Private tour to Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro

Enjoying the views of Rio de Janeiro from the top of Sugarloaf Mountain is a visit that cannot be missed on the list of tourists who visit the wonderful city. From up there, at a height of almost 400 meters, the visitor has a privileged view of the south zone of the Carioca area, Guanabara Bay, Rio-Niterói bridge and Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain. An experience so striking that it can literally be written down on the skin (keep reading to understand it).

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In addition to the classic cable car ride, the Sugar Loaf Complex now has new attractions to further enrich the experience of those strolling around the site.

Here are some activities you can do while visiting the Sugar Loaf Complex:

A ride in the cable car

Even the British spy James Bond has indulged the allure of the view from the Sugarloaf. Although in this case, the ride was not the quietest. The Carioca cable car was used as the setting for an electrifying wrestling scene in the 1979 film Moonraker, in which the secret agent is played by actor Roger Moore.

For the ordinary visitor, who is not a star of a film production, the ride itself is no less exciting. In addition to the lush view, there are even more expensive ticket options for including an ecological tour in the scenario, for venerating the fauna and flora of the Atlantic forest, or historical, for learning more about the country’s first cable car (and the third in the world). Trips take place every 20 minutes or when they reach the maximum capacity of each cable car.

Tattoo Studio

Why not leave the visit to Rio de Janeiro on the skin?

One of the novelties for visitors to the Sugar Loaf Complex is that they can forever have a memory of the experience in their skin.

Artists at the Tattoo Rio Base, one of the city’s leading tattoo and piercing brands, create designs inspired by the site’s theme.

A variety of illustrations of symbols of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil such as contours and reliefs of mountains, hills, wildlife and elements of the Atlantic Forest are available.

The tattoo studio was set up on a cable car, which is located on Cable Car Plaza, a space where the equipment of previous generations of cable cars are exhibited.

Panoramic helicopter flights

Helicopter rides show the beauties of the Sugarloaf and Rio de Janeiro in another way.

Visitors can enjoy panoramic flights over Rio de Janeiro and have another chance to see the wonderful city from another angle.

The Helisight offers a helicopter tour from where you can see the entire Carioca coastline. The flights leaving Morro da Urca (Urca Hill) have a minimum capacity of three persons and a maximum capacity of four.

Climbing Urca Hill

The Urca neighborhood is considered one of the largest urban climbing centers in the world. Thus, the more adventurous can also take advantage of the stroll in the region to reach the heights otherwise. At 220 meters, Morro da Urca (Urca Hill) is the smallest of the Sugar Loaf Complex and ideal for beginners in sports – at its top is the first terminal of the cable car. Several companies offer guidance and equipment rental services to ensure a safe climb.

The tourist park offers free tickets down for climbers affiliated to the Federation of Mountain Sports of the State of Rio de Janeiro. To do this, the accreditation of the federation should be presented. The federation is composed of 11 entities (ten mountaineering clubs and an association of climbing professionals), with the aim of organizing sport in the state and spreading the culture of mountaineering.

Why take a private tour of SugarLoaf Mountain?

The advantages are many. Some of them are:

• Save time
• Avoid long lines
• Learn about the site
• Avoid waste of time

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