Classic Rio de Janeiro Private Tour

Newton was my private tour guide for 2 day tour of Rio. He is a very nice gentleman, knowledgeable and flexible enough to accomodate all my changes. On second day late afternoon evening we visited the night market of Copacabana beach. We also went to see the dinner/show of Roxy which provide a comprehensive cultural history of Brazil. I learnt a lot. I highly recommend Newton as a guide.

Excellent day in Rio. Our guide Vitor, met us on time at our hotel in his comfortable van, including water and light snack, and suggested the perfect itinerary for our day. We are six adults, two from US and four from Argentina. None of us speaks Portuguese, but that was no problem as Vitor switched between English and Spanish easily. Our first stop was Sugar Loaf mountain and the beautiful views from the top. Vitor gave us the history of the sight and pointed out buildings and neighborhoods. He also explained about the flora and fauna we saw. Next we did a brief stop at Maracana Stadium, and again Vitor pointed out significant sights and gave their history along the route. He also gave the history of Brazil and Rio. We went past the sight for carnival parade and Vitor explained its history and perfectly described the floats and parade. We then went to Tijuca forest. We stoped at many vistas throughout the park, each more beautiful than the previous. We learned about how the park was created and about the flora and fauna in it. Last Vitor dropped us off at a bar we selected in Botofogo neighborhood. He provided suggestions for other activities for the rest of our stay in Rio. We had a marvelous day in the Marvelous City. We highly recommend Gregtur for booking. They were informative and responsive to all our questions and very accommodating to all our specific needs. Vitor was pleasant, informative, and helpful. We would do this again.

Viktor was a wonderful tour guide , very , very knowledgeable. A great guy to be around , very courteous and lots of fun . Any guests that have the pleasure of his company for the day will have a fantastic time. .

Fabulous day in Rio. We saw so much that we couldn’t possibly have done without Camilla (guide) and Francisco (driver). Found Camilla immediately after disembarking our ship at 10.45am. Drive to Christ the Redeemer (Corcovado) was very interesting with the history of the city being explained to us. We had been advised to buy “skip the line” tickets which we did, and needed, but Camilla knew all the short cuts and within a very short time we had arrived at the foot of the incredible statue. Spent an amazing half hour there, then returned to our driver/vehicle where air con was waiting us as well as ice cold bottles of water. Drove to the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura (Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading) - Library, which was incredible and then onto Sugar Loaf mountain, via the famous Snoop Dog steps. Once again the queues were unbelievable and all the tickets had been sold out for the day, and so fortunate again to have our skip-the-line tickets, and Camilla. Beautiful views of all of Rio and its amazing scenery. To end our day we drove down to Copacabana beach then back to our ship in plenty of time. Without Camilla and Francisco driving us and guiding us, where is no way we could have done so much. Very grateful to them both.

Had a great experience. Camilla and Mateo were wonderful and loved the tour and flexibility