Tijuca National Park
- Address:Rio de Janiero
- Admission:Free
Tijuca National Park Reviews
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An easy half day tour first to a botanical garden then the forest. Great views of Rio seen on this tour. The forest at one time was a French coffee plantation, it took the Brazilian government 15 years to replant with natural vegetation.
Tour guide was excellent!
The tour jeep was an hour late. Someone who took the same tour two days ago warned me of that. So being an hour late twice in three days is unuausal.
The rainforest is not that spectacular. And we only stopped for a waterfall and a Chinese pavillion.
Note from Viator: During the Carnival periods in Brazil, street celebrations causing heavy traffic is a common problem. Since many tours can be delayed due to this, it is highly recommended that you stay in contact with the local tour operator in order to be prepared for a change in departure time.
Horrible! Jeep showed up to the hotel 1 hour late. Stopped at a mini mart 10 minutes into the trip, so that tourist could buy water for the 50min hike. Stayed at the mini mart for 20 minutes. While in the Tijuca forest, guide drove by many scenic overlooks and historical spots, but did not stop. Guide started to fall asleep in back of jeep. The 50 min hike that we stopped to get water for, never happened. Tour ended at the same time, even though it was an hour late. The hotel staff at the hotel that we stayed at, said that the Jeep Tours always showed up late. Overall, this was the worst tour that I have been on. Everyone on this tour felt like they were ripped off and the 50 min hike that was included in the price, never happened.
I really enjoyed my time during the tour. The guide was very cool and made sure we know what we were looking at. I just wish we could have spent a whole day there. You must see the Tijuca Rain Forest.
The Rainforest is fantastic. We made several stops along the way to overlook the city, view the waterfall and visit the visitors center. We then made a couple stops to watch the hangliders from the mountatin and then the beach. The only negative was that we did not go to the Botanical Gardens at all.
this tour was extremely dissapointing. the guide hardly spoke any english and pretty basic spanish so we couldnt really communicate. the "light hike" was 5min walk. the tour, if done by taxi would cost a fraction of the price as there is no entry charge to the forest and taxis in rio are very reasonable. so since there was no guided element it would have been the same outcome. lastly it was raining on the day, and the guide only gave us plastic raincover when we asked for it. they didnt even have enough covers for everyone and wanted to charge 5BRL for it. extremely dissapointing and would not recommend.
Great to get away from the crowds into a nice peaceful setting - guide was great!
I wasn't impressed with this tour even though our guide was very good. I saw similar things on other tours and really could have skipped this one. The way it is presented in the letterature/advertisement, we were expecting a jeep tour "off the paved raods' throught he rain forest, so for us it was a dissappointment.
This tour was just okay. Unless you're into horticulture, no need to do this tour... There are tons of other things to do in Rio de Janeiro..
didnt see any animals but was a fun ride
The guide and driver were friendly and we got to see a lot of things for a good value.
The tour was good, but it is quite misleading as it was made to seem as though we will spend hours in the rainforest, not at a local botanical gardens. I have one of those where I live.
Very good trip. The jeep seated 10. The tour guide was knowledgeable. The walk is about 50 minutes and across flat ground. Would recommend.
My wife and I really enjoyed this tour. Our guide Martin was very knowledgeable. We had went to Sugar Loaf the day before and it was a little cloudy.....but on the Tijuca tour, we stopped at the top of the forest and views from there are a MUST see, it more than made up for what we missed while at Sugar Loaf.
