Visibility at Sugar Loaf Mountain in Brazil is something you should definitely check before taking a taxi to the cable car (gondola) ticket office.
The point is that the Sugar Loaf summit (from where you can have unforgettable vistas of Rio de Janeiro) is rather high (396 meters or 1,306 feet), and it is occasionally covered by a cloud. If you get there during a cloud cover, you need to wait to the cloud to dissipate (if it does).
Tip: go to the end of Copacabana (the end close to Ipanema) from where you can clearly see whether or not there is a cloud over Sugar Loaf. If there is no cloud, then it means that the visibility is good (although that can change within an hour or less).
Another great spot to check Sugar Loaf’s visibility is on the roof top of several hotels in Copacabana. Beware that you cannot see Sugar Loaf from most hotels’ rooftops in Ipanema or Leblon.
The perfect place to see how the visibility of Sugar Loaf looks like is from the top of Corcovado Mountain, where Christ the Redeemer statue is located.
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