3-Hour Private Rocinha Favela Tour with lunch included

Visit Rocinha – the largest Favela in Latin America

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

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.

The Typical Brazilian food

Brazilian cuisine bursts with influences from Portugal, African slaves, indigenous cultures, and other European, South American, and Asian countries. Following the abolition of slavery in 1888, Brazil invited Europeans and Japanese immigrants to work on coffee plantations across the country. From the northern Amazon to the southern pampas, you’ll encounter a wide range of Brazilian dishes reflecting this rich, multicultural heritage.

Dive into Rio de Janeiro’s vibrant culture with a guided walking tour of a favela. This educational experience immerses you in local life, offering firsthand insight into the day-to-day rhythm of the community.

Price details

1 -2 PAX	2000 R$
3-4 PAX	2300 R$
5-6 PAX	2700 R$
7-8 PAX	3600 R$
9-10 PAX	4500 R$
11-14 PAX	5000 R$

Inclusions:

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Contribution for Social Investment

Hotel departure and return

Lunch from a local restaurant at Rocinha

Unique insights into Rio’s local life, with tips from a native guide

Explore a favela of Rio de Janeiro on this guided walking tour. Immerse yourself in the daily lives of locals on this tour that is focused on education.

Get a different perspective on life in Rio de Janeiro, and benefit from insider tips from a local guide.

Follow your local guide through the favela and learn more about what it is like to live there. Rio’s favelas are a big part of city life and the non-intrusive tour aims to educate you in a way that pays respect to the locals.

Give back to the locals as part of the cost of your tour is contributed to the community

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 – TripAdvisor

This 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

Didn’t really know what to expect and was a bit apprehensive, but what a surprise, It was excellent, a real eye opener and our guide Edson was superb, very informative, knowledgeable and very helpful. He was born in the Favela so knew all the little nooks and crannies and knew all the kids and the locals. This is a tour I would highly recommend to anyone, although if you have difficulty walking & going down steep steps you may struggle.
Davi – TripAdvisor

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