5 Days: Rio de Janeiro

Tour Overview:
Celebrate the New Year in Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed ‘The Marvelous City’. Visit Corcovado Mountain with its Christ the Redeemer statue and travel to the top of Sugar Loaf for amazing panoramic views of Rio.

Day 1 – Arrive Rio de Janeiro
You are welcomed upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. Overnight at selected hotel.

Day 2 – Rio de Janeiro – Half day Corcovado (duration 4hrs)
From many places in the city, the visitor can see the most beautiful postcard of Rio de Janeiro since 1931: Christ the Redeemer statue located at Corcovado Mountain, over 2300 feet above sea level. This tour begins at Cosme Velho neighbourhood, from where the cog train starts the trip up to the statue, through the Tijuca Forest. Once there, a panoramic and extraordinary view of Rio will be seeing including the Sugar Loaf, the Guanabara Bay, the beaches of Southern Zone and the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. (B)

Day 3 – Rio de Janeiro – Half day Sugar Loaf (duration 4hrs)
Participants will be taken to the neighbourhood of Urca, where Sugar Loaf is located. The visit is made in two steps by cable car. The first one takes passengers to Urca Hill which is 705 feet high, with a beautiful view of the Guanabara Bay and its islands, the Rio-Niterói bridge and Corcovado hill. From this stage, a second cable car will go up to the top of the mountain, with 1295 feet high and a splendid view from Copacabana beach, the Santa Cruz fortress and some of the beaches of Niterói. (B)

Day 4 – Rio de Janeiro
Full day at leisure for your independent activities. (B)

Day 5 – Rio de Janeiro / Depart
Private transfer from hotel to the airport to take the flight bound for home. (B)

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