Rio com Guia Local › Tours › Classic: Christ the Redeemer + Sugarloaf
Most bookedRio's essential day, no lines and in the best light. Corcovado by train or van, lunch where cariocas eat, and sunset from the cable car.
The private Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf tour is the itinerary most requested by first-time visitors to Rio de Janeiro, and for good reason: in a single day you see the city's two most famous wonders with a licensed, English-speaking guide, with no lines and in the best light for photos.
We start early, picking you up at your hotel, the airport or the cruise terminal. We go up Corcovado ahead of the crowds with pre-booked tickets and stay as long as you like at the feet of Christ the Redeemer, with its 360° view over Guanabara Bay, the Lagoon and the beaches of the South Zone. On the way we stop at the Dona Marta lookout, the setting of so many iconic photos of Rio.
After lunch at a restaurant frequented by cariocas (not tour buses), we drive past Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, Ipanema and Copacabana before taking the cable car up Sugarloaf Mountain. We reach the top in the late afternoon to watch the sun set behind the Christ and the city lights come on: the moment nobody forgets.
The itinerary is fully flexible. Traveling with kids, with reduced mobility, or with only a few hours on a cruise stop? I adapt the pace, the routes and the stops to your group.