Day 2 (Dec 31): Christ the Redeemer & The Main Night – New Year Eve Copacabana Beach!
Breakfast and departure for the Christ the Redeemer New Year excursion with your English-speaking guide (4 hours). This is the symbol of the city and a spiritual landmark surrounded by beautiful views: Guanabara Bay, strips of beach, the green patch of the Botanical Garden, and the city's neighborhoods. A wonderful way to start New Year's Eve.
In the evening, you head to the New Year Eve Copacabana beach. Long before midnight, Copacabana fills with people dressed in white. At the water's edge, people leave flowers and gifts for Yemanja — the goddess of the sea. This is the Yemanja offering — thousands of white figures stand at the water's edge or walk into the ocean to ask the goddess for health, love, money, or change. This is one of the most beautiful New Year in Brazil traditions you will ever see.
Then the Rio New Year fireworks 2027 begin. They are launched from platforms in the water, along the entire length of the beach. Copacabana New Year fireworks light up the dark ocean, rockets and fireworks fly above the water while music plays and Brazil's biggest stars perform on stage. After midnight, the party continues until morning. This is the Copacabana New Year celebration — and you are right in the middle of it.
*Optional: book a New Year's Eve dinner or party at one of the beachfront hotels on Copacabana. Pricing on request.