Best of Rio Private Tour with Photo and drone video experience

Recommended by 99% of travelers

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 to 10 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Whether it’s your first time in Rio de Janeiro or you just want to maximize your time, this private full-day tour lets you create your own custom-made itinerary. Perhaps head up Corcovado Mountain to admire the Christ the Redeemer statue, take in the views from Sugar Loaf, explore the colorful Lapa neighborhood, or stroll along Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.

Visit your choice of Rio attractions: Corcovado, Sugar Loaf, and more
Hassle-free hotel pickup and comfortable round-trip transport
Choice of morning or afternoon departure to suit your travel plans
Private tour with a customizable itinerary and personal guide

What's Included

Awe inspiring, professional-quality ''Instagram worthy" photography
Tour customized to your specifications
Visit your choice of Rio attractions: Christ the redeemer, Sugar loaf, selaron steps and more.
Hassle-free hotel pickup and comfortable round-trip private, air conditioned transport
Fluent English speaking personal guide
Choice of morning or afternoon departure to suit your plans
For more details and updates, check out our Instagram page @caiolocalguide
Amazing drone videos.

tickets of attractions
Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Traveler pickup is offered Your tour may start from your hotel, B&B, apartment, airport or pier terminal. We can pick you up and drop you off anywhere in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Itinerary

Sugarloaf Mountain

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Parque Lage

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Escadaria Selaron

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Boulevard Olimpico

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Mirante Dona Marta

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Salocin Tour

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Rampa Pedra Bonita (Pass By)

Parque Nacional da Tijuca (Pass By)

Cachoeira do Mendanha (Pass By)

Escadaria Selaron (Pass By)

Ponte Rio–Niteroi (Pass By)

Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi (Pass By)

Museu Historico do Exercito e Forte de Copacabana (Pass By)

Forte Duque de Caxias (Pass By)

Trilha Pedra do Telegrafo (Pass By)

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB Rio de Janeiro (Pass By)

Centro Cultural Jerusalem (Pass By)

Centro Cultural Municipal Parque das Ruinas (Pass By)

Parque Lage (Pass By)

Mercado Municipal RJ- Cadeg (Pass By)

Copacabana Beach (Pass By)

Cidade das Artes

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible

Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

based on 131 reviews

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Caio was dedicated to...

Mai_N, Nov 2025

Caio was dedicated to giving us the most out of our full day tour. He was also committed to getting us memorable shots in the iconic locations in the city. We would not have been able to experience as much as we did on our own. Thank you, Caio!!!

Upgrade your Rio trip by booking Caio

Kathryn_M, Dec 2024

Caio really helped make our time in Rio memorable. He’s an excellent guide and speaks very good English. We used him and his driver twice during our trip. If you want to see the big sites in Rio (Christ, Sugarloaf) without standing in line for hours - Caio is your guy. He is an excellent photographer and was great with my 7 and 10 yo kids. On our last day, he created a custom tour for us to go crystal shopping at a legit store (not geared towards tourists) and drove us all over town trying to find capivaras for the kids. We had a blast. He even walked us into the airport and helped with the bags. I would absolutely recommend Caio to anyone who wants to upgrade their experience in Rio. Thanks Caio!

one-of-a-kind Rio experience!

HENRY_I, Dec 2023

Touring with Caio is the best decision we made in Rio! He contacted us 48hrs prior to understand what we had in mind &our preferences. On the D-day, we started at 6am but he still reached 30mnts earlier. The car was lux, he started by outlining the plan, and most importantly, traveling with Caio gave us an ease of mind. The pace was comfortable and the photos/videos he took for us were amazing! He brought us to great spots and allowed us to have dynamic on the lens. We encountered a hiccup when the car bumped into a pothole & burst two tires, and within few minutes we were back in action with uber. Such things happen all the time but Caio took care of the flow & vibe. He also engaged us in some interesting topics and meaningful sharings. We highly recommend Caio to anyone who wants to get the most our of Rio!

First time in Rio

Dorian_L, Oct 2023

Looooove. Very welcoming and friendly. Very informative. 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾 I highly recommend anyone. He was great

Amazing, efficient, and educational tour of Rio!

Charles_G, Sep 2023

My wife and I cannot recommend Caio enough for anyone who has limited time in Rio and wants to maximize their time visiting Rio’s historic sights and getting a taste of local culture and food. He does a fantastic job of ensuring that his customers experience each place's highlights from a physical perspective and an understanding of the history behind each. Furthermore, he does a phenomenal job documenting each customer’s visit at each site – my wife and I joked that his photos were better than our wedding photographer's – seriously, he is that good! Initially, we had planned to see Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain by ourselves on a separate day, but Caio convinced us that we should see those on his tour, and it was one of the best decisions of our time in Rio. His professional relationships with those in the tourist industry allowed us to expeditiously get to the main areas of each site and have time to really enjoy all they had to offer versus waiting in long lines. Even after our tour was over, he continued to provide us with recommendations of places to eat and sites to see around Rio. If you don’t go with Caio, you are missing out on an amazing, educational, and efficient way of taking in Rio’s highlights.

Magical Rio Customized by Caio

Megan_I, Mar 2023

Booking with Caio for our tour of Rio was one of the best parts of our vacation. He picked us up at the cruise port after our cruise and customized a tour that took us to places we would not have seen without him. We were interested in something other than Corcovado, Sugar Loaf, and beaches, and Caio gave us a very special tour--we visited the fruit/food market, Selaron steps, Santa Teresa, various stops for picturesque overlooks, and then he took us over the bridge to Niteroi for more amazing views and visits at parks/hang gliding launch, etc. Finally, he took us to an amazing restaurant for Brazilian food where we had delicious fish and banana caipirinhas. All along the way he found the best places for photographs and went to great lengths to take pictures/video of our adventures. At the end, we were delivered to Santos Dumont airport for our flight home filled with the magic of Rio.

Brazil 🇧🇷 highlights

Mary_B, Mar 2023

I highly recommend this private customized tour. My guide Ciro was absolutely amazing and funny. He showed us most of the highlights of Brazil 🇧🇷 in a reasonable time. Service was just outstanding! Not to mention that he recommended me to a few other places to go to for lunch and dinner… which was amazing !🤗 Make sure you book.

Amazing tour with friends

Andrew_G, Feb 2023

We had so much fun on this tour in Rio our tour guide made sure we had fun and he takes the best pictures ever! I recommend This tour If you want to see most of the city in a short period of time.

Best Tour and Guide in Rio

Ceikia_S, Feb 2023

Amazing tour and guide! Caio was very personable, energetic, and knowledgeable. He went out of his way to make sure that we had a blast. VIP access to all the sites and introduced us to local food and drinks.

Recomiendo al 100%.

Felix_C, Jan 2023

Excelentes guías, fotógrafos, conductores y hasta compañeros del café. Tuvimos un panorama muy amplio de Río de Janeiro y unas muy gratas experiencias en los must: Cristo Redentor, Pan de Azúcar, etc. Recomiendo al 100%.