The 5 Churrasco Experiences in Brazil That Earn Their Price

1.Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf, Selaron & BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,428 reviews · 8 - 9 hours · from $69Our pick

Spend 8 to 9 hours seeing Rio’s essential sights with a multilingual guide such as Sandra, Newton, or João. Ride to Christ the Redeemer, visit the Selarón Steps and Metropolitan Cathedral, view Maracanã and Sambadrome, then add Sugarloaf cable cars and an all-you-can-eat Brazilian barbecue when you choose the full package.

“Excellent trip with a well informed, organised guide (Newton). Christ the Redeemer was manic due to too many people accessing but the rest of the trip was very good. Lunch was superb too.”

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2.Skip the Line to Christ Redeemer, Sugar Loaf and Barbecue Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 593 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $113

Spend about nine hours seeing Rio’s headline sights with a multilingual guide, hotel pickup, Sugar Loaf cable cars, and a reserved Corcovado train ticket when selected. The route includes Copacabana, Ipanema, the Cathedral, Sambadrome, Maracanã, and Tijuca Rain Forest. Add the barbecue lunch for a generous Brazilian steakhouse meal.

“Semi-private tour with very friendly guide and driver and one other couple - much easier than with a large van. Plenty of time at Sugar Loaf and Cristina Redentor. Did not see stadium (closed) but visited Selaron staircase.”

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3.Rio From the Sea: Guanabara Bay Cruise with Optional Barbecue Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 88 reviews · 4 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $74

Cruise Guanabara Bay for about two hours with views of Sugarloaf Mountain, Christ the Redeemer, Copacabana, historic forts, the Rio-Niterói Bridge, and Niterói’s Niemeyer museum. Hotel pickup, guide service, and an optional Brazilian barbecue lunch are included. Guides such as Luis, Louis, and JB have been praised for clear English and lively commentary.

“It was a good tour, the only drawback was that the scheduled lunch was in the same restaurant with the same limited menu as the the tour the day earlier. If we had known that we would not have taken the optional lunch. It was not a seafood restaurant, it was an adequate general menu restaurant except that our menu was limited to two or three choices. Not good two days in a row.”

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4.Rafain Palace: Barbecue Dinner Show

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 5 reviews · 4 hours · from $120

Spend about four hours at Rafain Palace with roundtrip hotel transport, a barbecue buffet, and a stage show covering Brazilian folk dance, samba, capoeira, chorinho, and Latin American traditions, including Argentinian tango. Guides speak English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Bring your passport if crossing from Puerto Iguazu.

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5.Arraial do Cabo with Boat Tour and BBQ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.3 · 4 reviews · 8 hours · from $102

You’ll leave Búzios by air-conditioned vehicle for Arraial do Cabo, then board a schooner at Praia dos Anjos. The day includes Ilha do Farol, Prainhas do Pontal do Atalaia, Praia do Forno, a buffet steakhouse lunch, and a short Cabo Frio tour. Guides speak English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

“ek lugar del almuerzo, ek baño es precario igual q la atención”

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