3 Hour Rocinha Favela Walking Tour with a Local Guide
Description
Visiting the Rocinha favela, one of Rio's hundreds of "favelas" (the Brazilian term for a slum or shantytown) and the largest in the country, is a local experience that gives you the chance to see Brazil from another point of view. With a resident guide, take a non-intrusive walking tour to learn about daily life in the favela and gain insight into the challenges these communities face. When your tour is finished our driver will be heading back to Copacabana neighborhood crossing the beaches of Leblon and Ipanema, therefore you must inform our tour guide where you are staying so we can make sure you are dropped off as close as possible to your hotel. Duration of our tour including pickup and drop off is around 3 hours.
Tour Options
Itinerary
This is our first beach and place where we pickup most of our clients at 13:30 (be aware)
Second beach - another great location in Rio and one of the most expensive areas in Brazil. We drive by to pickup clients as well. We drive by the second meeting point at 13:50
We expect to arrive in Rocinha after all pickups at 14:30 for our walking tour - please wear comfortable shoes for the tour
Highlights
What's included
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multilingual guide
- Be aware of uneven steps
- For the privacy and comfort of all participants, we do not allow sunglasses equipped with cameras on our tours.
- You must be fit or in good condition to walk at least 5 km
- Our walking tour is around 3km downhill
Reviews(911)
Great tour by an experienced and caring guide who took great care of us. From crossing busy roads to knowing feet placement - yes, cobbled streets are not for everyone. We had an informatiive glance into another society. It was an eye opener to how marginalized groups survive. Notwithstanding do the tour if you desire an up close and personal review. Just be respectful. Also when you are haggling for Nickle, dimes, euros etc…just remember who you are most impacting because we get to return to our comfortable lives. Buy local if you can on the tour. Its supporting the community 😊
The guide can actually make a big difference and so she did, my guide was just perfect she took us throughout a lot of places I never thought of… amazing experience.
It was an intresting experience, safety, to a famous favela Rocinha. Our local guide, Johnny, grew up in the favela and knew all the best location. Becouse of late time scheduled tour (after 17), we couldnt see any capoeira dance, but next time one must think about that also. I strongly recomand it, its giving you the possibility to think out of the box.
Ray was a great guide, she was engaging and explained everything and addressed questions in perfect English. I did this same tour with this company 6 years ago and got even better, now we had access to more “reserved areas” monitored by the armed gangs. The community protects the safety of its citizens and the tourists, as that’s the way it flourishes. We felt super safe and got a real feel of the life in the favela, the market, the streets and local businesses. All went smoothly from top to finish and on time. Beautiful community, I recommend you go see the the real Rio at Rocinha!
Amazing experience, very interesting tour and 100% recommended. Our guide Rose took great care of us, the explanations and walking tour were great and overall this is a great value for money tour
Great tour and chance to see the favela. We felt safer here than copacabana. Funny and welcoming guide, would strongly recommend
It’s was great an eye opening experience.
The guides were the best. We had Joae as the main guide. He took his time ended up spending 5 hours there going right through the area. Really great experiemce.
Thank you so much for your kind review! We're delighted to hear that you had such a great experience with João and the team. João is passionate about sharing the real Rocinha with our visitors, and we're glad his dedication made your tour so special. Spending extra time to ensure guests get a deeper understanding of the community is something he truly enjoys. Thank you for choosing our tour, and we hope to welcome you back to Rio de Janeiro in the future! Best regards, The Favela Tour Team
We just did this tour with local Ray. She was informative, fun and we felt 100% safe with her. I would highly recommend if you are in Rio do this tour - you won't regret it!
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're so happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with Ray. She loves sharing her knowledge and personal insights about Rocinha while making sure everyone feels comfortable and safe throughout the experience. Thank you for your recommendation—it means a lot to us. We hope to welcome you back to Rio on your next visit! Best regards, The Favela Tour Team
This was the best tour I’ve taken!! She was so informative and transparent. It was safe and absolutely eye opening and amazing.
Thank you very much for your feedback. It was so nice to hear from you - it makes so happy! Our goal is to offer an authentic and respectful perspective of the community, so we're very happy that this came across during your visit. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience and hope to welcome you again in the future! Kind regards Favela Walking Tour
