Rio de Janeiro: Christ the Redeemer & Selarón Steps Tour

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Duration5h

GroupUp to 19

LanguagesEN · PT +1

PickupAt your hotel

Land in Rio and See the City from 38 Meters Up

You visit Christ the Redeemer with entry included and a bilingual guide, walk the Selarón Steps, see Copacabana Beach and the Sambadrome, and pass through the Maracanã Stadium and Tijuca Forest in an air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pickup. The tour covers Rio's main sights in one day without arranging separate tickets or transport.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Rio's iconic landmarks and beaches

Visit Christ the Redeemer statue
See Selarón Steps artwork
Drive along Rio's beaches
Visit Sambadrome venue
Tour Cathedral of São Sebastião
Explore Tijuca Forest briefly
Visit Maracanã Stadium

The Experience

You step off the plane, dump your bag at the hotel, and by mid-morning you're standing at Corcovado looking down at the whole of Rio de Janeiro. The Christ the Redeemer statue — 38 meters high, arms spread over the city — is the first thing most people want to see, and this tour gets you there with entry included and a bilingual guide who knows which corners of the platform give you the clearest shot of Copacabana, the lagoons, and the mountains beyond. The air-conditioned vehicle picks you up from your hotel, so you're not figuring out the cable car or the train on your first day.

After Corcovado, the guide takes you down to the Selarón Steps, a staircase between Santa Teresa and Lapa that a Chilean artist named Jorge Selarón spent decades decorating with tiles as a tribute to Brazil. It's narrow, crowded by afternoon, and the colors — blues, yellows, greens — are loud in a way that photographs don't quite capture. You walk it, take pictures, and then the vehicle moves on to Copacabana Beach itself, where you can step out and feel the Atlantic, or just watch the vendors and the swimmers from the street. The Sambadrome comes next — the venue where Rio's samba schools parade during Carnival. Even outside the festival season, standing on the avenue where those floats roll past gives you a sense of the scale of it.

The tour also includes the Maracanã Stadium, the Metropolitan Cathedral with its 106-meter diameter and colored stained glass, and a pass through the Tijuca Forest, one of the largest urban forests in the world. You're not hiking it; you're driving through, but the green closes in around you and it's a reminder that Rio's geography — beaches, mountains, forest, city — is all tangled together. The whole day runs long, and by the end you've hit the landmarks that define Rio without having to piece together transport, tickets, and timing yourself. The guide handles the rhythm, the vehicle is waiting, and you're back at your hotel before evening.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup in an air-conditioned vehicle, entry to Christ the Redeemer at Corcovado, a bilingual guide, visits to the Selarón Steps, Copacabana Beach, the Sambadrome, Maracanã Stadium, the Metropolitan Cathedral, and a drive through the Tijuca Forest, with return to your hotel at the end of the day.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Brasil Show Turismo - Agência de Turismo Rio de Janeiro

Is this one for you?Book this if you've just arrived in Rio and want the main sights in one organized day without buying separate tickets or figuring out transport — the guide and vehicle handle both, which is what makes hitting five landmarks possible without a car rental or multiple trips.