The cable car ride to Urca Hill and then to Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio does not take long. What can take much time though is the queue to buy the tickets to the cable cars, then the queue to board the cars. The cable car ride takes approximately three minutes. Since you need to take two cable cars to get to the top of Sugar Loaf and then take the same two to get back to sea level, you will…read more
Are you wondering how much time do you need to visit Sugar Loaf? It depends on several factors. Taking a taxi from Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, or Cruise Ship Terminal to Sugar Loaf Mountain, visiting it, and getting back takes approximately two hours in the low season (April through June and August through November). On sunny weekends during the high season (July, and December through March), peak and extreme peak days will take three to four hours to visit Sugar Loaf…read more
You can find different types of vegetation at Sugar Loaf Mountain and Urca Hill. You can see plants that can stand sun, wind, and scarcity of water such as arums, cacti, and bromeliads. Other plants that can be seen are vellozias, lilies, and orchids. To learn how to visit Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, get a copy of Sugar Loaf: the definitive guidebook to visiting the Rio de Janeiro’s most famous hill.
You can see many interesting sites from Urca Hill in Rio. Urca Hill is the intermediary hill to Sugar Loaf. From Urca Hill at 220 meters (720 feet), you can have a similar view to the one you have from Sugar Loaf. However, from Urca Hill you can’t see Copacabana Beach, which is the only major attraction that can be seen from Sugar Loaf and not from Urca Hill. The only way to see Copacabana Beach is by taking the…read more
You can see many animals from Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janero, Brazil. Near the cafeteria, you can see some birds (frigates flying over Sugar Loaf) as well as small lizards (over the rock after the safety bars). Occasionally, you can see reasonably sized lizards (around a half-meter or 2-feet long). You may also see humming birds, tanagers, tiê-sangue tanagers, sabiá song-thrushes, finches, and hawks. If it is your lucky day, you may come across Marmosets (little monkeys) as…read more
You can see many interesting sites from the summit of Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once you reach the top of Sugar Loaf, you will have a breathtaking view of Rio de Janeiro and many of Rio’s attractions such as: – Corcovado Mountain – Christ the Redeemer statue – Downtown (the business district) – The Metropolitan Cathedral (Modern) – Rio-Niterói Bridge – Niterói City – Copacabana, Vermelha, Urca, and Flamengo Beaches – Guanabara Bay (Rio’s famous bay) – …read more
Yes, you should definitely visit Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain in Brazil. Travelers visit Corcovado summit for the Christ the Redeemer statue and for the panoramic views seen from 710 meters above sea level (2,328 feet), which offers a 360º view of the city (you are geographically inland). Tourists visit Sugar Loaf only for the view, but it complements the view of Corcovado by offering you another perspective (a bird’s-eye view 396 meters [1298 feet]…read more
There are several reasons to visit Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some of the good reasons are: – It is Rio’s second landmark – Breathtaking views of the city (the main reason to visit Sugar Loaf) – Impressive granite block that is thought to be 560 million years old – National Heritage since 1973 – You won’t be disappointed (although that happens when visiting other landmarks around the world) A better question is, “Why NOT visit Sugar…read more
Over 1 million and a half tourists visit Sugar Loaf each year in Brazil. Visitors from a wide variety of nationalities visit every year Sugar Loaf hill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And that’s likely to increase and soon reach the 2-million mark as the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics approach. Besides, as Rio is becoming safer, Brazilians from all over Brazil are visiting Rio de Janeiro in record numbers. To learn how to visit Sugar Loaf in Brazil,…read more
Each cable car at Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro can take up to 65 passengers per ride. On peak times, Sugar Loaf staff fits into each cable car 65 passengers. However, in low season it can travel with as little as one passenger. The cable cars of Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro depart every 20 minutes, or whenever it reaches full capacity. To learn more about the Sugar Loaf cable cars and on how to visit Sugar Loaf…read more