Hi and welcome! My name is Alan, I am 44 years old, was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Having been to 35 countries on all the continents of the world, I have had the opportunity to be in touch with different cultures and languages - and this grew my desire to show my city, Rio de Janeiro, to tourists.

I am a licensed tour guide in Rio by EMBRATUR, the Brazilian Institute of Tourism, and have been a private guide in Rio de Janeiro since 2013, having carried out hundreds of private tours of Rio, and have become more and more in love with my city and with my job as a Rio Tour Guide.

I am fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and have a BA in Social Communication. When I'm not guiding, I enjoy writing, reading, spirituality, hiking and studying languages (I also speak intermediate French).

In my private tours, I use a 7-seater car (including me as driver guide), and my motivation is to be flexible and to offer you tailor-made tours, customized to your needs and desires, optimizing your time in Rio. What I look for in each tour is to provide you with an experience that you will remember for many years to come!

The best 6 entrance free lookouts of Rio!

This is a 6-hour tailor-made tour in Rio that will fit your group of 6! I will give you a suggestion of places that we can visit in 6 hours, but  this tour can be customized to what you guys will want to visit.

Apart from Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer, I chosed the best 6 free entrance viewpoints of Rio de Janeiro that you will see in 6 hours: Pasmado viewpoint, Ruins Park, Dona Marta viewpoint, Chinese View, Pedra Bonita Ramp, and Two Brothers Park.

Let's have an unforgettable day together!

6-Hour Custom Rio Tour (van for 8 people)

For landscape lovers, this is the perfect tour!

Apart from Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer, I chosed the best 5 free entrance viewpoints of Rio de Janeiro that you will see in 6 hours: Ruins Park, Dona Marta viewpoint, Chinese View, Pedra Bonita Ramp, and Two Brothers Park.

Viewpoints of Rio - Beyond Christ & Sugarloaf

This combination will make you experience totally different atmospheres: the nature and silence of the Tijuca Forest and the picturesque Santa Teresa neighborhood.

You will see a big amount of the Tijuca National Park, in which the Chinese View, the Taunay waterfall, Dona Marta Viewpoint, Canoas viewpoint and Lage park are located - and Santa Teresa, where Largo dos Guimaraes, Selaron Stairs and the Ruins Park are located.

Santa Teresa is a bucolic neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, known for its historical buildings, the tram (tramway) and spot of brazilian gastronomy. We will take the tramway and by way you will also see some beautiful colonial houses around.

Tijuca National Park is the fourth largest urban forest in the world, ie it is the 4th largest forest within a city. Being located in the middle of the city of Rio, the Tijuca Forest has borders with all the 4 zones of the city of Rio: south zone, north zone, west zone, and central / east zone.

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