Rio de Janeiro, "the marvelous city" as it is known to its residents (or carioca) and the rest of the Brazil, is also arguably the most beautiful city, both in terms of its setting and its people. This is, after all, the city that brought us the girl from Ipanema and all her friends. Rio de Janeiro, the world's largest tropical city, is a mix of a major metropolitan centre, with all the facilities you might expect, with excellent restaurants, sophisticated night life, charming bars, musical extravaganzas, theatre, cinema, museums, art galleries and world-class shopping and a resort. As a tropical resort, Rio offers miles of golden beaches, including, Ipanema and Copacabana, two of the most famous stretches of sand in the world, and near-perfect weather all year round.

FD Corcovado and Sugar Loaf city tour.
This is an excellent option to see the best of Rio if time is limited. In only one day you may visit Corcovado and Sugar Loaf. In the morning a visit to Christ Statue at Corcovado mountain taking the cog train through the luxuriant rain Forest. Enjoy the spectacular views of Rio and the surrounding countryside. After the morning tour, relax and enjoy lunch at a selected restaurant. In the afternoon, join the Sugar Loaf tour, driving by downtown Rio, with its fine colonial-style portuguese buildings, and continuing on to the cable car at Praia Vermelha ( red beach). A ride to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain gives the visitor a wonderful view of the city nestling between the mountains and the sea, and the sight of the sun going down over Copacabana beach is magical. After riding down the cable car, our coach returns passengers to their hotels.

FD Tropical Island with lunch.
The city of Itacuruçá, located 1 ½ hour away from Rio de Janeiro, in the district of Mangaratiba, has among the main activities the fishing, agriculture and tourism and has basically simple houses of fishermen. The Saveiro, name given to this typical boat that looks like a schooner, cruises the Sepetiba Bay, an area rich in natural beauty, where it is normal to spot a flora and fauna as dolphins, giant king-fisher, parrots, turtle and sting-rays. A stop is made for a swim and then the saveiro continues to the island of Itacuruça where a delicious lunch self-service buffet will be waiting for the visitors. There will be a time to explore the Island before returning to Itacuruça .

Favela tour by jeep.
In this tour we visit the Rocinha slum, the largest slum in South America with around 150 thousand inhabitants, where we can watch the routine of this community, visiting local houses, day nurseries and schools. We walk through the small streets. There is also a free market with food and hand made goods from the North and Northwest regions at the Boiadeiro Square .