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Rio's two most iconic landmarks in one private half-day tour.
Tick off Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain with a private driver-guide who tailors the pace and themes of the day to your interests.
Alongside a private carioca (Rio native) guide and driver, visit only the sights you choose — your guide tailors the route around themes such as food, history, or sport, giving you undivided attention throughout. Admission tickets are at your own expense.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Round-trip pickup from your Rio de Janeiro hotel.
Ascend Corcovado Mountain to see the statue up close and take in the view.
Ride the cable car to the summit for views over the bay and coastline.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
Tick off Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain with a private driver-guide who tailors the pace and themes of the day to your interests. Alongside a private carioca (Rio native) guide and driver, visit only the sights you choose — your guide tailors the route around themes such as food, history, or sport, giving you undivided attention throughout. Admission tickets are at your own expense.
The Corcovado cog railway has been climbing toward Christ the Redeemer since July 10, 1884, and was formally inaugurated that October by Emperor Dom Pedro II himself. It ran on steam for its first 26 years before being electrified in 1910 — a first for Brazil — and still uses the rack-and-pinion system developed by 19th-century Swiss engineer Niklaus Riggenbach to climb roughly 3.8 kilometers through Tijuca Forest to the statue's base.
The statue at the top is an Art Deco monument completed in 1931, its roughly 28-meter arm span and 30-meter height (not counting its 8-meter pedestal) making it visible from much of the city below on a clear day.
Sugarloaf Mountain's own name has a disputed origin. The commonly told version traces it to Portuguese colonists in the 16th century, who thought the peak's shape resembled the conical clay molds used at the time to form and transport refined sugar for export — hence "Pão de Açúcar," or "sugar loaf." A competing explanation holds that the name is a corruption of a Tupi phrase, "pau-nh-acuqua," roughly meaning "high, pointed, isolated hill," used by the Tamoio people who lived in the area before the Portuguese arrived. Which version is correct is still debated among historians.
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