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Sugarloaf + Botanical Garden

8 hoursPrivate experience

Travel 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 in a day arranged around your interests.

The experience

A few reasons to go.

The complete return Sugarloaf cable car route

Botanical Garden admission and guided garden walks

Regular or Fast Pass Sugarloaf access

Selected nearby city stops when time and traffic allow

The itinerary

Your day in Rio.

Indicative itinerary. Timings and sequence may vary according to the selected option, operating conditions and your confirmed proposal.

  1. Preferred 08:30

    Your private pickup

    Meet your private guide and driver at your confirmed Rio address. The final departure time is arranged when booking.

  2. Principal visit

    Sugarloaf via Morro da Urca

    Enjoy the complete return cable car visit with your selected Regular or Fast Pass access. Your guide confirms the sequence of the two principal visits.

  3. Garden visit

    Rio’s Botanical Garden

    Walk selected paths through the garden’s plant collections, landscape and architectural details. Nearby stops can be considered within the time remaining.

  4. Indicative return 16:30

    Return to your Rio address

    For an 08:30 start, return is approximately 16:30. Your eight-hour service follows your confirmed departure time.

Make it yours

Ways to experience it.

  • Regular Sugarloaf access
  • Fast Pass Sugarloaf access
The details

Thoughtfully arranged.

Included

  • Private vehicle with a Portuguese-speaking driver
  • Private English-speaking guide
  • Pickup and return at your confirmed Rio address
  • Bottled water
  • Complete return Sugarloaf cable car visit with selected Regular or Fast Pass access
  • Botanical Garden admission and guided garden walks

Not included

  • Meals and personal purchases
  • Electric-cart services
  • Admission to additional paid attractions
  • Airport transfers and transport outside this experience
  • Additional guide and driver hours beyond the booked service
Before you go

Good to know.

  • Private for 1–7 guests; larger private groups can be arranged in executive vans.
  • Your booked service period includes pickup, travel, visits, breaks and return.
  • The sequence and final start time are confirmed around access, your interests and traffic.
  • Please share guest ages, luggage and mobility requirements when enquiring.
  • Regular access uses standard boarding lanes. Fast Pass includes priority lanes at all Sugarloaf cable car stations and lounge reception at Praia Vermelha before first boarding. Priority lanes are shared and waiting times vary.
Places along the way

The route.

Explore further

Another side of Rio.

Your private Rio journey

Begin a conversation.

Our private experiences include a driver and guide for your own party. Larger closed groups are welcome on request.

1 · Tell us who you are
2 · Your experience

Your driver and guide are dedicated to your party. Public attractions welcome other visitors; admission does not provide exclusive use of a monument, cable car or priority lane.

3 · Your party and preferred date
4 · How may we contact you?
Pickup, language and preferences Optional

English-speaking guide service follows the selected experience. Other languages require availability and proposal confirmation.

Your enquiry at a glance

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