Carnival 2016 Rio de Janeiro

General information

Destination	Category
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Sightseeing Tours

Program details

Experience the world’s greatest party first hand and take part in the all night festivities of Rio de Janeiro’s annual Carnival Parade. This value for money package offers you admission to Oscar Niemeyers’ magnificent Sambadrome. Enjoy amazing views as the different samba schools parade, competing for the most enormous floats, the exuberant costumes and the meanest rhythms. The package includes tickets for the evening of your choice as well as transfer to and from the Sambadrome from your hotel

Rio’s Carnival takes place over four nights every year and the highlight is the parade of the different samba schools down the Sambadrome, a specially designed avenue flanked by grandstands with seating for up to 30,000 spectators. The samba schools spend all year preparing for this event to see which can present the best songs, dances and costumes and floats and win important cash prizes.

The atmosphere has to experiences, you’re sure never to have seen anything like it, a spectacle of music and colour lasting all night long from early evening to almost dawn the following morning. The package allows you to choose the day you wish to attend, the most popular days are Carnival Sunday and Monday but the Champion’s Parade is also well worth a visit.

Meeting/ pick-up point: Transport available only from Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon and Leme.
Duration: Approx. Seven hours.
Start/opening time: 9pm
End/closing time:5am