A private, immersive walk through the largest favela in Latin America with two local cousins. Real culture, real people, real Rio.
Message us to bookThis is the day as it actually happens. What changes with the day is what we add to it, not what we cut.
On foot By moto-taxi
Things we can set up for your day. Tell us which one you want when you book.
No small print, no surprise add-ons at the meeting point. This is what every booking includes.
Book for two and it's the two of you. Book for six and it's your six. We never merge bookings to fill a slot, which is the whole reason we don't run vans.
No handoff to a driver, no meeting a stranger halfway. The cousin who answers your message is the cousin who walks with you.
Getting up the hill is half the fun and it's already included. You're not paying extra at the bottom of the road.
Every tour we run is logged in the Favela Turismo app, the official register for tourism inside the community.
Every one of these is from someone who actually did this tour. We cut them for length, never for content: the full text is on Google and on GetYourGuide.
We were in two minds about doing a favela tour, but knowing that we were being showed around by two people who grew up in Rocinha and still live there [...] put our minds at ease. [...] We watched a traditional capoeira performance as part of a social project, got to play a basket ball game, share a beer on a local rooftop trying Rochinq special beer and even got a favela hair cut! [...] We felt we were hanging out with friends for the day.
Ed O'Connor · Google
Great individuals, both of the cousins are genuinely kind and compassionate humans. I witnessed many instances of this on our tour, they picked stuff up for an elderly lady, high fives the kids and gave them a trinket, talked with and hugged many people. [...] I came away with many thoughts, and it was a 10/10 tour! We at no time felt unsafe, the cousins walked one in front one behind us the whole time.
John Morris · Google
Yes. We live in Rocinha and we know every corner and every person on the way. You walk with locals who are respected here, we go only where and when it's calm, and we stay with you the whole time. More questions are answered on the home page.