Tour at São Paulo's Second Largest Favela – Paraisópolis (Slum)
São Paulo, Brazil
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Take a tour and feel what life in a favela is like – private tour
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Tour type: Private tour.
Live guide & available language: Deutsche, Français, Español, English, and Português.
Tour Operating Hours: Book this tour between 08:00 to 13:00.
Transport: Fully-equipped hatchbacks, sedans, minivans and vans according to you group size.
Instant confirmation: Yes, from Monday through Sunday.
Tour start location / Final tour location: Any pick-up & drop-off in São Paulo, coast or countryside are included like hotel, airport or port.
Take a guided private tour and feel what life in a favela (slum) is really like. Tour through São Paulo's second largest favela and get a unique insight into the vibrant spirit of its people, especially the hidden veritable artists who live there.
We will start a half hour trip to get to Paraisópolis. Upon arrival, we will introduce you to this favela where almost 100,000 people live. Its culture, its traditions, the joy of its residents... You will love it!
Our first stop will be at the Community Association headquarters. We will get to know its history, how its foundation and its main projects happened. We'll even visit a community radio studio to hear a live show and talk to some of the presenters.
Then, we'll go to Berbela's mechanical workshop. We'll appreciate how they build their artwork out of old car parts, scrap metal and other scraps. An awesome way to recycle!
We will head to the house of the sculptor Estevão, also known as the Gaudí de Paraisópolis. What do you think of your quirky stone house? This is full of accessories and common objects, such as bowls and plates that are part of the structure of the house.
We will continue our journey through the narrow streets of Paraisópolis until we reach the football field in Palmeirinha, where we may be able to see a class by the students of the project "Rugby for all". We'll pass through Luciana's alley and walk to the first library created within the community.
After three hours enjoying the atmosphere of the Paraisópolis favela, we will finish the tour at Bistrô Mãos de Maria, a beautiful place where you can have lunch on your own.
This is a socially-conscious tour that part of your payment is reverted to the local non-profitable community association to support their charity projects within the community. The local community association also hosts the visit and gives utter support providing us with a local monitor from the community to escort us around in the company of our bilingual guide.
Meet very talented artists and experience a different culture.
Learn about the community’s history and the foundation of the “Community Association” and its main projects.
Appreciate the stunning contrasting scenery of favela across the fancy area of Morumbi neighborhood.
Walk through narrow streets of the center Paraisopolis.
Meet and interact with the community's residents. Offer them respect and they’ll reward you in return with great experiences and stories about their way of life.
Click on the " " sign for a little insight of the sight or place and picture.
Community Association
The tour starts at the Community Association Office. Visitors will learn about the community’s history, the foundation of the “Community Association” and its main projects. Then, visitors will be led to the community radio studio to watch a live show and meet some community speakers.
Berbéla Studio
Pay a visit to Berbéla and his mechanical workshop, a great plastic artist and community resident. Berbéla builds his works of art from automotive parts such as metal scraps and chemical wastes, giving life to all sorts of material discarded in his workshop. He makes pieces of artwork that few can argue about his talents.
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Stone House
Go to the house of the sculptor Estevão, also known as “Gaudí of Paraisópolis”. Once there, visitors will be able to enter a beautiful stone house, full of accessories and common objects such as cups, saucers and dishes, which are part of the structure of the house, giving it charm and a sense of fantasy for the visitors.
Go on an adventure through openings and gaps to reach the viewpoint, and appreciate the stunning contrasting scenery of favela across the fancy area of Morumbi neighborhood.
Walking in the Community
Visitors will walk throughout the community narrow alleyways reaching the Palmeirinha’s football field, and perhaps catch a class of the students of the project "Rugby For All". Walk through narrow streets of the center Paraisopolis heading to Paraisópolis Ballet Project. Meet the director and dancer Mônica Tarragó, who will present the project and get visitors to watch a little of the class and meet some students.
BECEI Library
Go on to see Luciana’s alley and continue on to “BECEI Library”, which is the 1st library created within a community.
Lunch on the rooftop
After all that, visitors may want to have a superb typical Brazilian food at the charming “Bistro Mãos de Maria” on the rooftop of the community association headquarters in the Favela. (not included in the tour price)
Tourists being conducted by the guide Adi.
Tourists being conducted by the guide Adi.
Tourists being conducted by the guide Adi.
Tourists being conducted by the guide Adi.
Tourists being conducted by the guide Márcio.
Tourists being conducted by the guide Márcio.
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Transport by fully-equipped vehicles.
Any address pick-up and drop-off are included like hotel, airport or port as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter.
Licensed bilingual private tour guide.
Private driver for groups bigger than 4 people, otherwise the guide drives the vehicle themselves.
Local community monitor to escort tourists and guide throughout the favela.
VAT, all taxes, handling charges, tolls, parking fees during stops, airport / port Greet & Meet service.
Entrance and contribution fees to help the community support their projects and to cover the escort given by a local monitor.
Meals and drinks.
Tips. (optional).
Confirmation is sent just after the booking is made.
Tour guide details is sent 1 day before the booking date.
Adult pricing applies to all travelers.
Wheelchair accessibility: Unfortunately, there is NO good wheelchair accessibility in Paraisopolis.
Casual clothes and comfortable walking sneakers.
Sunscreen and Sunglasses.
If you cancel at least 5 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 2 & 4 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 1 day of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
The charge is made in Brazilian currency.
Make a down payment online of either 50% or the total amount. If 50% of the payment is made online as a down payment, the remainder should be in cash directly to the guide on site.
Wherever you specify at the time of the booking as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter. The booking system may automatically reject too long-distance pick-ups & drop-offs.
As it’s a private tour, you choose the best pick-up point that suits your needs.
Any day available on the timetable of the “PRICE FORM”, which is from Monday through Sunday.
Any time available on the timetable of the "PRICE FORM".
It's also a good idea to avoid getting around in São Paulo on weekdays after 17:00 as traffic is awful.
The key part of our system is the flexibility to book a tour according to your available time, number of people, pick-up and final drop-off locations.
We don't actually sell a set tour program for a certain number of hours, but instead we sell the number of hours the “TOUR GUIDE & VEHICLE ” are going to be at your availability to do a certain activity with you.
Wherever you specify at the time of the booking as long as the booking system accepts the address you enter. The booking system may automatically reject too long-distance pick-ups & drop-offs.
As it’s a private tour, you choose the best drop-off point that suits your needs.
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Once you have arrived at the airport or seaport there will be a member of our staff (or guide) waiting for you at the arrivals area holding a clear sign with your name on it, they will then escort you to your waiting private vehicle.
Our team member will be waiting for you even if the flight / ship is delayed.
In the very unlikely situation that the customer is not able to locate our guide, please call our emergency telephone number on the voucher.
As soon as the tour guide arrives at your hotel, they get the front desk to call you in the room in case you are not at the lobby.
In the very unlikely situation that you are not able to locate our guide, please call one of our emergency telephone numbers that are on the voucher.
For long-distance trips, we may have to ask the state or federal road department authorization for taking open highways with big vehicles like vans and buses. Thus, in order to do that, it's required the list of all passengers and their passport or ID numbers at the time of the booking (Send it via e-mail after the booking). Therefore, it’s extremely important to book tours with long-distance pick-ups or drop-offs with at least 24 hours in advance.
If big vehicles like a van or a bus is traveling without the required documents and the police pulls it over, the trip cannot continue.
For local pick-ups or drop-offs like airport or nearby cities, there is NO need of such list and passport or ID numbers.
Such requirement is not necessary for small vehicles like sedans, minivans and SUVs.
The assigned vehicle is according to the number of passengers for the tour. The vehicles are all fully-equipped and suitable to fit you and your group comfortably.
Hatchback vehicles
Midsize sedans
Minivans
15-seater vans
Count starts from the pickup moment, no matter where you are.
This tour has a defined itinerary unlike other tours offered here on the site. However, the coverage will depend on the date and time the tour is taken as some activities may be unavailable as they have specific operating times. E.G. The ballet, radio station and library may not be opened for visitation depending on the date and time.
In case tourists want to spend more time at a sight, it should impact on the tour coverage reducing the number of seen sights.
The tour coverage depends on the tour rhythm as the guide goes at your pace, and also pretty much on the pick-up and drop-off locations.
Other adversities may also slow down the tour progress such as traffic jam, and the group size that determines the size of the vehicle. Bigger group means slower in terms of moving around through city sights on foot or by car.
In case the weather does not turn out well on the day of your booking (i.e. rain), first we will try to find an alternative date for the tour. If this is not possible, the booking will be cancelled and no costs will be charged (any deposit will be fully returned).
Most of São Paulo's rain is in the evenings during summertime, so you will find that most tours are very sunny.
If for some unexpected reason we are forced to cancel the tour, all reserved guests will be contacted via email and text to be advised properly.
Just fill out the “PICK-UP” and “FINAL DROP-OFF” location fields to have the price for the tour guide to pick you up wherever you are, take you on the tour, and return you back to your place afterwards. The booking system may automatically reject too long-distance pick-ups & drop-offs, as the tour may NOT be worth taking because of the trip time to the city of the tour. In this case, you can either select closer locations or get in touch with us for options.
This field is to specify the number of hours the licensed private “TOUR GUIDE & VEHICLE” will be at your availability. The count starts from the pickup moment the tour has been set to get started at your hotel, airport, port or any address you have chosen.
Any time available on the timetable of the "PRICE FORM", however it's advisable to take this tour between 8:00AM and 16:00 on any day.
It's also a good idea to avoid getting around in São Paulo on weekdays after 17:00 as traffic is awful.
No, this tour is designed to be taken in daytime.
Yes, always. Sometimes, other than the tour guide, there is also a driver depending on the number of people.
Yes, private tours are totally personalizable according to your interests and likes. Talk directly to the tour guide about your wishes or write them in the “BOOKING OBSERVATION BOX” further during the booking process.
The tour is totally private and exclusive for you and your group. No other person out of your group must join your tour, unless it's invited by you.
The guide’s basic expenses such as meals, drinks and parking lot are paid by themselves onsite. Museums, cultural and some entertaining activities are free of charge for tour guides.
This tour is not aimed to get into museums and sights that charge admission fees.
The guide may decline to participate in high-priced activities that fall out of the scope of a regular tour such as going to fancy restaurants or anything out of a standard tour. In these cases, if customer wishes to have the guide as a permanent companion, the guide’s expenses should be covered by the customer. Otherwise, the guide must wait for the customer just nearby to continue on the tour afterwards.
All tour guides have complete knowledge about the city sights, culture, history, and social-economic aspects of São Paulo and Brazil. Some guides are experts on architecture, street art, music, local crafts and design, fashion, cycling, hiking, photograph, business, sports, LGBTQ culture, nature, religion, shopping, gastronomy, art, nightlife, and other topics. If you want a deeper understanding of a specific topic, please state / type your interests in the “BOOKING OBSERVATION BOX” further during the booking process.
Once you have arrived at the airport or seaport, there will be a member of our staff / guide waiting for you at the arrivals area holding a clear sign with your name on it, they will then escort you to your waiting private vehicle.
The "tour count" of hours starts to run from the time the tour guide meets the tourist.
Our staff / guide will be waiting for you even if your flight / ship is delayed, without extra charges.
The tour can be hired for 1 person up to 14 people.
It's also possible to tour in São Paulo with groups higher than 14 people, but it's not ideal as bigger buses have restrictions and limitations for getting around in town.
Paraisópolis has many narrow streets. This is another reason for not booking tours with buses bigger than 14 seats.
If you have groups with more than 14 people, the ideal is to make 2 bookings splitting the group and using two vehicles plus two tour guides.
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