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Experience Santa Marta: Authentic Favela Immersion with Residents and Social Impact

By Favela Top Tour
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $111 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 9h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Only real experiences, real people, and genuine connections.”
  • Immersion with real impact: You participate, learn, and contribute to the community.
  • You experience daily life alongside the people who live here.

Activity location

    • Rio de Janeiro
    • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • R. São Clemente, 320 - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22260-004, Brasil | Tourist Information Station
    • Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Experience Santa Marta: Authentic Favela Immersion with Residents and Social Impact

  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English
Starting time: 9:00AM
Price details
CA $110.59 x 2 AdultsCA $221.18
Total
Price is CA $221.18

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    A local, knowledgeable guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Immersive experience with local residents
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hands-on Brazilian cooking class
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Caipirinha
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Participation in a social project
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Meal
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport to meeting point
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Extra drinks

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: People over 95 years

What you can expect

Discover a unique and transformative experience in Favela Santa Marta, one of Rio de Janeiro's most iconic communities.

This is not a traditional tour. It's a full immersion in local culture, where you actively participate in everyday life in the favela alongside residents.

The experience begins with an introduction to the community's history and a climb up the steep slope, which reveals incredible views of the city. Along the way, you'll discover iconic sites, such as the Michael Jackson space, and gain an understanding of the favela's cultural importance.

Then, the experience takes a new turn.

You will visit a local market to select fresh ingredients and, together with a local resident, learn how to prepare typical Brazilian dishes and the traditional caipirinha.

More than a cooking class, this is a moment of exchange: real stories, experiences, and human connections.

The tour also includes participation in a community social project, where you can learn about sustainable initiatives and, depending on the day, take part in activities such as planting or composting.

The experience concludes with a shared meal, celebrating culture, exchange, and the coming together of different realities.

Location

Activity location

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    • Rio de Janeiro
    • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • R. São Clemente, 320 - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22260-004, Brasil | Tourist Information Station
    • Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil