TAMARUVAORIGINS
Landmarks, forest trails and the city’s many stories.
Private experiences, shaped around your time in Rio.
Begin with the experiences that speak to you. Discover the highlights, see the photographs and explore each itinerary before requesting your private proposal.
Your own guide and vehicle, for your party only. Larger closed groups are arranged on request.
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01TAMARUVA RECOMMENDSThe essential Rio day.
Discover Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf in one private day, with your own guide, vehicle and chauffeur.
Optional Brazilian BBQ · 9-hour experience
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02Combine Christ the Redeemer with Santa Teresa’s historic streets and the colourful Selarón Steps. Choose a five-hour introduction or an eight-hour day with more time…
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07Explore Tijuca’s Forest Sector with your private English-speaking guide. Cascatinha Taunay, Capela Mayrink’s forest setting and selected short walks form a route…
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03Combine Corcovado’s landmark setting with the paths and plant collections of Rio’s Botanical Garden. Your private guide arranges the pace and sequence across both…
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04Travel by cable car via Morro da Urca to Sugarloaf and explore Rio’s Botanical Garden with your private English-speaking guide. Heights and garden paths come together…
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05Explore Vidigal’s hillside streets with your private guide, then discover Rio’s coastal cityscape with Copacabana as the other principal visit. Your interests shape…
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06Approach Dois Irmãos through Vidigal and hike with your private English-speaking guide above Rio’s southern coastline. Choose a focused five-hour service or allow…
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08Visit Christ the Redeemer with your private English-speaking guide and take in Corcovado’s views across Rio. This five-hour experience centres on the monument, with…
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09Ride the cable cars via Morro da Urca to Sugarloaf with your private English-speaking guide. Discover the bay and city from two heights, with the complete return…
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10Discover a quieter side of Rio on a guided walk through the Botanical Garden’s living collections and green spaces. Your interests and walking pace shape the selected…
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11Two perspectives on Rio: visit Christ the Redeemer and explore Vidigal with your private English-speaking guide, combining Corcovado with the streets, architecture…
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12Rio from two hillsides: experience Sugarloaf by cable car and explore Vidigal with your private guide, bringing together broad bay views and a closer look at a…
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13An icon and the historic city: connect Christ the Redeemer with the book-lined Reading Room, the architecture of the Metropolitan Cathedral and the colours of the…
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14Connect the bay views of Sugarloaf with Historic Rio, exploring architecture, books and Selarón’s colours with your private English-speaking guide. The route balances…
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15A landmark and a hillside trail: visit Christ the Redeemer and hike Dois Irmãos with your private English-speaking guide, combining Corcovado with a walking route…
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16Corcovado and the forest: visit Christ the Redeemer and explore Tijuca’s Forest Sector with time at Cascatinha Taunay and selected short forest walks, shaped around…
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17Heights and forest paths: explore Sugarloaf by cable car and Tijuca’s Forest Sector with your private guide, bringing together the bay’s broad views, Cascatinha…
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18Two ways into Rio’s green: connect the botanical collections and selected garden paths of the Botanical Garden with Cascatinha Taunay and short walks in Tijuca’s…
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19Neighbourhoods, books and colour: explore Santa Teresa around Largo do Guimarães, then connect the Metropolitan Cathedral, Reading Room and Selarón Steps with your…
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20Forest paths, open views: hike Pedra Bonita with your private English-speaking guide, moving through forest towards views over Rio’s coast and mountains, with pauses…
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21Brazilian flavours, city streets: discover selected Brazilian finger food and drinks with your private English-speaking food guide, combining short walks with a route…
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22Ask our team about a private backstage visit, with access and programme confirmed in your proposal.
Explore private alternativesDiscover other places we can arrange for you. Tell us where you would like to go, and we will shape a private proposal around your interests.
Islands, sheltered bays and the coast of Angra dos Reis. Tell us how you would like to spend your time, and we will shape a private proposal around your interests.
Beaches, coastal scenery and the rhythm of the peninsula. Ask us to arrange time in Búzios around the places and pace that appeal to you.
Historic streets, forested shores and the waters around Paraty. Tell us what draws you here, and we will prepare a proposal shaped around your interests.
Coastal landscapes and the clear-water scenery of Arraial do Cabo. Share your dates and interests so we can discuss a visit suited to your plans.
Lagoon channels and island life in Barra da Tijuca. Discover another side of Rio through a visit arranged around your interests.
Mangrove waterways and the coastal ecology of Guanabara Bay. Ask us about a privately arranged visit, shaped around the conditions and your interests.
Choose an experience, tell us what matters to you, and begin a conversation about your days in Rio.
Discover our five private Atlantic Forest journeys.