View from Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer
View from Sugar Loaf
View from Chinese View
Tijuca Forest - Taunay Waterfall
Selaron Steps
Petropolis - Imperial City
Niteroi - City across Guanabara Bay
Maracanã - Football Tour
Feijoada and Cachaça Restaurant
View from Pedra Bonita Hike
Historic Center of Rio
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Alan D.
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About Tour Guide Alan D.
Hi and welcome! My name is Alan, I am 44 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.
What I look for in each tour, is to provide you with an experience that you will remember for many years to come!
Tours
All tours can be customized for you. Send me a message with your requests!
Rio Historic Downtown - Walking Tour (car pick-up included)
Rio de Janeiro
5 hours
Get to know the history of Rio with your guide! The best way to get to know the history of Rio is by doing a walking tour with your local tour guide in Rio. You will have the chance to experience the Historic Center where the city was founded, in 1565. We will park the car at the Metropolitan Cathedral and start walking by churches, squares and palaces. You will understand the history of Rio from 1565 to the present days.
FROM$250/ per group
Full-Day Tour of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
9 hours
You have only one day to explore Rio? This tour is your best choice! We will have an 9-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!
FROM$410/ per group
Santa Teresa & Tijuca Forest
Rio de Janeiro
8 hours
This combination will make you experience totally different atmosphere: the nature and silence of the Tijuca Forest and the picturesque Santa Teresa neighborhood. In 8 hours you will see a big amount of the Tijuca National Park, where we are going to visit the Chinese View, Dona Marta viewpoint, the Taunay waterfall and drive around - and Santa Teresa, where we are going to take the trolley and visit Selaron Stairs and the Ruins Park. Let's head together from Santa Teresa to the Tijuca Forest!
FROM$360/ per group
Viewpoints of Rio - Beyond Christ & Sugarloaf
Rio de Janeiro
6 hours
For landscape lovers, this is the perfect tour! Apart from Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer, I chose the best 5 free entrance viewpoints of Rio de Janeiro that you will see in 6 hours: Ruins Park, Dona Marta viewpoint, Chinese View, Pedra Bonita Ramp, and Two Brothers Park.
FROM$290/ per group
Petropolis Day Trip
Rio de Janeiro
9 hours
70km away from Rio, Petropolis has a totally different atmosphere and architecture from Rio. The city was founded by D. Peter the II to build the summer imperial palace for the portguese royal family. Petropolis has a unique architectural ensemble, such as the Quitandinha Palace, the St. Peter's Cathedral of Alcantara, the Crystal Palace, the Santos Dumont Hous, the Imperial Museum, and many colonial houses in the historical center. Feel in Europe!
FROM$450/ per group
Rio Food Tour
Rio de Janeiro
5 hours
The best way to get to know the Brazilian cuisine is by doing a walking tour with your local tour guide in Rio. You will have the chance to eat in different bars (and in a Fruits Street Fair in the beggining of our tour). Seafood snacks, caipirinha, local beers, sugar cane juice, tapioca, fruits, cod fried balls, feijoada fried balls, ham and filet mignon sandwich, pastel, chicken hearts, cheese balls, açaí. Come on an empty stomach and lets try it all together!
FROM$250/ per group
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