Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure for discovering this beautiful city including the wonderful beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
OPTIONAL TOUR IN RIO DE JANEIRO AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PURCHASE
1.- Carnaval Experience (shared service - group tour - not available on Sunday - duration 3 hours approx) $119 per person
Life is a carnival and even more so if we are in Rio de Janeiro! This experience will allow us to discover all the effort, training, hard work and production behind the iconic and massive Rio Carnival, an event that attracts visitors fr om all over the world year after year. We will tour the City of Samba, the warehouses wh ere the most recognized samba schools build and store floats and colorful dance costumes. We will also visit the Rio Grande Samba School Factory to delve even further into the world of samba. On the tour we will see different processes of the schools at the level of production of floats, clothing and all the people involved in making the parade a reality (musicians, choreographers, dancers, artisans, producers, designers). In the exhibition hall we will learn about the history of this dance and the historical schools. To live the complete experience, we can try on original costumes and take pictures with them, we can also participate in a samba class to learn the basic steps of a professional dancer. To close this visit, we will taste a typical Brazilian cocktail.
2.- Tijuca forest and Botanial Garden (Shared basis - Duration 4 hours - afternoon only $95 per person
(Not available on Thursday and Sunday). A half-day tour for nature lovers! In the purest style of a safari, aboard an open-top truck and with the help of our guide, we will discover the exuberance and diversity of Brazilian flora. Within its 137 hectares, the Botanical Garden houses more than 6,000 species of plants, including a wide variety of bromeliads and orchids. It has a sensory garden and an avenue of bicentennial palm trees. Among the most striking tree species we will find the Brazilwood (tree that gives its name to the country). We will also visit the turtle lake and the giant water lily lake. Another point in the city that we will visit will be the Vista Chinesa viewpoint (388 m), one of the few places fr om where you can see Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf Mountain, lpanema and Leblon. The adventure continues in the Tijuca National Forest, the largest urban forest in the world. Here we will follow a low intensity trail and reach the Taunay waterfall. While we walk, our guide will tell us everything about the Atlantic forest and its biodiversity. We will also take a panoramic walk along the famous San Conrado beach, with its sky crossed by paragliders and hang gliders, popular activities in the city.
3.- Crazy for football: Tour Maracana and Flamingo $147 per person
(Shared basis - Duration 6 hours -- No available on Monday). A half-day tour designed especially for soccer lovers! We will arrive at the legendary Maracana stadium wh ere we can see the locker rooms, the warm-up room and the press room. We can also enter the main locations of the stadium, such as the stands, the substitutes' bench and even the field. On our tour we will also be able to see the collection of objects related to matches, historical milestones and emblematic players who passed through the most important football stadium in the entire country. We will also visit the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, the most popular team in Brazil. We will take the Gavea Tour to see the basketball gym, the football stadium, the gymnastics area, and the water park, where prominent sports figures train. At the Flamengo Museum we will review the history of the club through images, audios, and t-shirts. The best thing about this visit is that we will be able to see up close the trophies that the club has accumulated over the years, such as the Libertadores 2019, the Super Cup, and the Recopa 2020. Our day will not be complete without stopping by the official Flamengo store to acquire a souvenir of this experience.
Overnight at the hotel.
