1ST
OPTION:
Half
day Corcovado Tour
The
Corcovado mountain has been Rio's top attraction widely sung
by famous Brazilian composers. Tour will leave the hotel riding
along the beaches of Rio and taking the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
(lagoon) will reach the Rebouças tunnel, a 2.6 km long
complex that links the southern and northern parts of the city
cut in half by the Tijuca ridge that makes Rio the only city
in the world to have a National Park 5 minutes from downtown.
Reaching the Cosme Velho district, tour members will take a
cogwheel train of Swiss manufacture that climbs the mountain
from its base at 15m to almost its summit at 670m. The very
top is reached by climbing a flight of steps reaching the base
of Christ the Redeemer statue. This statue covered with a mosaic
of soapstone is one of Rio’s finest Art Nouveau monuments.
The view, from this vantage point, with the surrounding Tijuca
National Forest spreading below and a circle of mountains closing
the horizon at the very back of the Guanabara bay. Tour will
continue taking another way to return the hotel. We will take
a longer road back, passing by downtown and taking a road that
climbs the Tijuca National Forest, descending into Barra da
Tijuca.
2ND
OPTION:
JEEP
TOUR - Tijuca Forest
In
this tour, we visit the Tijuca Atlantic Forest, the largest
urban forest in the world stopping at the Chinese View belvedere
with a magnificent view of the Ipanema and Copacabana beaches,
the Guanabara Bay and the Sugar Loaf.
Inside
the forest, we stop at a beautiful waterfall for a refreshing
bath and walk through a trail of easy tracking. During the tour,
usually we can see tropical animals like monkeys, monkeys sloths
and exotic birds.
On
the way back to the hotel, we stop at the Pepino Beach to watch
the hang gliders.
Route:
Pick-up
in convertible Jeeps at the hotel – Horto Florestal Road
– stop at the Monkeys Waterfall – stop at Chinese
View Belvedere – Emperor’s Table – stop at
Cascatinha Fall – Mayrink Chapel - tracking – Canoas
Road – Pepino Beach – return to the hotel.
Pick-up
time: 2:00 pm
Duration:
4 hours
