3 Hour Rocinha Favela Walking Tour with a Local Guide

4.8 · 932 Reviews

Excellent Quality

Overview

Visiting the Rocinha favela, one of Rio's hundreds of "favelas" (the Brazilian term for a slum or shantytown) and the largest in the country, is a local experience that gives you the chance to see Brazil from another point of view. With a resident guide, take a non-intrusive walking tour to learn about daily life in the favela and gain insight into the challenges these communities face. When your tour is finished our driver will be heading back to Copacabana neighborhood crossing the beaches of Leblon and Ipanema, therefore you must inform our tour guide where you are staying so we can make sure you are dropped off as close as possible to your hotel. Duration of our tour including pickup and drop off is around 3 hours.

What's Included

Local guide

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Access Contribution to community

Hotel pickup and drop-off (select hotels only)

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Children must be accompanied by an adult

May be operated by a multilingual guide

Be aware of uneven steps

For the privacy and comfort of all participants, we do not allow sunglasses equipped with cameras on our tours.

You must be fit or in good condition to walk at least 5 km

Our walking tour is around 3km downhill

Reviews

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