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Exploring Arraial do Cabo: Boat Trips from Rio with Lunch, Transport and Diverse Marine Life
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Arraial do Cabo
Embark on a boat trip from Rio to Arraial do Cabo and explore the azure blue waters teeming with diverse marine life. Swim with turtles, dolphins, and stingrays, and enjoy a delicious all-you-can-eat buffet lunch.
Embark on a boat trip from Rio to Arraial do Cabo and explore the azure blue waters teeming with diverse marine life. Swim with turtles, dolphins, and stingrays, and enjoy a delicious all-you-can-eat buffet lunch.
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Arraial do Cabo - Take an excursion from Rio de Janeiro to Arraial do Cabo.
- The Small Beaches - Discover Pontal do Atalaia, the place has a stop for a swim in the sea!
- Oven’s Beach - Discover Praia do Forno with a stop for a swim!
- Praia do Farol - Discover Ilha do Farol with access to the beach and a stop for a swim!
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- Arraial do Cabo - Take an excursion from Rio de Janeiro to Arraial do Cabo.
- The Small Beaches - Discover Pontal do Atalaia, the place has a stop for a swim in the sea!
- Oven’s Beach - Discover Praia do Forno with a stop for a swim!
- Praia do Farol - Discover Ilha do Farol with access to the beach and a stop for a swim!
- Blue Grotto - Discover the magnificent Blue Grotto with an unforgettable natural beauty!
- Crevice of Our Lady of Assumption - Discover Fenda de Nossa Senhora with its unique geographical shape.
- Arraial do Cabo - Have a Lunch with Free Buffet conducted by the Tourist Guide after taking the boat trip.
- Rio de Janeiro - Return to Rio de Janeiro directly to your departure location.
What's Included
- Roundtrip Executive Transport at the Hotel.
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Lunch
- Accredited Tourism Guide
- Boat ride
- Roundtrip Executive Transport at the Hotel.
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Lunch
- Accredited Tourism Guide
- Boat ride
What's Not Included
- Beverages and Desserts
- Additional Services
- Fishermen’s Association Fee.
- Beverages and Desserts
- Additional Services
- Fishermen’s Association Fee.
Additional Information
Turistando RJ invites you to explore Arraial do Cabo, where the waters boast stunning celestial blue hues. During the tour, you’ll encounter a rich variety of marine life, including turtles, groupers, lizards, lagoons, rays, and even dolphins, all coexisting peacefully around the islands in the area.
Once our tour guide picks you up from your hotel or…
Turistando RJ invites you to explore Arraial do Cabo, where the waters boast stunning celestial blue hues. During the tour, you’ll encounter a rich variety of marine life, including turtles, groupers, lizards, lagoons, rays, and even dolphins, all coexisting peacefully around the islands in the area.
Once our tour guide picks you up from your hotel or designated meeting point, you’ll enjoy a bus ride to Arraial do Cabo. There, you’ll embark on a boat tour featuring swimming stops of about 40 minutes each, followed by a delightful lunch with a complimentary buffet in the late afternoon.
Boat tours are essential for experiencing the enchanting landscapes. You’ll also discover beautiful beaches with wide sandy stretches, where nature has been exceptionally generous.
- On a daily basis, the Brazilian Navy evaluates the navigation conditions at the Portico of Arraial do Cabo (Tides and Winds) to authorize the departure of vessels, if this is not allowed for safety reasons, we will take an alternative Buggy tour (Optional) visiting only the beaches of land access. The value of the Buggy tour has an increase of R$35.00 per person (it will not be necessary to pay the fee of the fishermen’s association), if you do not decide to take the alternative tour, the value of R$25.00 will be refunded for the tourist to have the free day in the city and then meet the tour guide for lunch and end the tour.
Location
Arraial do Cabo
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.6
(32 Ratings)
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Brandon_g
Dec 21, 2025
Gr - Great experience, very fun but little difficult for a person who does not speak Portuguese. Met a girl who helped me a lot. Very long trip, so make sure you use bathroom whenever van stops.
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Theo_r
Nov 28, 2025
Must absolutely do. - The place and its beaches are amazing. Our guide Giuliana was really kind and well informed whatever i asked her for.
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Stephanie_m
Apr 7, 2024
Mind blowing experience - I throughly enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend it to anyone! Arraial do Cabo most certainly deserves the name “Brazilian Caribbean” and is a must see when in Brazil! Our guide Juliana was incredible - super friendly and great English. The boat staff were excellent and it was nice that they had food and drinks to purchase. The buffet is at the end of the tour so more like an early dinner than a lunch but thankfully we brought snacks and enjoyed some chicken shish kebabs on the boat. Don’t hesitate - just book it!
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Fabiobarbosa
Jan 27, 2024
Amazing tour - Incredible landscapes, very attentive and polite boat staff, very good itinerary, great beaches and diving spots.
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306verenam
Mar 5, 2026
Disappointing - Disappointing, poor assistance, the company does not contact in advance to instruct the customer, since we do not know how it works, only calls on the day, at the time of boarding. The guide is friendly, but did not give assistance, simply made the route of the bus, stop points and boarding / landing on the boat and literally disappeared. So we stay like consumers of the boat, the prices are high - the food very tasty - a bit that we are "needed to buy a glass" to drink the drink they sell, the poor musical selection, nothing to do with the environment. The end for me was to have to rent a vest for those who do not know how to swim, being that it is a tour that offers a bath of sea and see marine animals, the tour is incomplete and the feeling of lost time and money, in addition to acquiring frustration. Know that you will spend several hours on the bus - literally you will pay to ride the bus, because the time at the attractions is little - it is disappointing to have to pay for things that should have already been solved in advance, especially when you book an excursion is to relax and not worry about basic things. And I also hired 2 rides in advance to different locations with the same company, and were discouraging.
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Clara_s
Feb 18, 2026
Sincere opinion - Our trip was changed to Angra dos Reis. The meeting time was 7:00 and they only arrived at 7:45, without any warning or response to our contact attempts. Only almost in time to arrive gave feedback. The said lunch was at the end of the afternoon and we had to buy food on the boat to last until this time. Snorkeling equipment must also be paid separately.
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K9548areliass
Aug 25, 2025
Worst Trip Ever - Actually nothing was right and I would like to give zero rating stars. Instead of a boat tour we drove the bus that was okay the for the weather nobody can what but the guide could not really speak English. And was absent for half the time anyway. Without a nice Brazilian family who translated for us and looked after us, we would be lost now.
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R3096uvjenniferk
Aug 15, 2025
Horrible excursion! - This was an excursion from hell!! Our guide Andreia was horrible. She had no communication did not speak english and also made us walk somewhere else to get picked up that was not our original pickup location. On the tour she was literally sitting in a corner and not helpful at all. The beaches are beautiful but you only spend 30 mins at each location. They say they provide lunch and “lunch” was not given until 5:30pm and it was cold and nasty. The bus was very dirty and stinky. The ride there is very long and driving back is even longer. After all of this Andreia then skipped our drop off and when we noticed and said something she advised she will bring us back to the corner and then we had to walk. Keep in mind we are two females in bikinis walking at almost 10pm at night which is not safe. I never had such a bad experience in my life. Never Again. Do not waste your money or time!!
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Jennifer
Aug 14, 2025
THE EXCURSION FROM HELL!!! - If you are thinking about booking this excursion, please DO NOT do it. We set the location of the pick up to the Copacabana Palace. We reached out on WhatsApp to confirm the pick up location and time the day before. Our guide Andrea told us to be at the pick up point at 7:45am. After about 15 mins of l waiting on the street we contacted Andrea. She did not respond. We then be began to call and she did not respond. At about 8:30am Andrea then called and said she needed us to walk to a different pick up location. So to recap they picked us up over 40 mins late, and we then had to move to a different location than the one we arranged and confirmed. The islands they take you to are beautiful, but you only get to spend 30 minutes at each location. The lunch they promised is more like dinner because we didn’t eat until 5:30pm since they do not believe in operating on time according to the schedule provided. The lunch was essentially French fries, rice, and some questionable chicken. I could get better food from a street vendor. On the ride back we dropped off a family at the Hilton hotel. Which is down the street from the Copacabana palace (our original drop off location) instead the driver was directed by Andrea to go to a different hotel. When I noticed that they skipped our hotel I immediately got up to tell the guide. She seemed completely confused at the fact that she skipped our hotel. We were now approximately 15 mins away from the original drop off point. Andrea then said “I will drop you guys off at the corner and you can walk because we can’t go back”. That is when I lost it because 2 girls in bikinis walking the streets of Rio AT 9:30 PM is extremely dangerous. Andrea couldn’t care less about the arranged drop off location. If I did not say something, she probably would have not noticed she skipped our drop off. We then asked her to pull her immediately before we got even further from our hotel and had to uber home. If you value your time and money please do not book this excursion.
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769amaliai
May 4, 2025
Lousy. NEVER LOOKED FOR ME - I didn't. They didn't come looking for me. I've been waiting two hours and nothing. I don't really recommend it. I woke up at 6 and I was waiting till 9:00.
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