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Carnaval Experience: Discover Rios Carnival Creation at the City of Samba
4.3
23 Ratings
Copacabana
Experience the creation of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival at the City of Samba. Explore the Samba Factory, learn about the history of Samba, and immerse yourself in the samba fever with a carnival costume and samba class!
Experience the creation of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival at the City of Samba. Explore the Samba Factory, learn about the history of Samba, and immerse yourself in the samba fever with a carnival costume and samba class!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cidade Do Samba - Visit the City of Samba, the headquarters of the most important Samba Schools in Rio de Janeiro.
- Carnaval Experience - Enter the Grande Rio Samba Factory and discover the behind the scenes of Rio’s Carnival scene. See the production of floats and costumes, the exhibition room, wear and photograph authentic costumes from previous editions and try some basic samba steps.
- Cidade Do Samba - Visit the City of Samba, the headquarters of the most important Samba Schools in Rio de Janeiro.
- Carnaval Experience - Enter the Grande Rio Samba Factory and discover the behind the scenes of Rio’s Carnival scene. See the production of floats and costumes, the exhibition room, wear and photograph authentic costumes from previous editions and try some basic samba steps.
What's Included
- Welcome drink – caipirinha, juice, or water
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Basic samba class
- Guided tour with transportation via air-conditioned van
- Professional guide with live tour commentary in English and Portuguese (on site only)
- Roundtrip transportation from the main hotels in (Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon and Leme) hotels
- Costumes to wear and photograph
- Welcome drink – caipirinha, juice, or water
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Basic samba class
- Guided tour with transportation via air-conditioned van
- Professional guide with live tour commentary in English and Portuguese (on site only)
- Roundtrip transportation from the main hotels in (Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon and Leme) hotels
- Costumes to wear and photograph
What's Not Included
- Food
- Gratuities
- Food
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Experience the creation of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival from an insider’s perspective: visit the City of Samba, enter the Grande Rio’s Samba Factory, learn about the history of Samba and Carnival parades, understand the production of floats and costumes, and feel the samba fever with an authentic carnival costume, a samba class, and a Brazilian welcome…
Experience the creation of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival from an insider’s perspective: visit the City of Samba, enter the Grande Rio’s Samba Factory, learn about the history of Samba and Carnival parades, understand the production of floats and costumes, and feel the samba fever with an authentic carnival costume, a samba class, and a Brazilian welcome drink!
- Please inform the name of your hotel or a nearby location when you call to confirm your reservation.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Children 4 and younger are complimentary, provided they do not occupy a seat
- This tour operates rain or shine
- Roundtrip transportation available from South Zone (Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Leme) hotels via air-conditioned van.
Location
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
4.3
(23 Ratings)
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Robb_h
Mar 4, 2025
Very fun - Very fun tour. Too bad we couldn’t take pictures inside but I understand why. Saw things we would not have seen any other way.
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Carolyn_h
Jan 10, 2025
Sensational behind the scenes Carnivale tour - Really interesting, well organised and a very fun activity that takes around 2 hours. It was heavy rain the day we went so also a helpful activity to do we couldn’t be outside. Money also goes to a very worthy cause. Definitely recommend!
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Julie28perry
Nov 11, 2024
Great immersive experience! - Had such a fun time. Was great to learn so much about Carnival from our wonderful guide, a dancer in the show! Lots of photo opportunities, a mini samba dancing and drumming lesson and my favorite, dressing up in the marvelous costumes!!
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Gabriela_r
Jun 29, 2024
A carnival experience! - To experience the process of the preparation of the Rio Carnival by the 12 most important Samba Schools. The designs, the costumes. To experience wearing some of the costumes and also a lesson of Samba.
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Meika
Mar 1, 2024
All year is Carnival - They had to be the high light of the trip. To see the floats in the costumes. They are just absolutely magnificent. We were able to try on the clothes and get dance lessons on the samba which I still can’t do.
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Jim_s
Jan 30, 2024
Wonderful tour! - We loved hearing about the Samba schools and the intense competition for the Carnivale trophy. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and made us want learn more. We are already passing on great stories about the Carnivale Experience!
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Chris_r
May 30, 2023
Fantastic. Great guide and great fun. - This was exactly what we wanted. The tour guide was absolutely brilliant, he really brought it to life and so much fun. Thank you very much. Highly recommend the trip
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267slayb
Feb 15, 2024
It was a cool thing to do - The tour was a quick one but its still a cool and nice to experience for Carnival. Enjoyed meeting new people there on the site already.
Unfortunately I was the only one for this tour so just got a one way transpo but my driver was polite. Kudos to him.
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92reginae
Feb 8, 2025
A single catastrophe and shit !!! - We were so looking forward to the tour , the organizer left us 1.5 hours in front of the hotel and put us off , that someone was on his way to pick us up .The contact was unprofessional in the meantime and time and again they said there is a problem .Then they said the tour would not take place anymore, a single cheek , to fuck people like that !!Too bad about the time we lost as a result .
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Anthony_t
Dec 1, 2024
Poor coordination on your part! - You cancelled on me twice !😡 you cancelled my first reservation stating you could pick me up but not return me to my hotel. And then you rebooked me and cancelled that evening
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