Rainforest jeep tour from Rio with botanical garden

The Botanical Garden, created in 1817 by king D.João IV, is famous for the culture of exotic plants brought form all over the world to be found there. This tour picks you up from your hotel in Rio and allows you to visit the botanical garden before hiking in the rainforest just a few steps from the streets of Rio. Contained within the city limits, this lush jungle is home to hundreds of species of plants and wildlife.

During this tour you will:

• see Imperial palm trees, some 500 kinds of orchids, huge water lilies (Victorias-Regias), and some red wood trees (Pau Brasil) almost extinguished in the Atlantic forest
• learn more about flora and the preservation of the ecosystem, through direct interaction with nature
• visit the main points of the forest, like Cascatinha de Taunay (Taunay Waterfall), Capela Mayrink (Mayring Chapel) and Açude da Solidão (Loneliness Dyke)
• enjoy an oasis in the middle of an urban jungle of Tijuca, the world’s largest urban rainforest
• enter the Tijuca rainforest in an open jeep,
• see the contrast between the stone jungle of Rio and the lush green backdrop of Tijuca
• feel the refreshing spray of the Taunay waterfall and the Monkey waterfall
• take in the impressive views of Rio, and its surroundings at Vista Chinesa
• do a 20-30 minute hike the trails under the canopy and interact with this amazing ecosystem
• see the plants, animals such as monkeys, monkeys sloths, butterflies and exotic birds of the rainforest
• stop at the Pepino Beach to watch the hang gliders
• ... more!

NOTE: this tour is included in a package tour (4 days / 3 nights) of Rio and its surroundings.