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Favela Rocinha Sustainable Tour 

Exotic Tours was the first Tourism Operator working with residents inside Rocinha  - It is a walking tour inside the biggest slum in South America. Rejane Reis, owner of Exotic Tours, trains local people how to be guides as a sustainable project inside Rocinha. Our work inside favelas started in 1992 and has growing along these years and became an improvement project visited by many important TV’s, journals and magazines around the world and also thousands of people from the globe looking for an inside point of view of Rio de Janeiro and its culture. Rejane Reis is pioneer in sustainable tourism inside Rio de Janeiro's favelas.

Your visit will help a local school as well as create work opportunities within the community.

Please visit our website for more information's about this tour. www.favelatourismworkshop.com

Also available Dona Marta Community.


Itinerary  

Pick-up at 10:00am OR 1:00pm.
After the pick-up the driver take you directly to the favela where you meet the local guide and start the walking tour through the community, getting to know the local commerce, schools, post office, handcraft shops, and the real lifestyle inside Rocinha. Return to the hotel at 1:00pm OR 4:00pm.
** On weekends at 11:00am, back at 2:00pm.
  Rocinha Numbers  

- Population - 150.000 thousand inhabitants                 
- Businesses in operation - 6.250
- Commerce is controlled mostly by man from the northeastern
region. . Women control the ready-mode clothing activity; they own 13 of 14 existing businesses.

 

Students having class                                       Rocinha: The largest slum in Latin America        Rejane Reis and the students
   
 
 


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