Private Rio Tour: Christ the Redeemer & Sugar Loaf Essentials
Description
Enjoy a personalized visit to Rio de Janeiro’s essentials with a private guide and driver. The tour covers key highlights such as Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, and the Selarón Steps, with the flexibility to adjust stops according to personal interests. A local expert shares insights along the way, with the convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off included. Lunch is not part of the package, allowing guests to choose from the city’s best restaurants for a more authentic dining experience.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Ride the train through the Rainforest to get to the Christ the Redeemer Statue and visit it.
Ride the cable cars up to the mountains to have a stunning view of the city and the coast
The gorgeous library the Portuguese built to preserve their literature. A must see!
Staircase decorated with colored tiles from all over the world. Amazing !
Unique arquiteture. A must see !
Visit this charming neighborhood near the City Center
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up and drop-off are included; you choose where! If your place is not listed please let us know when booking or by message. For airport pickup please inform the arrival flight details; for seaport pickup please inform cruise ship information. If you are staying at Barra da Tijuca and Recreio, we recommend starting your tour at 6:30 AM to avoid heavy traffic and experience the best of Rio.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- To avoid crowds at Christ the Redeemer, we recommend starting the tour as early as possible. Our earliest time is 6:30am.
- To watch the stunning sunset from Sugar Loaf Mountain, we recommend starting the tour at 11:30am or later.
- The "Real Gabinete Português de Leitura (Royal Portuguese Reading Room) is not open on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. We will visit another attraction on those days.
- If you are staying at Barra da Tijuca and Recreio, we recommend starting your tour at 6:30 AM to avoid heavy traffic and experience the best of Rio.
- We recommend installing Whatsapp Messenger app in your phone when coming to Brazil. It's very popular here and it will make your communication much easier. It's a free app, available on both Play Store (Android) and Apple Store (iPhones).
Reviews(355)
Gabrielle was super friendly and accommodating of our needs. Our father just broke his foot and needed to walk slowly as he is recovering. She adjusted the group’s pace accordingly. She also shown us good photo spots. The driver and tour guide both helped us find ATMs around the city, which was really appreciated because our bank card did not work in some machines. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your experience. Gabrielle is excellent indeed. Take care! :)
We had a fantastic private tour with Higor. My mother uses a walker, and Higor did an excellent job finding accessible bathrooms, navigating step-free access, and making sure she was comfortable and safe. We saw Christ the Redeemer, an interesting Brutalist-style church, the bottom of the Selaron Steps, and took the cable car to Sugarloaf Mountain. Our lunch stop was delicious too. My only regret was that I didn’t think to ask for a stop at the Holocaust Memorial! We will go another day. Notes for anyone with access needs: The Sugarloaf Mountain cable car was set up well for accessibility, aside from a small gap between the platform and the cable car. There was an extensive network of lifts providing step-free access. Christ the Redeemer was more challenging. There were steep inclines and broken-down escalators. Even worse, people on the small viewing platform repeatedly pushed my mother’s walker, and one woman even shouted at my mother to move it so she could take a photo. Overall, it was a wonderful tour around Rio!
Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful review. We’re very happy to hear that Higor made the day comfortable, safe, and enjoyable for your mother. Accessibility in Rio’s landmarks can vary, and maintenance may sometimes happen with little or no prior notice, so your notes are truly helpful for future travelers. It was a pleasure to have you with us, and we hope to welcome you again in Rio! Take care! :)
Fabiana is an excepcional tour give she will go out of its way to make the tour an excepcional one thanks
Thank you so much for the review! Take care. :)
great personalized experience . got fast pass to Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf mountain so we covered a lot within 8 hours including botanical garden and lunch in Leblon
Perfect! We are really happy you had such a great time. Thanks for the review. Take care! :)
What an experience to see Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf just being there was amazing and the views from both overlooking the beautiful Rio de Janiero were breathtaking. Be free tours sent us a luxury sprinter van and driver which were great and our private guide Higor was the best a one of a kind and not only showed us a great time but we were really treated like VIP’s we had skip the line passes but with Higor who is like a celebrity guide we were passing all the lines in a minute. We had such a great experience we booked another tour with them. I would definitely recommend befreetours.com and Higor is a must!!
Thank you for the wonderful feedback! We are thrilled that our services exceeded your expectations. It was a pleasure having you with us for two tours, and we’ll be sure to share your special recognition with Higor. We appreciate the recommendation. Take care! :)
Our guide Igor was super nice, friendly, attentive and very knowledgeable. We had a very good time with him and learned a lot about Rio
That's great! Thank you. Take care! :)
The guide, the driver and tour were excellent! We visited on one of the busiest days of the year and we love the places we visited and Rio! Highly recommend to all.
Thank you for the review and recommendation. Take care! :)
Our tour was incredible! Our guide was Gabrielle. She was so wonderful!! Gabrielle was engaging and very knowledgeable. We also had a driver that was very kind. They both took the best care of us. This was the best all day tour we have ever done. The sites in Rio were awesome. We highly recommend!!!!
Wow, that's great! Gabrielle is excellent indeed. Thanks for the fantastic review. Take care! :)
It was a great day with Higor. Go early to Christ the Redeemer so that it isn’t crazy busy. It was amazing. Sugarloaf story was interesting but was really crowded. Higor took us around the city and explained some of Rios history which was great. We got cheesy bread and had a great experience. Our driver Jonny was great too!
Thank you very much for the great review. Take care! :)
Wagner was awesome! Very knowledgeable and fun to be around! He showed us so much around Rio! Our driver was pretty awesome too! Would book with them anytime!
Thank you! Take care! :)
