Private Tour: Rio de Janeiro Experience with Christ & Sugar Loaf

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

7 to 8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Get to know Rio's beaches, rain forests, and important landmarks on a full-day private tour. With your dedicated guide, ride in a private vehicle to visit Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Mountain and ascend Sugar Loaf Mountain. Have lunch (own expense), then journey to some of the city's most famous landmarks including the Selaron Steps, Metropolitan Cathedral, and the bohemian Santa Teresa neighborhood. Delight in personal attention from your private guide; round-trip transportation from anywhere in Rio is included.

Private tour of Rio's landmarks, beaches and rainforests
Informative commentary from a local guide
Private tour means personal attention and a flexible schedule
Round-trip transportation from anywhere in the city

What's Included

Air-conditioned private vehicle with driver
Certified Tour Guide
Flexibility, so you can change the places visited
Pickup and Drop-off in the city of Rio de Janeiro (you say where!)
Bottled Water

Attraction tickets
Food and Drink

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will pick you up at any hotel, Airbnb, airport, seaport or any other place of your convenience in the city of Rio de Janeiro. If your pick-up place is not listed, please inform it when booking. Also, for airport pickup please inform the arrival flight details; for seaport pickup please inform cruise ship information The drop-off at the end of the tour is also included.

Itinerary

Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Santa Teresa

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Escadaria Selaron

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Sugarloaf Mountain

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
All our Drivers and Tour Guides are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible

Service animals allowed
Transportation is wheelchair 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 28 reviews

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Outstanding Tour of Rio de Janeiro!

AnneGene_C, Mar 2025

Richard was our tour guide and showed us the best parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro. He explained the history and interesting points about the Christ the Redeemer monument, Sugar Loaf, and the history of these fascinating attractions. George was an excellent driver and navigated the traffic like a pro. Marcel handled the booking and answered all of my questions during the booking process. I am partially disabled and Richard guided me with a steady hand and was always thinking of our safety. My husband and I highly recommend BeFree Tours!

Response from Host, Mar 2025

Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled Richard, George, and Marcelo provided you with such a memorable experience in Rio. We appreciate your recommendation. Take care! :)

Exhilarating

Yvonne_C, Nov 2024

Awesome Tour of Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf, the Steps and lunch at the Potella. Wagner is an outstanding guide full of knowledge who also made the experience a lot of fun. He is a gentleman, kind and considerate. Thank you.

Response from Host, Nov 2024

Wagner is a great guide and a great person indeed. We are really happy to know that you had such a great experience. Thanks for the review. Take care! :)

Wonderful

Neil_B, Oct 2024

Good tour with Fernando, took us to all the main places and added some of his own, which made it even better

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Thank you for sharing your experience. Take care! :)

Sugarloaf and Christ the redeemer tour Private

RodelJeson_A, Sep 2024

Here’s a way to phrase your review: "Faby provided a great and excellent tour! She was both quick and thorough, taking the time to explain everything from Christ the Redeemer to Sugarloaf Mountain. The skip-the-line ticket was essential, and she did a fantastic job showcasing the different neighborhoods like Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon. I also appreciated her taking me to the Havaianas store, explaining the Maracanã Stadium, and helping me capture great videos on the Escadaria Selarón."

Response from Host, Sep 2024

We are really happy that you had such a great experience. Faby is indeed a great person and tour guide. Thanks for the review. Take care! :)

Awesome tour!

jessica_a, Aug 2024

First of all, a private tour is absolutely the way to go! It saved a ton of time picking up people from their hotels, and dropping back off since it was just our group. We had Flavio as our tour guide and he was amazing! Spoke both english and spanish, he was very knowledgeable, and even gave us tips where to go out at night! The driver johnny was awesome too! We got everywhere promptly, commnication was fantastic, information was abundant, and they were both so helpful! We saw all the best sites in rio and it was spectacular! Definately something special!! Thank you Flavio for the amazing memories!!

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Yes! We are so happy you had such a great time! And you are right, private tours are the best way! Thank you so much for your review. Take care! :)

Great experience - highly recommend!

Alison_P, Apr 2023

Wow what a great experience! From the time we booked the tour, communications with the tour company was excellent. Our tour started right on time from the cruise ship terminal and ended at the international airport at the time we had specified. Fabiana is an amazing tour guide and Marcello a great driver!! We saw all the popular tourist sights that were on our list and with Fabi's experience avoided the long line ups at Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf!! Her warm personality, general knowledge and fluency in English made for an unforgettable tour. She's also fantastic at taking photos!

Response from Host, Apr 2023

We're thrilled to hear that you had a fantastic tour with Fabiana and Marcello, and we appreciate your kind words about our communication and sightseeing experiences. Thank you and take care! :)

Great tour!

Eudaldo_A, May 2022

It’s was an amazing tour! We had Wagner as our tour guide. He is amazing! He is super knowledgeable and give you great tips. He took his time with us. Showed all the highlights.

Response from Host, May 2022

Excellent! We are so happy you enjoyed. Thanks for the review!

All the Best of Rio and More!

Karen, Feb 2020

Renata, our tour guide was engaging and knowledgeable! We saw everything we possibly could - the weather was wet and rainy - and despite limited visibility we were able to make our points of interest flexible so that we could get all the best experiences at the Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer Statues. We also saw many other points of interest including the Seleron Steps, Villa Santa Theresa, Copacabana Beach, Ipanema and so much more!! I would highly recommend this tour. Thanks to all!

Response from Host, Feb 2020

Thanks for the review, Karen ! I'll make sure it gets to Renata aknowledge. She's great, isn't she ? Take care ! :-)

Beyond Excellent

Denis_A, Dec 2019

We have been travelling the world for over 40 years. In that time we have used all sorts of methods to explore. The is our first time with Viator. The Viator process was very good and helped us to arrange for our tour and to communicate with the operator regarding detail. Even before we travelled the operator was very helpful. Our driver was Marcelo with whom we had been exchanging communications. His English was excellent. His driving was excellent. He was courteous, friendly and helpful. He turned up promptly and was very flexible as to the itinerary but gave excellent guidance on what to do and when. The car was in excellent condition, clean and roomy. Rio as with most cities is of concern to visitors in terms of safety and finding ones way around. We felt very safe with Marcelo and got a very good feel for the city. Rio is the most amazing city and with Marcelo as our driver and guide we had the best day imaginable. It just exceeded our expectations and these were quite high. He dealt with the locals and gave lots of information about Brazil, Rio and the places that we visited which were both the famous ones but also some local colour. I cannot recommend Marcelo or Rio enough. Plus, the day before our tour it had rained for a lot of the day, but for our trip we had perfect weather. We are quite hard to please travel-wise, quite honestly there was nothing to complain about either with Viator or Marcelo. We will use them both again, and Marcelo and Rio have us wishing to return there.

Response from Host, Dec 2019

It's difficult to answer a review like this. Thank you sooooooooo much ! It's always great to know that we exceeded the expectations. It was a pleasure to meet you, really. Thanks again, take care and come again ! :)

The tour was really good and exactly...

Lorenzo L, Sep 2016

The tour was really good and exactly the kind of tour that I was looking for. The tour guide Marcelo was on time, was very well prepared to answer to all my questions and really really helpful.

Marcelo, a Rio native, is...

Jonathan H, Jul 2016

Marcelo, a Rio native, is knowlegeable and entertaining and provides a thorough custom tour. Wish we'd had another day to tour with him and his skilled driver/assistant.

had an amazing time. our guide was...

Christopher_N, Jun 2016

had an amazing time. our guide was extremely knowledgeable and, above all, very flexible. made sure we saw everything we wanted and made sure we got back to the hotel safely. highly recommended.

Marcelo was an excellent guide...

GlendaKay_G, Jun 2016

Marcelo was an excellent guide. Unfortunately it rained all day so we on,y caught the train to Christ redeemer which was fun, we couldn't see anything once up there because of the thick cloud and rain. He showed us other places to make up for not seeing the Sugar Loaf and said he would take us to it the following day but we told him not to worry. He took us to a great Brazillian restaurant buffet style very nice. His English was very good I would recommend him again. Kay and Mike from New Zealand. Review rating 5 star.

Be prepared to visit Rio on Carnival Day.

MASAHIRO_S, Feb 2026

It was a tour of the city on the second day of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, so it was a pity that we were unable to stop at some of the sights we had planned due to traffic jams and the huge crowds of people that we were bringing around the city. Car traffic forced me to get out of my car about 1.5km short of the Sugar Loaf ropeway boarding area and walk to the ropeway station, which turned out to be another very good memory and experience. The tour guide worked hard despite the difficult day. The view from Corcovado Hill and Sugar Loaf was truly amazing and I had a very memorable day. We are very grateful to our guide, Flavio. Thank you for your hard work.

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