Favela - (slum or shanty town)

There are many poor slums in Rio and the best way to understand them and the people who live there is to see them first hand.
We work together with the two major tour companies in Rio that offer these remarkable tours. They are operated by Carioca's who grew up in and lived there lives in the Favela's, so you are a experiencing a first hand tour with them on there own turf, and you are sure to be safe.

Rocinha, located in Rio de Janeiro, is the paradigmatic “tourist favela”, and holds 60,000 people. It is not only Brazil's largest slum but also the largest in Latin America, with tours taking place regularly since the early 1990s and with three thousand tourists visiting the site each month. The development of the favela into a tourist destination is seen as part of the so-called reality tours phenomenon and of the global circulation of the favela as a trademark.

There is also Vila Canoas, which has about 2600 people living there. These are a great learning and understanding experience of the everyday life and struggles of the poor in Brazil.

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