Rio Carnival Experience

Traveler Reviews

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  Dora5.0•May 2025
  Overall, it was a great experience—I truly enjoyed it. While the accommodations and restaurant options could use some...
  Overall, it was a great experience—I truly enjoyed it. While the accommodations and restaurant options could use some improvement, the tour guides were exceptional. As a solo traveler, I felt very well taken care of throughout the trip. I would definitely recommend this tour to others.Show more
  Traveled in February 2025
  

  Reply from: Intrepid Travel

  Thank you Dora for taking the time to share your experience with us. We are thrilled to hear that you had a great time experiencing Rio's Carnival. We are sorry that some of the hotels and restaurants did not live up to expectations, but are glad to hear that most importantly, you felt safe and had fun with your leader and group. We will take your feedback and use it to make the necessary improvements for next year, thank again for bringing them to our attention.

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  Gemma4.0•February 2024
  The guides were excellent, being local they were very knowledgeable and passionate about Rio and Brazil, the places...
  The guides were excellent, being local they were very knowledgeable and passionate about Rio and Brazil, the places and events we went to were amazing and well planned. The hotel was very good and in the best location for carnival. The only reason I gave it a good and not an excellent rating was they used a 3rd party for the actual samba drome event. It was disorganised and the lady running it was rude and not nice to her own staff as well as us, the intrepid tour guides that we had all week were not allowed with us which made it very difficult. Hopefully from our feedback they will not use them again. Otherwise highly recommended this tour.Show more
  Traveled in February 2024
  

  Reply from: Intrepid Travel

  Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your experience with our local guides and that you found the accommodation was in the best location for Carnival. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the third-party involvement during the Sambadrome event. Rest assured, we'll take your feedback into consideration to ensure smoother experiences in the future. We appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back soon!

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  Dilver5.0•March 2023
  Our tour guide Guilerme was super knowledgable and helpful during our tour. At first I was a bit hesistant going to a...
  Our tour guide Guilerme was super knowledgable and helpful during our tour. At first I was a bit hesistant going to a country where I dont speak the languauge, but with intrepid I felt confident in exploring the city. I really appreciated intrepid being able to schedule pickups and dropoffs as needed. The experience was amazing and hope to come back to Brazil soon!Show more
  Traveled in February 2023
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  Sherry5.0•April 2022
  The trip was amazing. Leticia was the best tour guide and really appreciate her giving us tips on where to go sight...
  The trip was amazing. Leticia was the best tour guide and really appreciate her giving us tips on where to go sight seeing, dining, bars, etc. It's so helpful to have a local guide not a lot of people spoke English in Rio so it was well worth booking the tour. The Carnaval experience was incredible the floats are out of this world and the block parties were so much fun. I hope everyone will put this trip on their bucketlist!Show more
  Traveled in April 2022
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  Linden2.0•April 2017
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  NEVER BOOK WITH INTREPID IT IS A SCAM!!!! I would give it 0 stars if I could. Did the rio carnival package, the staff...
  NEVER BOOK WITH INTREPID IT IS A SCAM!!!! I would give it 0 stars if I could. Did the rio carnival package, the staff outnumbered the clients yet they still could not organise for the life of them. The staff were rude, had no idea what they were doing, actually got us lost in Rio (really not a safe thing to do), unorganised and seemed to be on holiday themselves instead of working. The itinerary lied and said you had food and drink included in the gay ball...none of which was included in the ticket they purchased. Every other tour was ridiculously marked up through the teeth, I'd pay to not use this company ever again. They somehow managed to leave us behind at sugar loaf mountain (do they not do head counts?) and we had to pay for a taxi back to the accommodation. I've done many tours with contiki and top deck where it was worth that extra money rather than doing it yourself I just wish I realised sooner not every tour company is equal.Show more
  Traveled in February 2017
  

  Reply from: Intrepid Travel

  Hi Linden, Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with us. We were disappointed to read that you didn’t enjoy your Rio Carnival tour. Linden, we would love an opportunity to more fully understand your experience as feedback from our passengers is essential towards improving all that we do. Please feel free to contact our Customer Relations team who will be happy to further address your concerns: customerrelations@intrepidtravel.com Thanks again and we look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Intrepid Travel

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  Anonymous4.0•December 2010
  Wonderful trip, and a lot of fun. Tour leader really went out of her way to get group involved in unique activities
  Traveled in December 2010
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  Anonymous5.0•December 2010
  The trip was amazing! By far the best FAM I have ever been on. The destinations were great but, we also had our share...
  The trip was amazing! By far the best FAM I have ever been on. The destinations were great but, we also had our share of issues come up (travel delays)but Diana and Katie took care of them for us in no time.Show more
  Traveled in December 2010
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  Anonymous5.0•December 2010
  Overall, I had a fantastic time. It was a great trip.
  Traveled in December 2010
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  Anonymous4.0•December 2010
  fantastic!
  Traveled in December 2010