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Carnival

Our Tour to Rio's Carnival

Transfer from your hotel to the Rio de Janeiro "Sambodromo" to enjoy the magnificent Carnival Parade featuring Rio's best Samba schools.
The parade starts after dinner and goes on all night well into daylight the following day, with six to eight Samba Schools on show, each with thousands of people in costumes and floats, dancing and singing to the heavy Samba rhythms.
Seats in a box for six people in one of the best locations, close to the front in the sector by the bandstand.
Transport back to the hotel is available every two hours from 02.00 onwards

Carnival Dates:

2010 Feb 13 - 16
2011 Mar 04 - 08
2012 Feb 17 - 21
2013 Feb 08 - 12
2014 Feb 28 - 04
2015 Feb 13 - 17
2016 Feb 05 - 09
2017 Feb 24 - 28

Sambadromo

A purpose-built concrete structure seating over 70,000 spectators designed by the great Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer. Please see images below for more information.

Please contact us for carnival ticket prices and further information on our Tours and Carnival packages.

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Tour Leader

Ernani Queiroz

Ernani Queiroz

Ernani was born and brought up in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated in architecture and has a ke [...]