The 7 Shore Excursions Tours in Brazil That Earn Their Price

1.Rio Shore Excursion: Skip the Line Christ Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 28 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $165Our pick

See Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf in one Rio shore day, with port pickup, cable cars, cog train, guide, and optional barbecue lunch.

“Millene our guide and our driver Alan made possible a very big plan for one day of sightseeing in Rio. They had great humor and kindness as they navigated us through Sugarloaf, Christ the Redeemer, Cathedral Metroplotana and a few other places I wanted to see. This was the best way to see the city. The info Millene provided plus her know-how made this day possible. Gray Line is a little difficult to make contact with. They didn’t respond to the confirmation they requested from me so I was beginning to lose hope but they did confirm, and the day was a great success. The included lunch was wonderful, but…”

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2.Rio Shore Excursion: Christ Redeemer, Sugarloaf and Selarón Steps 6-Hour Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $143

See Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, and Selarón Steps from Rio’s port in six hours with small-group transport and tickets included.

“The short excursion was an excellent way to see a lot of Rio in a short amount of time. Everything went smoothly and we saw so much. We highly recommend this tour.”

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3.Private Sao Paulo Shore Excursion from Santos Port (8h)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $340Top rated

Review of a private 8-hour São Paulo shore excursion from Santos, with port pickup, key sights, local food, and practical planning advice.

“Fifty years ago I moved to Brazil for work. My wife followed and our daughter spent her first year in Brazil. We wanted a tour to visit where we lived, worked, shopped, and frequented. The tour covered all and was great. Brazil has changed a lot in 50 years.”

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4.Shore Excursion “Santos City” with All Entrance Fees Included – Monte Serrat

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $275

Explore Santos by historic tram, visit Pelé and coffee museums, ride Monte Serrat, and see the famous beachfront gardens.

“Very enjoyable tour, for the sites covered. The six hour duration was too long for the sites visited, and additional sites should be included for the time and money. We felt the travel time between sites was deliberately extended, as a five minute journey in one direction was 30 minutes in reverse. The guide, Hendrick, was excellent, knowledgeable with good communication skills. He added a trip to a restaurant to fill in the time, which was very enjoyable, but only two couples from the six stayed for the meal, with the remainder wanting to be returned to the cruise terminal.”

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5.Santos Private Shore Excursion: Sao Paulo Full Day City Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $527

Review of a private Santos shore excursion to São Paulo, with Sé Cathedral, Liberdade, Ibirapuera Park, food stops, value, and traffic tips.

“Able to choose the places we want to go was the best part of the private shore excursion! Although English speaking guide couldn't come as he was tested Covid positive, we still chose to go and that was the best decision as Gabriel tried to explained rather well with his limited English.”

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6.Rio de Janeiro Shore Excursion: Post-Cruise 4-hour Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $70Best value

Review of Rio’s private post-cruise tour, with beaches, downtown, Santa Teresa, private transport, guides, pricing, and practical tips.

“Ursula was amazing driver we went to urban jungle and all around Rio very informative well worth asking for her Awesome day 👍😎”

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7.Rio Shore Excursion: Full Day Christ Redeemer, Selaron Steps and Sugar Loaf

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 2 reviews · from $141

See Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, Selarón Steps, and Rio’s historic center on a full-day shore excursion with transfers.

“Wonderful tour and guide. But of the 14 people who booked the tour apparently none of the others had an included lunch. Only after the others were returned to their ship at the tour’s end were we offered our prepaid lunch. Probably our last Victor tour.”

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