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Rio Carnival Package (6 days)6 days duration
On arrival into Rio de Janeiro you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Copacabana for five nights. Rio sweeps 20 kilometres along the narrow alluvial strip between the mountains and the sea.
Today is the first day of the Rio Carnival, a unique and unforgettable event. If Rio de Janeiro is known for one thing, that would have to be the Carnival. Rio’s Carnival has a mysterious hold over most visitors and is legendary the world over. It is also one of the few legends that lives up to its billing. Carnival now takes up the best part of a week and as a holiday period it is more important to the average Carioca (local of Rio) than Christmas or the New Year.
This morning you will be taken on a tour to the Sugar Loaf, located uniquely above the entrance to Guanabara Bay. It is reached by a spectacular 2-stage cable car ride that offers a beautiful look at the city and its beaches from a vantage point above.
Your afternoon is at leisure to prepare for the Carnival Parade tonight. Nowhere in the world is there a show as fascinating as Carnival. It is a mixture of street parades, featuring samba schools and a contagious revelry, which takes over the whole city. Seeing is believing at Rio Carnival! (B)
This afternoon you will be taken on a tour to Corcovado, and the Statue of Christ. The tour passes by Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon to Cosme Velho, where the modern funicular train is boarded for a ride up to the top of Corcovado Mountain. The Christ the Redeemer statue is one of Rio’s most famous landmarks. It is 70 metres high, weighs 1,100 tons and has 360 degree views of the entire area below. (B)
Today you will be taken on a tour to the tropical islands of Rio located in the Bay of Sepetiba. The tour will take you along the southern beaches, until you reach Itacurusa, a fishing village. Here you will board a vessel for your cruise through the emerald green waters of Rio to one of its tropical islands, where lunch will be served. You return to your hotel later today. (BL)
Today you will be collected from your hotel and visit one of Rio’s famous favelas (poor communities). This favela is situated in the heart of the city between two up-market neighbourhoods. This illustrates the impressive social cohesion and contrast of Rio. You will visit the sports centre of Rocinha, the Rocinha Samba School Balcony and walk through the highest part of the area. You are then taken to the commercial part of the favela, where you will have the chance to mix with the locals and perhaps visit the favela school. (B)
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight. (B)
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