Brazil's Atlantic Coast: Rio, Ilha Grande & Paraty Tour

Day by day

The plan as the operator publishes it. Exact timings are confirmed with your booking.

1. Day 1 Rio de Janeiro — Welcome to the Cidade Maravilhosa

   The Marvellous City does not ease you in gently. From the moment your plane descends over the bay — the mountains, the ocean, the city sprawling between them — you understand why people who visit Rio spend the rest of their lives trying to explain it to people who have not.
2. Day 2 Rio de Janeiro — Two Icons, One Extraordinary Day

   Breakfast at the hotel Full Day: Sugarloaf Mountain and Corcovado by Train Some days of travel are better than others. This is one of the best ones. The morning begins with a panoramic drive through downtown Rio before you board the famous cable car — not once but twice — to the summit of Sugarloaf…
3. Day 3 Rio de Janeiro — The Rio That Locals Actually Love

   Breakfast at the hotel Half Day: Santa Teresa, Lapa and Cinelândia with Tram Tour This is the Rio that does not make it onto most postcards — and it is the Rio that most visitors end up loving the most.
4. Day 4 Rio de Janeiro → Ilha Grande — Paradise Found

   Breakfast at the hotel Some places sound too good to be true. Ilha Grande is one of them — until you arrive and discover it is exactly as extraordinary as it sounds.
5. Day 5 Ilha Grande — Into the Blue

   Breakfast at the hotel Full Day: Blue Lagoon and Beaches Tour If yesterday was about arriving, today is about exploring — and Ilha Grande's waters do not disappoint.
6. Day 6 Ilha Grande — Your Day, Your Beach

   Breakfast at the hotel No schedule. No transfers. No agenda. Ilha Grande has over a hundred beaches and no roads between them — just trails through Atlantic rainforest that open suddenly onto stretches of white sand with no one else on them. Pick a direction and walk.
7. Day 7 Ilha Grande → Paraty — Colonial Charm Awaits

   Breakfast at the hotel The transfer from Ilha Grande to Paraty is part of the experience — the Costa Verde coastline unfolding as you travel, the mountains and forest and sea that have defined this stretch of the Brazilian Atlantic coast for centuries.
8. Day 8 Paraty — History, Architecture and a Very Good Reason to Drink

   Breakfast at the hotel Historic City Tour + Cachaça Tasting Paraty was one of the most important ports in colonial Brazil — the gateway through which gold from the interior reached the coast and, eventually, Portugal.
9. Day 9 Paraty — Streets, Sea and Serendipity

   Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, then spend the day at leisure exploring the charming streets of Paraty. Meals: Breakfast
10. Day 10 Paraty — Until Next Time

    Sugarloaf. You have stood in front of Christ the Redeemer. You have snorkelled in the Blue Lagoon. You have drunk cachaça on cobblestones that are three hundred years old. At the appropriate time, our representative will transfer you to the airport for your journey home. Take the memories.