Rio De Janeiro And Foz Do Iguazu Sustainable Experience

Today you will be met at the airport and transferred to your accommodation. Unpack, get comfortable and prepare to spend the rest of the day exploring the city at your own pace.

The full-day city tour in Rio de Janeiro will take you to visit the main attractions and natural monuments of the city. Let’s explore what the marvelous city has to offer. We start the tour by going to Corcovado, where one of the seven wonders of the modern world is located, the Statue of Christ the Redeemer. Then we’ll head towards Tijuca Forest, a place of many stories and beautiful natural wonders. Let’s sightsee one of the biggest urban tropical forests of the world, home to many animals and plant species only found in the Atlantic Rainforest. There will be a break for an outside visit at the famous Maracanã Stadium to learn about the history of the stadium that hosted the World Cup finals in 1950 and 2014. The tour continues towards the Sambadrome, which is the stage of the Samba School Parades performances during Rio de Janeiro Carnival. We’ll also visit the Metropolitan Cathedral of São Sebastião, patron of the city. The tour continues towards the Sugar Loaf complex, to board the most famous cable car in the world. Near there, Morro da Urca awaits for our visit, by the side of Praia Vermelha beach and the old Casino of Urca. We’ll end our full day city tour visiting the most famous beaches of the city: Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon. All tickets are included and also lunch at an upscale barbecue lunch (with vegetarian options). - NOTE: During the Carnival this tour works in a shorter version visiting only Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf. If you want to do the full version, it’s important to arrive in Rio few days before carnival starts. - Meals included: Breakfast

We will start the ecological tour by going to the base of Pedra Bonita, where the Rio de Janeiro Free Flight ramp is located. With a privileged location, the hang gliding and Parapente take-off ramp offers us a breathtaking view, including Morro Dois Irmãos, São Conrado Beach and Favela da Rocinha. We continue to the Pedra Bonita trail, a light walk that takes an average of 40 minutes to reach the top. From the top of Pedra Bonita it is possible to see Pedra da Gávea, the beaches of Barra da Tijuca and São Conrado, with the immensity of the Tijuca Forest around us. It is a beautiful natural viewpoint and one of the best views to photograph the city of Rio de Janeiro. After descending the Pedra Bonita trail, the Passeio Ecológico continues through the Tijuca National Park towards Vista Chinesa, a pavilion in an oriental mold that was built between 1902 and 1906 to honor the Chinese who brought tea to Brazil. The “pagode”, the original name of the structure that is made of bamboo and cement, is strategically positioned, from where you have an incredible panoramic view. It is possible to see several sights from this angle, such as Christ the Redeemer, Guanabara Bay, Sugarloaf Mountain, Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and beaches in Ipanema and Leblon. To close our Ecological Tour with a golden key, we will take a refreshing bath in the Horto Waterfall. The trail there has a light difficulty level with some obstacles along the way and is located within the limits of the Tijuca National Park.