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Tijuca Forest

5 or 8 hoursPrivate experience

Explore Tijuca’s Forest Sector with your private English-speaking guide. Cascatinha Taunay, Capela Mayrink’s forest setting and selected short walks form a route shaped around your interests, pace and confirmed park access.

The experience

A few reasons to go.

Cascatinha Taunay and its forest surroundings

Capela Mayrink’s exterior

Selected short forest paths suited to your party

Five- and eight-hour private options

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. Forest setting

    Cascatinha Taunay

    Visit the waterfall’s viewing area and explore its immediate forest surroundings with your guide.

  3. Forest walks

    Mayrink and selected paths

    Visit the chapel’s exterior and follow short paths suited to your party, selected duration and permitted park access.

  4. Indicative return 13:30 or 16:30

    Return within your selected hours

    For an 08:30 start, return is approximately 13:30 for the five-hour option or 16:30 for eight hours. Your service follows the confirmed departure time.

Make it yours

Ways to experience it.

  • Five-hour service focused on the principal forest visits
  • Eight-hour service allowing a more flexible forest pace and compatible nearby stops
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
  • Guided visit in Tijuca’s Forest Sector
  • Cascatinha Taunay, Capela Mayrink’s exterior and selected short walking paths

Not included

  • Meals and personal purchases
  • Visits to Capela Mayrink’s interior
  • 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.
  • Forest routes and applicable park access are confirmed around your party’s walking preferences and mobility requirements.
  • The chapel interior is not included.
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.

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