Private Half-Day Must Sees: Your Last Minute Booking in Rio!
Description
Maximize your time in Rio with a flexible half-day private tour. Perfect for short stays or mid-day arrivals, you can choose highlights such as Christ the Redeemer, Selarón Steps, the Botanical Garden, or Tijuca Forest. Your guide tailors the itinerary to your pace, with hotel pickup and drop-off for convenience. Stop for a self-paid local lunch if you wish, and enjoy a seamless visit with last-minute booking availability.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Optional: One of the world´s New Seven Wonders, by train passing through the Tijuca National Forest, one of the largest urban forests worldwide. At the top, get sweeping views of Rio and take the time to snap photos. Your guide will take every photo you desire so feel free to ask!
Optional: The most popular stairway in the world by the artist Jorge Selaron, we´ll see colourful tiles from over 60 different countries.
Optional: We´ll visit the peculiar looking Cathedral, its colourful stained glass only seen from the inside and architecture buffs will fall in love with it.
With 1.2 million square meters, meet the largest Urban park in the world.
Our own glamorous petit Paris
An astonishing place that will make you feel invigorated !
Optional: Founded in the imperial times of Rio, this impressive park is rich in tropical Brazilian flora and also shows samples from all over the world, including a cool cactus garden, orchidarium and bromeliad. Cute little animals such as marmoset monkeys can be a bonus.
This is a lovely and charming neighborhood in Rio that is worth visiting!
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
✳✔ LAST MINUTE TOURS: PLEASE CALL US AFTER BOOKING! ✳✔This tour has a 4-hour duration or 1 extra hour bonus for lunch. ✳✔We pick up in all hotels in the SOUTH and CENTER of Rio and national airport (SDU). ✳✔For international airport (GIG) and BARRA DA TIJUCA which means this will affect the tour route and time, please negotiate directly with guide/driver. ✳✔ Hotel: Your guide will wait for you in the hotel lobby. ✳✔Port / airport: Your guide will be holding a sign with your name.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Last-minute tours: We will confirm your pick-up time after contact.
- Your guide will wait for you at the hotel lobby. If you are exiting the port, he or she will have a Viator sign near gate 4.
- Please read "inclusions and exclusions" and the voucher after purchase for important information.
- Infant car seats are available. Please advise as a "special request."
- Special restaurants such as vegetarian or gluten-free are available, please advise.
- A small amount of walking is involved.
Reviews(103)
It was a great way to get started in Rio. Flavio was a wonderful guide and person and showed us around the important sights of Rio. She explained the culture and the geography of the city and we were able to see the spots we had marked out with ample time. I am sure we would use these tour services again!
Daniel made our tour to Christ the Redeemer and through the forest truly unforgettable. He was incredibly kind, attentive, and went above and beyond to make sure we had the best experience. My daughter was so hopeful to spot monkeys in the forest, and Daniel made it his personal mission to find them for her — patiently searching, pointing out every rustle in the trees, and never giving up on making that moment happen for her. That kind of genuine care is rare. Daniel is not just a great guide — he’s a wonderful person, and he made our day in Rio something we’ll always remember. Highly recommend!
Daniel was a fantastic guide. Our ship was late and he waited. We had a list of what we wanted to see and he checked off every box even though it was Carnival!!! We even had a drink on Ipenemi Beach. He took great care of my 93 year old husband
Don't visit Christ the Redeemer between 10:00am and 2:00 p.m.! The crowd was overwhelming and the description does not include a warning about 150 steps that must be climbed after taking the " packed" train ride. Attempting to take a picture with thousands of people is almost impossible. It took 3 hours to see the statue even with skip the line tickets" and therefore we had no time to see any other sites in Rio de Janeiro.
We love the fact that the itinerary is flexible to our pace and liking. We didn’t feel rush and Marco is very knowledgeable.
My family and I (party of 5) had an amazing time! Ask for Jessica! She was an amazing English-speaking tour guide. She was very knowledgeable about the area and even gave us some recommendations on other tourist destinations. She made our experience seamless with great communication, welcoming energy, and positive vibes!
Effie was just awesome. She was very knowledgeable and patient with the group. So pleasant and fun Would highly recommend her and the trip to the Rainforest with the falls and caves was just awesome !!!
Booked a private tour for two, our guide Diogo was incredible. Very knowledgeable of the area, kind and personable. Tours with my 89 year old mother can be difficult as people are usually inpatient and she cannot keep up with the fast pace! Diogo was extremely patient with her, always giving her a hand. Even procuring a chair for her anytime there was a wait. We saw so much more then we would have had we been on our own. Meeting us in the lobby of our hotel with a personal driver she didn’t start the tour tired from walking to a meeting point. If you’re in Rio, take the private tour and request Diogo!!
Our guide was perfect. She was able to adapt the tour to the weather and the traffic. We had a great tour of Rio because of her vast knowledge of the city and its culture.
These two young men were true professionals. They met my needs. Everything I asked, for I got they understood my limitations and that I am not the traditional tourist. They were very friendly and took care of me so that I didn’t fall.
