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Private Rio Tour: Art, Nature, or History
4.9
607 Ratings
Rio de Janeiro
Immerse yourself in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro with a private tour focused on art, nature, or history. Choose from a range of stunning highlights, including Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf, and experience the city’s diverse culture.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro with a private tour focused on art, nature, or history. Choose from a range of stunning highlights, including Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf, and experience the city’s diverse culture.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy a private itinerary with both fixed and customizable options, featuring art, nature, or history. Tailor this tour to include places of your interest by sending a message after booking.
- Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer - Start your thrilling private tour in Rio by visiting one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Travel…
- Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy a private itinerary with both fixed and customizable options, featuring art, nature, or history. Tailor this tour to include places of your interest by sending a message after booking.
- Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer - Start your thrilling private tour in Rio by visiting one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Travel by train through the Tijuca National Forest, one of the largest urban forests globally. Your guide will capture all the photos you wish, so don’t hesitate to ask! This is a FIXED part of the tour.
- Escadaria Selaron - As the third most visited attraction in Rio, the Selaron steps are a stunning and vibrant mosaic artwork, featuring tiles from over 60 countries.
- Sugarloaf Mountain - Be captivated by the breathtaking views atop Sugarloaf Mountain, offering panoramic vistas of the city below. This is a fixed part of the tour. For additional sights, a Sugarloaf drop-off is recommended.
- Cinelandia - Explore the remarkable buildings at Cinelândia and delve into the history of Rio. This is included in the HISTORY option of the tour.
- The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian - The uniquely designed cathedral will leave you in awe. This is part of the HISTORY option of the tour.
- Pepino Beach - Discover a stunning section of our coastal beaches! This is part of the NATURE option of the tour.
- Cascatinha Taunay - Experience the refreshing Taunay waterfall in the Tijuca forest and the beautiful Pepino beach in the São Conrado neighborhood. This is part of the NATURE option of the tour.
- Santa Teresa - Visit the charming Santa Teresa neighborhood and the impressive Ethnicity wall, capturing amazing photos! This is part of the HISTORY option of the tour.
- Etnias - Mural de Graffiti (Estúdio Kobra) - Discover one of the largest and most beautiful murals in the world! This is part of the ART option of the tour.
What's Included
- Pick-up and drop-off anywhere in the city of Rio
- Tours with driver-guide: Fully guided only if the guide finds parking
- We’ll advise you on the best kind of tickets to purchase
- Tour duration: 8 hours without lunch, 9 hours with lunch
- Tours with separate driver and guide: Undivided attention and absolute comfort
- Choose focus: art, nature, or history
- Last minute bookings: Please call us
- Pick-up and drop-off anywhere in the city of Rio
- Tours with driver-guide: Fully guided only if the guide finds parking
- We’ll advise you on the best kind of tickets to purchase
- Tour duration: 8 hours without lunch, 9 hours with lunch
- Tours with separate driver and guide: Undivided attention and absolute comfort
- Choose focus: art, nature, or history
- Last minute bookings: Please call us
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance tickets
- Lunch
- Entrance tickets
Additional Information
Experience the ultimate private excursion listed on TripAdvisor! Embark on a tailor-made 8-hour tour that could either be arts-focused, history-centric or nature-inspired! Marvel at Rio’s spectacular attractions including Christ the Redeemer, Selarón Steps, and Sugar Loaf.
This bespoke tour provides the added benefit of either hiring a driver-guide…
Experience the ultimate private excursion listed on TripAdvisor! Embark on a tailor-made 8-hour tour that could either be arts-focused, history-centric or nature-inspired! Marvel at Rio’s spectacular attractions including Christ the Redeemer, Selarón Steps, and Sugar Loaf.
This bespoke tour provides the added benefit of either hiring a driver-guide (single professional) or a distinct guide and driver for maximum convenience. We offer only the best, the friendliest, and the most knowledgeable licensed tour guides in Rio. These guides have impeccable language skills in English, Spanish, Italian, German, and French, or are native speakers.
What would you choose?
• Art enthusiasts will appreciate the vibrant Santa Teresa neighborhood and the Ethnicity mural
• History aficionados will enjoy exploring Cinelândia square and the Metropolitan Cathedral.
• Nature lovers will relish the rousing nature experience: Tijuca forest and its waterfall, Pepino beach at São Conrado.
- Special restaurants are available: gluten-free, vegan, halal, kosher, please advise.
- Small pets are allowed .
- Wheelchair accessible vans may be provided. Please choose the “van” option at the time of booking.
- Infant car seats are available. Please advise as a “special request.”
- A small amount of walking is involved. Sights are wheelchair accessible.
- Please read our voucher for important information before the tour starts.
Location
Rio de Janeiro
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
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(607 Ratings)
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Ivetel421
Jul 23, 2025
- Romulo is very flexible and patient! He is a great driver, always on time and fun! He worked together with Marcelo during our private tour in Rio de Janeiro and we had a blast. Peace of mind and Safety were priceless with this driver. Thank you Romulo and keep up the great work!
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Ivetel421
Jul 23, 2025
Marcelo is the best guide ever! - Marcelo was very flexible, knowledgeable and fun! I had an issue with my phone at the beginning of our tour and could not connect with him right away to meetup but he patiently waited for my son and I. Marcelo went above and beyond to customize our private tour to our needs and made our Rio de Janeiro experience unforgettable. 100% recommended and approved! Thank you, Marcelo and keep up the amazing work!
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869carterk
Jul 20, 2025
- If you go to Rio you need to do this trip. If you do this trip, Isaac needs to be your guide. It's like meeting your brother in his new city. He gives you incredible perspective and context all while laughing and making you comfortable. Rio is an amazing city, you need a guide to match.
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U6934isterryk
Jul 19, 2025
RIO at its best - Isaac was amazing! We so much appreciate his knowledge of history & the perspective he gave for all of our experiences. The driver was most accommodating as well. It was a 5+ star experience. We definitely recommend this agenda & would certainly request Issac as a guide! We're so grateful - thank you!!
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Landon_l
Jul 15, 2025
It was a very great... - It was a very great experience! Our tour guide Alex did an amazing job showing us around and gave us plenty of information on the history of everything we were seeing. Highly recommend!!
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Jeffe87
Jul 14, 2025
Great for full day tours for families - My family and I got to spend two days with Isaac exploring Rio. He was an incredibly kind and interesting guide, taking us to some of the most beautiful places, always willing to take photos of us and helping us understand the history of the area.
Our driver was amazing as well, navigating through the difficult streets of Rio with ease and speed.
He listened to my 16 year-old son and 12 year-old daughter to understand what they’re interest maybe and made sure to keep them engaged. He also brought us to a couple of really good restaurants and we even got to eat some street food. Highly recommended and very enjoyable for a private all day to her
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Tracy_p
Jul 14, 2025
Fantastic day in Rio - I took this tour, feeling very nervous as a solo traveler in Rio. My guide, Igor, went out of his way to help me feel comfortable, and adapted the tour completely based on my interests. Both Igor and the driver, Romulo, were attentive and kind, and I felt completely safe and had an amazing day seeing And experiencing Rio. I learned so much about the culture and history of Rio, that I would never have known by exploring on my own.
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Marcela
Jul 8, 2025
Great day tour - Wagner was very knowledgeable and friendly. Great day tour of the main attractions in Rio de Janeiro. Highly recommended.
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Karyn
Jul 8, 2025
Awesome guide and magnificent sights! - First of all, I could not sleep the whole night before - thinking of all the warnings both local and foreigners gave me about Rio being dangerous. However, when I met our guide, Beth at the airport - she hugged each of us like if she were our long lost friend. We felt at ease and very safe immediately. She was professional, proactive, energetic, told us interesting historical facts and jokes, and very personable.
She gave us tips - like stand to the right when you get on the cable car at Sugar loaf mountain - we had the best view! Stop at this ice cream place and try their ice cream - it’s the best. And gosh! I’m still dreaming about the ice cream.
Proactive - she already had her camera ready for missed shots at Christ the Redeemer, got us through the lines faster, and made reservations that same day for us at a famous restaurant (which, as our guests told us - takes weeks to get a seat). She also advised to see Sugar loaf mountain first and by the time we got to Christ the Redeemer we were able to watch it during sunset- a very surreal and humbling moment for us all.
Our 9hrs was used to the max and worth every penny for my friends and I - we had a marvelous one day tour and got to see all the iconic attractions in one day! Whew! Beth was awesome and we highly recommend her and her tour company! 5 is just not enough stars….
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Ellie
Jul 6, 2025
Outstanding tour of highlights of Rio De Janeiro with Isaac! - Outstanding tour of Rio de Janeiro. We saw so much during our day long tour with Isaac. He was so incredibly knowledgeable about the history of Brazil and Rio, as well as the site he was taking us to. He was pleasant, flexible, and accommodating. We learned so much! We were only in town for two full days, so this was a wonderful way to see all the major highlights. Would highly recommend without reservation!
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