Top Rio de Janeiro Bus Tours

The organizer Henry was super flexible with communication and the tour guide Andrew was knowledgeable, super kind, and helpful! The views at sunrise were amazing and no photo would do justice. I would 100% recommend. The trail should not be very hard for experienced hikers, and is quite short, though somewhat uphill. The motorbike ride is, as others have commented, perhaps not for the faint of heart though quite fun after you get used to it. The meeting point, Praça Vidigal was well populated with people preparing to hike, even before 4 AM, so no need to worry if you can get a ride directly there. Some advice: Bring separate fair for the motorbike taxi ride each way (currently R$10 each way). Our guide kindly broke R$20 for some of us, but it is easier to just come with R$10 bills. Also for those with numberless esims: don't be like me and download and set up WhatsApp before leaving your home country for easier communication.

Our tour guide was amazing and super friendly and knowledgeable. His English was impeccable. We had a great time, felt safe, and got to explore the city. Our favorite part was the Botanical Gardens where we got to see so much wild life. Our highlight was wild monkeys and toucans. Thank you!

This was well worth the early departure from the hotel. Our pickup was ontime, safe, and very professional. We met our guide Ederson at the site for the view of the sunrise. He was very knowledgeable about the Redeemer and Rio as a whole. After sunrise we went up to the Redeemer and he continued to explain the history, opinions and conflicts of the citizens at the time. He went above and beyond the topics of the tour and explained a lot of other cultural topics about the country he obviously loves. He did such a great job that we hired him for the next day to take us around to some markets, the forest, a tour of the city, and to a nice quiet beach restaurant an hour outside the city. It was hands down the best experience we have had with a tour guide in our years of traveling. We inadvertently through conversation discovered that our son had Ederson as his guide 6 months prior and had been raving about him before we left for Brazil what are the odds. Thank you Ederson for the wonderful experience. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Matt and Trina.