a van (at an extra cost), so that the tour is extremely comfortable for everyone.
- Lunch
- Beverages
- Ticket entrances to Christ (US$12 ~ US$23) and Sugar Loaf (US$30 ~ US$35)
Tour Important Information
Pick-up and drop-off in locations in the south or central zone of Rio (if starting from Barra, start time of the tour will need to be 1h earlier).
To avoid big lines, I recommend to buy Sugar Loaf ticket in advanced; message me and I will send you the link for that.
Pick-up and drop-off in locations in the south or central zone of Rio (if starting from Barra, start time of the tour will need to be 1h earlier).
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2024
About Tour Guide Alan D.
Hi and welcome! My name is Alan, I am 43 years old, and I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Having been to 35 countries on all the continents of the world, and having lived in Australia, Holland, Israel and Argentina, I have had the opportunity to be in touch with different cultures and languages - and this grew my desire to show my city, Rio de Janeiro, to tourists.
I am a licensed tour guide in Rio by EMBRATUR, the Brazilian Institute of Tourism, and have been a private guide in Rio de Janeiro since 2013, having carried out hundreds of private tours of Rio, and have become more and more in love with my city and with my job as a Rio Tour Guide.
I am fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and have a BA in Social Communication. When I'm not guiding, I enjoy writing, reading, spirituality, hiking and studying languages (I also speak intermediate French).
In my private tours in Rio de Janeiro I use a 7-seater car (including me as rio de janeiro driver guide), and my motivation is to be flexible and to offer you tailor-made tours in Rio, customized to your needs and desires, optimizing your time in Rio.
My tours can be customized according to your needs. What I look for in each tour, is to provide you with an experience that you will remember for many years to come!
$360/ per group
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