Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
The Rocinha has become a major tourist attraction in the city in recent years, as people flock to visit the community famous for living in one of the largest urban slums in South America. More than a tourist attraction, however, a trip to the Rocinha favela is a fascinating and meaningful social experience.
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Local professional guide
Food and drinks, unless specified
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Pick up in all hotels of Rio de Janeiro Downtown and South Zone. For pick up from West Zone (São Conrado, Barra da Tijuca and Recreio dos Bandeirantes) please contact us before (surcharge apply)
Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rocinha is one of the largest favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach. Most of the favela is on a very steep hill, with many trees surrounding it.
Although Rocinha is officially classified as a neighbourhood, many still refer to it as a favela. It developed from a shanty town into an urbanized slum. Today, almost all the houses in Rocinha are made from concrete and brick. Some buildings are three and four storeys tall and almost all houses have basic sanitation, plumbing and electricity. Compared to simple shanty towns or slums, Rocinha has a better developed infrastructure and hundreds of businesses such as banks, medicine stores, bus routes, 180 minutes
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Children must be accompanied by an adult
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Anonymous
30 Apr 2024
Integrating with the friendly people. We felt we were one of the same. Our guide introduced us to several street foods and drinks. Our guide was a 6 out of five. The Best!
E7098LPriccardob
10 Apr 2024
Thanks to the collaboration of Gianluca from Milleviagens, we organized a trip that touched Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
In the Rio de Janeiro stop, in addition to the city tour (very well organised), we also included a visit to the Rocinha favela to try to understand the daily reality of millions of Brazilians.
The tour with the guide in Italian is extremely interesting and allows you to see without too many filters what the common life of a part of Rio's population is in safety.
We definitely recommend booking such a visit during your stay in Rio,
109katiao
10 Mar 2024
Siamo appena rientrato da questa meravigliosa esperienza fatta con la Milleviagens scelta attraverso le recensioni qui su TripAdvisor
La.guida Monica ci è venuta a prendere in hotel e ci ha fatto visitare in completa sicurezza la favela di Rocinha mostrandoci anche i vari progetti sociali che coinvolgono questa esperienza.
Assolutamente da consigliare a tutti coloro i quali vogliono comprendere la complessa realtà carioca.
This tour in
Southeast Brazil
is organized by
Milleviagens
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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