Christus der Erlöser, Selaron, Kathedrale, Maracana, Halbtagestour Sambadrome

I made the half-day tour with the agency Rio Carioca Tours on Monday 03/08. Guia Marleide and the driver Júlio were sensational. They showed great professionalism and made a difference. The Marleide guide has a vast knowledge of the places visited and made everything more interesting. This tour covers several points including the Christ and leaves you still half the day free to explore other places, go to the beach or rest. It's perfect. Congratulations to Marleide and Julio for the organization, professionalism and kindness. The river remains beautiful, as the music says, and the walk was well worth it. I highly recommend.

We had a simply wonderful experience! We visited the Christ the Redeemer, the Selarón Stairs, the Maracanã and the Sambódromo, and everything was even more special thanks to our guide, Monica. She was extremely attentive, caring, patient and welcoming throughout the tour. Always concerned about our well-being, explained everything with a lot of knowledge and made every moment unforgettable. It is hard to put into words all the affection and dedication she has had with us. Without a doubt, she made all the difference on our trip. I recommend closed eyes! Thank you, Monica, for making this day so special for our family! ❤️

Monica is a very good guide, we had a great time. She adapted to our language and took photos for us. A very good experience with her. Thank you :)

The experience with Monica was great; she really explains the history of each place visited well. She makes everyone feel very comfortable and gives excellent advice on the rest of our trip. Great

Thank you to Monica for her dedication. She was very attentive and tells stories very well. For the French who will read this comment without thinking, she is a very good guide.

Mónica was great. We were coached on where to get the best photos and how to invest our time in Rio. Highly recommend. It’s a great half day trip

Essentially the ‘tour’ was an 18 person communal taxi ride around the city where we were dropped at landmarks and then left to walk around by ourselves and work it out. Also was a half day tour where it was raining early in the morning and then fine after 10am. But instead of going into the buildings first and then going to the mountain, it was still decided to go see Christ redeemer in the rain and mist so no one really got to see or do anything. We then went to the Cathedral mid church service so again couldn’t really do much so we decided to get an uber back at that point as it was all a bit pointless. Also, we spent an hour driving around Rio picking everyone up from various hotels - maybe in future it may be easier to just have a central meeting point to save all the guests time on their trips instead of driving around the city in circles collecting people from hotels.

The transportation service showed up over 20 minutes late and then made us walk to a random pickup location instead of picking us up directly at our hotel like promised. The communication was poor the entire time and nobody seemed organized or concerned about wasting customers’ time. To make matters worse, we were over an hour past the scheduled tour start time and still had not made it to a single landmark or attraction. Instead, the driver spent a huge amount of time driving all over the roughest parts of Rio making multiple unnecessary stops for other passengers. The entire experience felt unprofessional, disorganized, and uncomfortable. If you are expecting reliable transportation, punctuality, or decent customer service, look elsewhere. There are far better and more dependable companies in Rio.

We had the tour of Rio and Corcovado Mountain with the most amazing Monica who just impressed us with the different languages she could speak. Amazing personality!!

Excellent excursion.. very complete and the guide Joao is a genius. They take you to all the places you must not miss in Rio!