Exploring Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, known as “The Marvelous City”, is home to legendary beaches and one of the world’s most recognizable skylines. Immerse yourself in local culture and get a feel for the laidback lifestyle of this city. Visit the incredible Iguazu Falls that link Brazil with Argentina. This thundering waterfall system has catwalks on trails inside the park for panoramic and up-close views of the falls. End your trip at an exclusive resort for some time on a private beach.
Rio de Janeiro, known as “The Marvelous City”, is home to legendary beaches and one of the world’s most recognizable skylines. Immerse yourself in the local Carioca culture and get a feel for the laid-back lifestyle of this happy-go-lucky city. After a couple of days exploring Iguazu Falls, head over to Florianopolis for four nights at Ponta dos Ganchos.
Rio de Janeiro
- Fasano Rio (5 nights)
Iguazu Falls
- Belmond Hotel Das Cataratas (2 nights)
Santa Catarina
- Ponta Dos Ganchos (4 nights)
The best time to visit Brazil is between December and March for most travelers. Although there are regional weather variations, this is the hot, sunny summer season in large parts of the country. There might be occasional rainstorms, but they rarely last long.
- You don't need a visa for Brazil if you have a United States passport.
- Fully vaccinated travelers are not required to present a negative COVID-19 test result before traveling to Brazil.
- Fully vaccinated travelers arriving by air must have a printed or electronic proof of vaccination.
- More information here.
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We have designed a great playlist for you to enjoy before and during your travels to Brazil, we hope you enjoy it!
- Brazilian Beats is a selection of music from local Brazilian artists that showcase the colourful culture of this vibrant country.
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Meeting Point: Arrivals Terminal
Guide: To be determined
Greeting by your host at the arrivals terminal and private transfer to your hotel located on Ipanema Beach.
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Rio de Janeiro, known as “The Marvelous City”, is home to legendary beaches and one of the world’s most recognizable skylines. Immerse yourself in the local culture and get a feel for the laid-back lifestyle of this city.
Arrive at your luxury hotel and settle into your accommodations. Enjoy lunch on the rooftop with sweeping views. Located on the 8th floor, the hotel's pool bar is exclusively for guests and has a panoramic view, from a never-before-seen perspective. The bar's menu serves fresh juices, cocktails and light fare throughout the day.
Once you've relaxed at the hotel, it's time to head out for your afternoon biking experience.
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Meeting Point: Hotel Lobby
Guide: Will be provided
Meet your guide at the lobby of your hotel and experience a biking tour to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro with your personal guide. With over 130kms of bike lanes connecting the beautiful bays and beaches of Rio de Janeiro. End at the beautiful Lagoa of Rio.
*Booked by Scenset.
Reservation Time: To be determined
Directions: Walking directions
The menu of Brazilian and Mediterranean cuisines is to the pleasure of all visitors here. Zazá Bistro provides tasty duck, grilled octopus and carpaccio. Good petit gâteau, crème brûlée and fruit salads have a nice taste. The wine list is diverse, it can satisfy the needs of all guests. According to the reviewers' opinions, waiters offer great fresh juices, caipirinhas or lemonade.
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Why we love it for you: Located on Rio de Janeiro’s legendary Ipanema Beach, a star designer's first hotel in Brazil pays homage to the golden age of bossa nova. Channeling the heyday of Jobim and Gilberto, the staff wears inspired uniforms. The guest rooms have furnishings and ear-shaped mirrors and come with private balconies affording sweeping views.
Located on the ground floor, the Fitness Center has modern bodybuilding equipment and functional training, as well as a personal trainer available for up to two guests, if you wish to hire an extra service.
Fasano Rio
1 Ocean View Suite
2 Ocean View rooms
- Breakfast included
Meeting Time: Morning
Meeting Point: Fasano Lobby
Guide: will be provided
This morning, visit Christ the Redeemer with your expert local guide.
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Take a 15-minute helicopter tour over the marvelous city of Rio, admiring the mountains and urban sprawl that hugs the soaring peaks. Land at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain and take the cable car up to enjoy panoramic views of the city.
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Enjoy the afternoon at leisure.
Enjoy the beach near your hotel at leisure. This beach draws all types of locals. You’ll spot people playing sports and others enjoying the shore. Groups of people also enjoy this beach, and where a community gathers, volleyball players and footballers play out their games. We recommend the pub, where, in 1962, the poet penned his words for the bossa nova jazz song we cannot get out of our heads (“Tall and tan and young and lovely…”).
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Meeting Point: Fasano Lobby
Guide: To be decided
Greeting by your host at your hotel and private transfer to Aprazivel for a recommended dinner.
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Dinner at Aprazivel, built into a sloping garden in the charming bohemian neighborhood of Santa Teresa. The fare is contemporary Brazilian, with dishes like grilled heart of pupunha palm, as well as dressed-up comfort food, like pão de queijo stuffed with sausage and the fresh catch of the day served with coconut rice, turmeric, cashew nuts, and baked banana. A glass of starfruit, passionfruit, or ginger caipirinha makes the city lights glimmer below.
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After dinner, your host will accompany you to Rio Scenarium for a night out in Rio with live samba music!
The amazing soundtracks aren't the only showstopper at Rio Scenarium. This amazing 3-floor venue— known for its eclectic interior design and trove of vintage furnishings—is also one of the most photogenic spots in town.
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Fasano Rio
1 Ocean View Suite
2 Ocean View rooms
- Breakfast included
Spa menu.
Located on the first floor of the Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro, the Spa offers a variety of relaxing therapies and aesthetic treatments. The space is dedicated to well-being and has a menu of body, facial and hair treatments, as well as beauty salon services.
- Sunday - Thursday, during the morning and evening
- Friday, Saturday and holidays, during the morning and evening
One of Rio's top contemporary galleries moved to this Leblon location in 2017, and it continues to stage captivating exhibitions inside a four-story custom-built art space. The gallery represents some of Brazil's best-known artists, and you might see pieces by Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark and Cildo Meireles, depending upon what's on display.
Reservation Time: To be determined
Directions: Walking directions
For seafood-lovers the temptation begins the moment you enter this restaurant with its display of fresh fish and continues with the fish tanks containing lobsters, slipper lobsters and mollusks. The secret of this famous restaurant is its use of the best produce to prepare simple, carefully-considered dishes. Try the Southern King Crab (shredded crab served with lemon and oil) and sea bream in salt, worthy of a Trimalchio banquet.
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Fasano Rio
1 Ocean View Suite
2 Ocean View rooms
- Breakfast included
In the morning, enjoy a private guided tour of historical Rio. Founded in 1565 by Portuguese settlers, it was originally the seat of the Portuguese Empire. By the 18th century, Rio became the capital of the State of Brazil part of the Portuguese Empire. Stops include the Old Imperial Palace of 1743, the Theatro Municopal do Rio de Janeiro, the 1610 church of Nossa Senhora da Candalaria, and the modern Roman Catholic Cathedral of Sao Sebastiao. You will finish the tour at São Bento Monastery, who maintain the tradition of celebrating mass every Sunday with Gregorian chants.
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Visit Confeitaria Colombo, a traditional coffee shop that serves delicious pastries. Opened in 1894, Confeitaria Colombo tells of the elegance of Rio de Janeiro’s downtown at the turn of the 20th century. The belle époque structure is the site of elaborate balls, afternoon teas for upper-class women, and a center of political intrigue and gossip.
In the afternoon, explore the eclectic artists’ neighborhood and the cobbled, winding streets of leafy Santa Teresa with a personal guide. Visit Escadaria Selarón, a set of world-famous stairs, which are covered in over 2000 tiles collected from over 60 countries around the world. They are the work of a Chilean-born artist who calls it “my tribute to the Brazilian people”.
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Fasano Rio
1 Ocean View Suite
2 Ocean View rooms
- Breakfast included
Enjoy the morning at leisure to recuperate from the festivities.
Meeting Time: To be decided
Meeting Point: Fasano Lobby
Greeting by your host and private transfer to the airport for your flight to Iguazu Falls.
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From Rio de Janeiro, fly to Iguazu Falls.
Greeting by your host at the arrivals terminal and private transfer to your hotel, the Belmond Das Cataratas.
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Spanning the distance between the borders of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná, Iguazu, which translates to “big water,” stretches across two miles of rainforest cliffs and plummets within a UNESCO-protected National Park that holds 275 individual terraced waterfalls. The symphony of the surrounding rainforest—home to unique species of flora and fauna endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest—is set by the powerful roar of water falling at an average rate. A trip to Iguazu allows for a glimpse of South America as the first European settlers might have seen it—a tropical reverie ablaze with orchids and hummingbirds amongst an overwhelming green canopy of life.
After checking in, explore the Brazilian side of the falls with an expert guide. Walk out from your hotel's lobby and enjoy the winding catwalks that wrap around the falls with panoramic views of the national park.
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Why we love it for you: This is a classic luxury hotel with all the fittings of a world leading property, set in the rainforest of Iguazu. Its main selling point is its unmatched access and views to the national park. The hotel boasts 3 restaurants, a swimming pool and a spa.
Belmond Hotel Das Cataratas
1 Junior Suite
2 Falls View rooms
- Breakfast included
The park has several meandering walking trails from which to explore the falls. Begin with the adventurous ‘circuito inferior’ (lower circuit) that snakes in and out of the thick rainforest surroundings of the waterfalls, with close-up views of some of the falls.
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Stop for a relaxed lunch at a resort, set within the National Park with privileged views of the waterfalls.
Continue on to the impressive ‘circuito superior’ (upper circuit), a walking trail over the cusp of the waterfalls with vertiginous bridges and perspective-shifting views. Saunter across more meandering pathways over the river before coming face to face with the largest waterfall in the park, ‘Garganta del Diablo,’ or The Devil’s Throat as it’s known by the locals.
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Belmond Hotel Das Cataratas
1 Junior Suite
2 Falls View rooms
- Breakfast included
Meeting Time: To be determined
Meeting Point: Hotel lobby
Greeting by your host and private transfer to the Iguazu Airport for your flight to Florianopolis. Along the way, stop by the helipad.
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Experience a roughly 15-minute helicopter flight over the Iguazu Falls National Park for a bird's-eye view of the water complex.
From Iguazu, flight to Florianopolis.
Meeting Time: To be decided
Meeting Point: Arrivals Terminal
Arrival at Florianopolis airport where you will be met at the arrivals terminal and transferred to your hotel located in Santa Catarina (approximately 1 hour).
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Located on a private peninsula in the city of Governador Celso Ramos, 60 km from Florianópolis, Ponta dos Ganchos Exclusive Resort is near a fishing village and is immersed in lush nature. A peninsula of cliffs that form coves where nature has acted capriciously, with an aura of romance provided by the most authentic tranquility and privacy. Three small islands and a white sand bay make the scenset even more enchanting.
Ponta dos Ganchos Spa by Sisley, a true oasis in the midst of nature, offers an official Sisley body and facial treatments menu, in three tents with a beautiful view of the Emerald Coast sea.
You will have all the equipment you need to go stand-up paddling or canoeing along the calm waters of your private island and beach.
- View all experiences available at Ponta dos Ganchos here.
Included.
One of the main characteristics of Ponta dos Ganchos is its exclusivity. In an area of 80 thousand m², only 25 bungalows are located, divided into seven categories, from 80 m² to 310 m². All of them are designed for up to two people and provide a stunning view of the Emerald Coast sea. Most of them feature heated swimming pools and dry sauna. In some categories, the bungalows even offer whirlpools, in addition to other facilities.
Ponta Dos Ganchos Resort
3 Anhatomirim Bungalows
- Breakfast included
Start Time: Late morning
Meeting Point: Hotel Pier
Motorboat: 36 ft
Duration: 3 hours
Board your private boat to explore the stunning coastline of Florianopolis. Get enchanted by the charming villages along the way and pass by Anhatomirim Island, a fortification of XVII century. Stop for a swim and snorkeling at different locations of the journey.
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Return to your hotel for lunch and enjoy the afternoon at leisure.
Ponta Dos Ganchos Resort
3 Anhatomirim Bungalows
- Breakfast included
Enjoy the remainder of your time at leisure on the property and at the nearby beaches, including the resort's private island.
During your time at Ponta dos Ganchos, arrangements will be made for a private dinner experience by the beach. Enjoy a delicious menu and the beautiful surroundings in complete privacy.
Included and booked by Scenset.
Ponta Dos Ganchos Resort
3 Anhatomirim Bungalows
- Breakfast included
Meeting Time: To be determined
Meeting Point: Ponta Dos Ganchos
Private transfer to the Florianopolis Airport for your flight to Sao Paulo.