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Arraial do Cabo Boat Tour: Swim in Crystal-Clear Waters
4.0
21 Ratings
Copacabana
Experience the beauty of Arraial do Cabo on this tour from Rio. Enjoy a boat ride through crystal-clear waters, swim in stunning beaches, and indulge in a delicious lunch. Roundtrip transfer, boat tour, lunch, and tour guide included.
Experience the beauty of Arraial do Cabo on this tour from Rio. Enjoy a boat ride through crystal-clear waters, swim in stunning beaches, and indulge in a delicious lunch. Roundtrip transfer, boat tour, lunch, and tour guide included.
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy the ride from Rio to Arraial do Cabo. Relax and enjoy the view.
- Forno Beach - You can only reach this beach by boat or by trekking. The turquoise blue water invites you for a swim.
- Farol Beach - It has been considered one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil. Only 250 people are allowed every 45 minutes. It is…
- Rio de Janeiro - Enjoy the ride from Rio to Arraial do Cabo. Relax and enjoy the view.
- Forno Beach - You can only reach this beach by boat or by trekking. The turquoise blue water invites you for a swim.
- Farol Beach - It has been considered one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil. Only 250 people are allowed every 45 minutes. It is worth a visit.
- Blue Grotto - See from a distance the beautiful Blue Grotto of Arraial do Cabo.
- Prainhas do Pontal do Atalaia - Depending on the time of day or the sun light, you may see shades of green or blue in the water. But it is always going to be calm and crystal clear. It is a great place for a swim.
- Arraial do Cabo - Enjoy the ride from Arraial do Cabo back to Rio de Janeiro.
What's Included
- Bilingual tour guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Schooner boat ride
- Lunch
- Bilingual tour guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Schooner boat ride
- Lunch
What's Not Included
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Snorkelling (available for rent)
- City Tax of 10 BRL per person
- Transit Tax of 15 BRL per person
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Snorkelling (available for rent)
- City Tax of 10 BRL per person
- Transit Tax of 15 BRL per person
Additional Information
Get ready to dive into waters of the most mesmerizing shades of blue and green! Our excursion starts bright and early as we pick you up to maximize the day. We head straight for Arraial do Cabo and then towards the pier where the boat awaits us. Our journey will take us past stunning beaches, boasting pristine white sands and inviting, crystal clear…
Get ready to dive into waters of the most mesmerizing shades of blue and green! Our excursion starts bright and early as we pick you up to maximize the day. We head straight for Arraial do Cabo and then towards the pier where the boat awaits us. Our journey will take us past stunning beaches, boasting pristine white sands and inviting, crystal clear waters. We take intermissions at three distinct locations for a swim in the enchanting ocean. After the boat trip, we make a pit stop for lunch followed by commute back home. Included in your package are return transfer, boating tour, a meal, and a tour guide.
- Children under the age of 4 are complimentary as they must be accompanied by an adult.
- If requested, you must present a copy of your ID.
- Unavailable on Christma’s Eve, Christma’s Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and Carnival season.
- Snorkeling equipment can be rented on location.
- Duration of the transfer from Rio to Arraial do Cabo: approximately 3 hours.
- Duration of the boat trip: approximately 4 hours.
- Swimwear, sunglasses, sunscreen and hats are recommended for this tour.
- City Tax and Transit Tax must be paid in cash.
- Contact us to confirm the pickup time according to hotel location.
- Boat tour may be cancelled due to bad weather.
Location
Rio Othon Palace
If you do not contact us to reconfirm pickup time, we assume you will meet us at the Meeting Point at the Front Desk of the Rio Othon Palace (Avenida Atlântica, 3264 - Copacabana).
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.0
(21 Ratings)
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Alejandra
Jan 11, 2024
Good, but... - All wonderful excursion, except for the return trip since a tire was punctured and the agency does not have anything emergency and the passengers had to change it.
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Oleg
Mar 5, 2023
perfect day tour - perfect trip by Carioca tour and tour leader Monica. we enjoyed boat and beaches a lot! thanks a lot!
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Mohdizzat_b
Dec 6, 2021
Perfect weekend gateaway from Rio - Firstly, shoutout to the tour guide - Monica. She was being very accommodative and understanding towards everyone during this trip from the toilet break up until we are on the boat. No one was left behind.
The journey was properly planned and everything went smoothly. Pick up - 1 hour ride - toilet break - another 1 hour - arrived at the jetty - took the boat and did the tour.
The experience was amazing especially when the crowd is so joyful. The boat has a minibar where everyone can purchase drinks and food. Reasonable amount of time was allocated to each stop.
It was a good trip!
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301arkar
Sep 8, 2021
Professional Guide! Timely managed trip if 14 hours and most importantly food was awesome in Arraial do cabo - Professional Guide! Timely managed trip if 14 hours and most importantly food was awesome in Arraial do cabo
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Sanja_mo
Jul 29, 2024
OK, but not quite what I expected - It was OK, but not quite what I expected. The guide didn't speak English, she communicated with me via Google Translate on her phone. The driving from Rio de Janeiro to Arraial do Cabo was very long, almost 5 hours. You have to change two vehicles and walk quite long to get to the boat.
The boat was fun and the views are amazing. However, we disembarked on two beaches and I didn't know that we would have to put life jackets on and enter a rubber boat. They didn't let me bring my purse, in which I had money, documents, my phone, my camera etc., so I couldn't go and I stayed on the boat.
After that we had lunch included, but actually it was so late that it was more like dinner. The guide sent me to the restaurant with two other tourists, who also didn't know where it was, and we got lost. It took a lot of time and effort to find our way back.
I almost missed the lunch and the ride back to my hotel. However, once I reached the restaurant the food was quite good and diverse.
Eventually it ended well, but all in all, it was a rollercoaster. The positive side is that I really enjoyed sailing on the sea and took wonderful pictures, and the guys on the boat did their best to entertain us.
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B3380mwmarianad
Nov 22, 2023
The view of the beaches is worth it. But the experience is not the best. - Visiting the beaches is worth the trip, but it's not very easy to enjoy spending 20 minutes at each one, taking a boat there and back to the shore. Furthermore, lunch is a huge disaster... It's in a very popular restaurant, where we sit with strangers and there's endless shouting, a desperation to accommodate everyone - and it's totally overpriced... There wasn't even a knife at hand. disposition. We arrived at 5pm for lunch, having to leave at 6pm!!! That part was pretty unhealthy.
The guide was also not very friendly, being quite rude at several times. It felt like he was doing us a favor, being that the experience was well paid for what it is.
The boat staff, Jagau, was quite pleasant. In general, it's really only worth it to visit Arraial do Cabo.
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Karine_g
May 6, 2022
Great beaches, wish there were a few differences on the tour - The waters were beautiful but this long tour was way too short. Travelled 2.5 hours one way just to stop at the first beach for TWENTY minutes, and second beach for ONE hour, the THIRD "beach" or "stop" was a 15 minute jump in open water from the boat if you wanted to. Lunch was a very crowded and public buffet, all drinks and shrimp/food offered on the boat you paid for. I would definitely skip the "third stop" and spend more time on the beaches.
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Wandreahora
Jan 2, 2025
Complaint about cancellation of tour to Arraial do Cabo - We would like to record our dissatisfaction with the service contracted for the tour of Arraial do Cabo. We purchased the tour in advance, made the payment and received the contract, with the guarantee that there was availability. The seller assured us that everything was in accordance and that there would be no problems.
However, around 19:00 we were informed that there was an error and that there was no more space available for the tour. This last-minute notice made it impossible for us to contract another tour with other agencies, given the schedule. In addition, at the time we made the payment, there was the vacancy confirmation, which makes the situation even more frustrating.
We understand that the agency should take responsibility for the occurrence, as the sale was carried out based on the promised availability.
we will be considering filing a formal complaint for the disturbances caused, since we trust the service offered and guaranteed by contract.
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Iris_ustnv
Jul 18, 2022
Don’t waste your money on this - Ilha grande tour
I was extremely disappointed to see how disorganised and environmental-UNfriendly this tour was.
DO NOT waste your time and money on the Ilha Grande tour in Brazil, during which they will take you around the island to stop at a few beaches and snorkelling areas FULL of visitors with cans of beer at hand and throwing the last bit of their cigarettes in the ocean. No comments made at all by the staff.
You will sail on a boat with extremely loud commercial music all the way, and stop to eat on a small beach with its own little mountain of plastic and garbage flying everywhere and in the ocean.
The bus arrived late in the morning and dropped us off at 9.30pm instead of 7.30pm. Over all, we spent more time on the bus than out there sailing.
This is really sad for the environment, especially Brazil which has such a wonderful biodiversity and open, wild spaces that people are slowly killing.
I am fully aware that this is also an issue of behaviour and selfishness from tourists themselves, but touring companies have a responsibility in all of this as well to educate people about the environment they are taking them to, and make sure that basic requirements to respect nature are in place.
The guides are nice and friendly, but we were truly appalled by the evident lack of consideration for the environment and will never look at their offers ever again.
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Fm_e
Feb 27, 2022
Bad organisation and waste of time - On a normal day maybe this is a good tour but we did it during the carnavale with no knowledge of how the festivities will affect the tour.
The organisation was really bad. Though pick up was 7am, we were told to get to the location at 6:20am. We spent more than half of the day in a bus sat in traffic. When we realised we were still only an hour from Copacabana after 4 hours of driving, we asked the tour guide to turn back but her boss apparently didn't let her.
We ended up spending over 6 hours in traffic and arrived at arrial do cabo super late. When we got there, the sun was about to set and it was getting dark. The tour guide asked us to pay extra for entry even though nothing of this was mentioned when we booked. We were so tired that most of us didn't get off the boat at the second beach stop and since it was already super dark we skipped the third stop on the itinerary altogether. We had "lunch" at about 8:30pm and got back to Rio at past midnight. The whole day gone and most of it spent sitting on a bus
Waste of time, waste of money. Two things you don't want to waste on holiday.
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