Experience The Best Private Favela Tour in Rocinha local guides
Our 3-Hour Private Favela Walking Tour offers an authentic look at favelas, an essential part of Rio life. Your local guide will meet you at your hotel and bring you to Rocinha Favela in our private car.
Discover Rio’s Rocinha Favela on a 3-hour private tour with a local guide. Since 2002, our tours have welcomed over one million guests and earned a #1 rating on TripAdvisor. Our local guides ensure a smooth start by picking you up from your hotel and transporting you to Rocinha.
Once there, we’ll explore the favela on foot, walking entirely downhill. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring water, as Rocinha is large and has uneven steps. Motor taxis are busy working here, alongside Rocinha’s many small businesses.
The #1 Favela Tour on TripAdvisor
Rocinha Favela Tour Highlights
Convenient Return: Scenic drive back to Copacabana, passing the beautiful beaches of Leblon and Ipanema.
Authentic Insights: Explore Rocinha, Latin America’s largest favela, guided by locals sharing their community’s way of life and challenges.
Support Local Projects: Part of your fee funds Rocinha’s initiatives for better resources, education, and quality of life.
The story of Rocinha is inseparable from Brazil’s complex history. After the abolition of slavery in 1888, freed Black Brazilians were displaced to the city’s outskirts, forming the first communities known as “favelas.” Over the decades, economic migration from rural Brazil further shaped these neighborhoods, bringing a diverse mix of people to cities like Rio. Rocinha, now home to over 100,000 residents, stands as a testament to resilience, ingenuity, and community spirit.
What is included in the tour?
Inclusions
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Access Contribution for Social Investment
Hotel departure and return
Unique insights into Rio’s local life, with tips from a native guide
Price Details
| 1-2 pax | 1500 R$ |
| 3-4 pax | 2000 R$ |
| 5-6 pax | 2700 R$ |
| 7-8 pax | 3200 R$ |
| 9-10 pax | 4000 R$ |
| 11-14 pax | 4500 R$ |
Walk alongside your guide through the favela to experience the community’s true spirit. This respectful, non-intrusive tour opens a window into life in Rio’s favelas, which are woven into the fabric of the city.
Reviews from our customers
This is an excellent tour. You learn a lot about the city and how people have taken it into their own hands to build a life. A favela tour is far from “let’s go look at poor people”, as some on social media suggest. The guide is very knowledgeable and speaks excellent English. Wear good shoes since the roads and stairs are steep. 🇬🇧
Andreas – TripAdvisorThis was awesome to be in a place like that. We were very secure by walking from the top to
the bottom of the favela with our guide. Thank you very much for a great tour.Omar – Viator
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