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Rocinha + Vidigal Tour with Local Guide

About this experience

With Local Guide, we offer a unique and immersive experience in the heart of the two best-known Favelas in Rio de Janeiro.
This unique journey promises a deeper understanding of the favelas. Book your Tour and Come

At a glance

  • Duration: 4 hr

What is included

  • Van transport to Vidigal
  • Photos and videos
  • Motorcycle Taxi uphill
  • Local Guide
  • Travel Insurance
  • Access to visiting locations

Not included

  • General drinks: Entry value BRL 30.00 converted into consumption at the Visited Bar
  • If the responsible Guide identifies the need to get off the mototaxi instead of walking: BRL 10.00

Itinerary and highlights

The adventure starts here at the meeting point with a summary of the entire activity, instructions, stories, curiosities, and other information with the Local Guide.
We use the Na Favela Turismo App, you will receive a link from the responsible Guide to check in before the activity begins

We walked about 5 minutes from the meeting point to the moto-taxi point, where we usually use this transport, which is the same used by residents in their daily lives, experienced drivers on this route, in an average of 10 minutes towards the bars located at the top of Rocinha with a beautiful panoramic view.

Here you will be presented with a 360-degree panoramic view: Christ the Redeemer, Tijuca Forest, Sugarloaf Mountain, Dois Irmãos Hill, Beach, the unique view from the top of the largest Favela in Latin America. A true window to the marvelous city.

We entered this street and walked among alleys and narrow streets, diving into social projects, getting to know the reality of the resident in the vibrant daily life of the community.
After our immersion, we walked about 5 minutes to this moto-taxi point, to start the descent walking for an average of 30 minutes or using this transport, which is the same used by the residents in their daily lives, experienced drivers, a route of about 5 minutes to the initial boarding point located in Largo das Flores.

Walking tour with Local Guide. This unique journey promises a deeper understanding of the favelas and their cultures with a Local Guide throughout the route.

We boarded the van in about 10 minutes heading towards Vidigal

Vidigal Square, the main entrance to the community, a vibrant place where residents arrive and leave daily in contrast with various murals, art, and writings that symbolize the community's resistance, permanence, and resilience.
From this point up to the upper part of the community, we usually go up by mototaxi, which is the same transport used daily by residents and tourists by experienced drivers.

Panoramic view from the top of the community, the location where the most famous bars are situated with the most beautiful view of Rio de Janeiro. Time to relax, have some water, beer, juice, or a drink enjoying the singular view from the top of the community in contrast with the most beautiful beaches of Rio de Janeiro. After we start the descent, immersion in daily life, where you will get to know the main viewpoints of the beautiful community, stories and curiosities. We descended through the interior of Vidigal, because it is among alleys and narrow streets that the magic of this place shines, with every step you will contemplate something different, paintings, graffiti, art, culture, experience, receptivity, residential structures of the most diverse, movement between internal paths of the most varied, and local commerce, while at the same time being surprised by some beautiful viewpoints during the descent.

With a local Guide in Praça do Vidigal, the main entrance to the community, where residents arrive and leave daily, the activity concludes. Easy access to UBER and public transport, the responsible Guide will pass all instructions and information for the return to your accommodation

Meeting and pickup information

  • Newsstand São Conrado Metro Output B - Watercolor of Brazil Easy access UBER AND METRO

Languages and tickets

  • Portuguese — Guide
  • English — Guide
  • Spanish — Guide
  • Mobile Only

Tour operator

  • FAVELA TOUR VIDIGAL

Accessibility and practical details

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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