15 Best Day Trips from Rio

“Our guide Mom Chris was warm and welcoming, an expert linguist who knew multiple languages. Her English was very clear. Our visit to Petrópolis was interesting and fast paced, which we had done the brewery tour instead of the shopping. Get the sweets at the…”

“The excursion itself was great, very nice views, and nice people working too. I would like to mention that the lunch option wasn’t great (but there’s food on the boat so it was manageable). Also, the pick up was a bit messy (it was right…”

“This was such a smooth experience. The company communicated with me clearly. A day before the scheduled ride, they send a text to confirm all the details (i.e. pickup / drop off location, date, time, number of people and luggage as well as type of…”

“Longue activitee mais super,Les deux spot de baignade paradisiaque Le repas est ok et l ambiance sur le bateau top Mapfre beaucoup de monde”

“On a warm and sunny day, I'm sure this would be a great experience. However, with the rain and clouds, it wasn't ideal. Nayt was a great guide though and it was still a good time on the boat. Just be sure to check the…”

“Marco was our guide on this well organised excursion. He was extremely knowledgeable, and handled the group admirably - especially with explaining everything in different languages - his English being excellent. We enjoyed the lunch stop; the food was very good. The palace was interesting,…”

“We had a great time. Fabi and Bruno are the best. It was a perfect opportunity to take advantage of seeing something that’s not the usual tourist attraction. Thank you”

“It was good and informative. But very long. Took 2 hours to do pick up and get on the road. After that it was fine.”

“Guide was very funny and good, though did not really assist us with the language barrier once on board the boat. We was not told of 3 hour journey on coach each way to the port. We felt it was a long hot day. Part…”

“Basically.... It sucks but it's cheap. They DO NOT pick or drop off from your address. You have to Uber to a pickup location, and the dropoff was very random, like "this is close enough" (a 20 min walk with luggage). Our 8:30am pickup got…”

“Beautiful beaches, warm water, scenic bays and islands, good food and music, but ... Tour bus was 45 minutes late due to a breakdown we suggest that the tour guide inform the hotel right away to reduce worry and ensure that we wait at the…”

“The water is great, the islands are great, the company and other travelers were also great and as a solo traveler I truly appreciate that. I only wished there was more ambiance on the boat like more music that's why 4 stars. The experience was…”

“Ça ne m'a pas plus mais ça pourrait plaire à d'autres : Négatif : mal chance d'être le 1er dans le ramassage des clients dans les hôtels- début ramassage 7h, fin du ramassage 10h! 3 heures à tourner virer dans Rio. Le bruit sur le…”

“The water was a beautiful color and quite warm. The blue lagoon had a lot of fish swimming right around you. You were able to rent a snorkel and mask. A photographer could take your picture in the water with the fish. Although we chose…”

“Terrible communication, no one was responding to our messages which meant we weren’t given a collection time until ten minutes before the driver was due. This was was two hours before what was on our booking confirmation. Despite selecting our hostel from a drop down…”