Carnival Experience

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  • No booking fees
  • duration 1 days
  • tour type Small group Request as private
  • age requirement 1-99 yrs
  • max group size 10
  • guiding method Fully guided
  • Tour Code BM-42339
  • Footprint Carbonneutral CO2 emissions resulting from all trips on Bookmundi will be offset via investments in carbon reduction projects.
  • Operated in English
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  • Starts Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
  • Ends Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
TOUR OVERVIEW
The Carnival Experience tour starts and ends in Riyadh Province. The Carnival Experience is an explorer tour that takes 1 days taking you from Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia and through other destinations in Asia.

Go behind the scenes of the creation of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro visiting the great City of Samba, and into the shed of one of the most traditional samba schools, the Academicos da Grande Rio . Learn about the history of samba and carnival parades. See how the production of floats and costumes that every year color the Sambadrome during the parade is made. Get into the samba mood by wearing a real carnival costume, a samba class and a welcome drink!
ITINERARY

We will leave the hotel in the direction of Cidade do Samba, a large complex of sheds that are destined for the Samba Schools of the Rio de Janeiro Special Group and where the huge floats and the colorful costumes are built.

Next, we will enter the Barracão da Acadêmicos da Rio Grande to see the secrets that are revealed only during the Carnival parade: How the production of floats and costumes is made. You will understand the concepts and work involved during the creation process.

In the colorful showroom, we will learn more about the birth of samba, its customs and the origin of the parades of the samba schools. We will choose one of the many legitimate carnival costumes to wear and photograph. Then we will have a dance class, where we will learn some steps of samba.

To finish the tour we will try a caipirinha, a typical Brazilian drink, made of cachaça and lemon and then we will return to the hotel.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
Accommodation
  • Transfers IN / OUT From South Zone (Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Leme) Hotels
Guide
  • Spanish / Portuguese / English Guide
WHAT'S EXCLUDED
  • Foods and Beverages
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
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REQUEST A PRIVATE, CUSTOMIZABLE DEPARTURE By design, this is a group tour. You can however request a private, customized version of this tour for yourself or your private group of people. Private departures are usually more expensive, but come with these benefits:
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CANCELLATION

No additional cancellation fees apply for this Carnival Experience tour. You can cancel the tour up to 32 days prior departure and avoid paying the full amount, but your deposit paid is non-refundable. No refund applies for cancellations within 31 days of departure.

Payment

For any tour departures within 31 May 2024, full payment is required. For tours that depart later than 31 May 2024, a deposit of 50% is required to confirm this tour, and the remaining balance will be charged 31 days before trip departure.

Travel Insurance

Carnival Experience tour requires that you have adequate and valid travel insurance covering medical and personal accidents, including repatriation costs and emergency evacuation. World Nomads offers travel insurance for independent travelers and intrepid families.

Visa

For this Carnival Experience tour getting the required visa(s) is the responsibility for each individual traveller, as visa requirements vary depending on your nationality. We recommend to check with your local embassies representing the countries that you are traveling to, as part of this itinerary.

Rooms have to be filled when booking. Thus, if you are 1 person travelling you have to pick Single Room. If you’re 2 people travelling, you can either pick either Single Room, in which case each traveler will receive their own Single Room, or Double Room, etc.
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