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Truly Extraordinary Cruises (1) Expeditions, True We explore deep into a UNESCO World Heritage site – the only boat! Our guests have experiences that few people ever will… in their entire lives. (2) Our Guides: Our guides are skilled naturalists who have been with us for many years observing the bizarre and beautiful creatures of […]

Depar­ture: any time (09:00 sug­gested time) Hotel pick up in pri­vate car CORCOVADO AND BEACHES Cor­co­v­ado – The first offi­cial expe­di­tion to the Cor­co­v­ado Moun­tain was headed by Dom Pedro I, heir to the Brazil­ian throne at the time. The Art-Deco statue sit­u­ated at the top of the 710 meters high moun­tain was inau­gu­rated in […]

Sugar Loaf Sugar Loaf — The name “Pão de Açú­car” was given by the Por­tuguese because in the ancient sugar mills after the sugar cane was squeezed, the liq­uid was put to drip into a cone-shaped mold that formed the cakes of sugar shipped to Europe. Italian-made Cable cars car­ry­ing up to 25 peo­ple, intro­duced […]

Cor­co­v­ado and Beaches Cor­co­v­ado – The first offi­cial expe­di­tion to the Cor­co­v­ado Moun­tain was headed by Dom Pedro I, heir to the Brazil­ian throne at the time. The Art-Deco statue sit­u­ated at the top of the 710 meters high moun­tain was inau­gu­rated in Octo­ber 12, 1931 by then-President Getúlio Vargas. The “Cristo Reden­tor” Statue is […]

Museu de Art Naïve (need con­fir­ma­tion if open) Museu de Art Naïve — Naif Art Inter­na­tional Museum — MIAN — Inter­na­tional Prim­i­tive Art Museum Rio is a colo­nial man­sion with the world’s largest and most com­plete col­lec­tion of prim­i­tive art. Just fifty meters from the mini-train sta­tion lead­ing to Christ the Redeemer in the Cosme […]

Depar­ture: Hotel, mornings Tues –Fri A ride along the beaches of Ipanema, Leblon, São Con­rado, Barra da Tijuca and Recreio dos Ban­deirantes takes us to: MUSEU CASA DO PONTAL The largest folk art museum in Brazil is located on a quiet estate in Recreio dos Ban­deirantes, set between Prainha beach and the Serra do Mar […]

Hotel Pick Up in Pri­vate Car Depar­ture: 9 am PAÇO IMPERIAL Paço Impe­r­ial is a rare exam­ple of a His­toric Mon­u­ment that was on the cen­tre stage of Brazil’s Colo­nial, Royal and Impe­r­ial history. Governor’s Res­i­dence — The Building’s his­tory starts in 1733 when then-Governor of the Province of Rio de Janeiro Gomes Freire de […]

Depar­ture: Hotel PAÇO IMPERIAL Paço Impe­r­ial is a rare exam­ple of a His­toric Mon­u­ment that was on the cen­tre stage of Brazil’s Colo­nial, Royal and Impe­r­ial history. Governor’s Res­i­dence — The Building’s his­tory starts in 1733 when then-Governor of the Province of Rio de Janeiro Gomes Freire de Andrade asked king D. João V per­mis­sion […]

Depar­ture: 08:00am – This tour requires a 48hs pre-booking and is sub­ject to availability. BURLE MAX 09:00 (2 hours) — Burle Max — Burle Marx, one of the most impor­tant land­scape artists of mod­ern times, bought the Santo Anto­nio da Bica State in Barra de Guarat­iba in 1949 to store his plant col­lec­tion. The state […]

Depar­ture: 9 am CORCOVADO Cor­co­v­ado — The first offi­cial expe­di­tion to the Cor­co­v­ado Moun­tain was headed by Dom Pedro I, heir to the Brazil­ian throne at the time. The Art-Deco statue sit­u­ated at the top of the 710 meters high moun­tain was inau­gu­rated in Octo­ber 12, 1931 by then-President Getúlio Vargas. The “Cristo Reden­tor” Statue […]