The 4 Best Shore Excursions Tours in Rio de Janeiro

1.Rio Shore Excursion: Skip the Line Christ Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 28 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $165.6Our pick

Rio shore excursion with reserved access to Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf, plus Cathedral, Tijuca Forest train, and churrasco lunch.

“Our guide, Henrique Joriam, was outstanding. Very glad we did the private tour option. This allowed us unlimited flexibility and never feeling rushed or having to wait on others. All of the sites visited were remarkable. Our guide was constantly watching the sky to choose the best time to see Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf. This worked out perfectly. Since we aren’t sports fans, we opted to see the Selaron Steps instead of the stadium. At the metropolitan Cathedral, the building across the street was pointed out because we would see it differently from the Christ mountain. From that viewpoint we later saw a cross formed by the inner perimeter…”

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2.Rio Shore Excursion: Christ Redeemer, Sugarloaf and Selarón Steps 6-Hour Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $143.22

Cruise port pickup for a 6-hour small-group Rio tour: Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf by cable car, and Selaron Steps.

“The short excursion was an excellent way to see a lot of Rio in a short amount of time. Everything went smoothly and we saw so much. We highly recommend this tour.”

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3.Rio de Janeiro Shore Excursion: Post-Cruise 4-hour Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $70Best value

A 4-hour private Rio sightseeing run after your cruise, mixing Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Downtown, and Santa Teresa with a dedicated guide.

“Ursula was amazing driver we went to urban jungle and all around Rio very informative well worth asking for her Awesome day 👍😎”

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4.Rio Shore Excursion: Full Day Christ Redeemer, Selaron Steps and Sugar Loaf

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 2 reviews · from $141.54

Full-day Rio shore tour with Sugar Loaf cable cars, Christ Redeemer, Selaron Steps, plus a panoramic city ride from Port Mauá.

“Wonderful tour and guide. But of the 14 people who booked the tour apparently none of the others had an included lunch. Only after the others were returned to their ship at the tour’s end were we offered our prepaid lunch. Probably our last Victor tour.”

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