The 5 Best Brazil Drinks Tours

1.Rio: Pub Crawl in Lapa with Cachaça Tasting and Live Samba

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 881 reviews · 4 hours · from $33Our pick

Join Caipi Tours for a four-hour night through Lapa, starting with four cachaça tastings and a caipirinha near the Arcos da Lapa. Your English, Spanish, or Portuguese-speaking guide leads you to Selarón Steps, live samba bars, and a nightclub playing Brazilian funk, pop, and reggaeton. Guides such as Andressa, Raffa, Marcos, Nayara, and Rafael keep the group together.

“Nayara is a wonderful guide, as well as a great Samba teacher. In no time, we all got to know each other, chat and samba. Very attentive and friendly. If I get the chance, I’d do it again.”

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2.Jolimont Winery Tour – Visitation and Tasting – Canela RS

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 613 reviews · from $23

Spend about 45 minutes at Vitivinícola Jolimont in Canela learning how grapes become wine, seeing the production areas, enjoying the vineyard views, and tasting eight Jolimont products. The tasting includes wines, sparkling wine, juice, and beer. The virtual reality segment is currently unavailable.

“Vale a pena visitar, o parreiral é fantástico, degustação e vinhos excelente e o atendimento perfeito.”

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3.Rio: Carnival Backstage Tour at Samba City with Cocktail

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 520 reviews · 90 - 150 minutes · from $27

Explore Grande Rio’s Carnival workshop at Cidade do Samba with a multilingual guide. See floats and costumes, try on parade outfits, learn samba steps with a dancer, and finish with a caipirinha or nonalcoholic drink. Guides such as Sol, Ton, Lea, and Lias have led recent tours, though your guide will vary.

“very informative i never knew such details when into planning this event so much hard work”

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4.Paraty: Jungle Waterfalls and Cachaça Distillery Jeep Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 491 reviews · 6 hours · from $37

Spend six hours in the Serra da Bocaina National Park with an English or Portuguese-speaking guide. Ride by 4x4 jeep to Pedra Branca, Tobogã, and Poço do Tarzan, swim in forest pools, watch the famous rock slide, eat lunch beside the Pereque-açu River, and taste cachaça at Engenho D’Ouro.

“The tour allows you to visit 3 different places, the first stops allows you to see two waterfalls (One for pictures and the second you’re able to stand under if you wish). There is also opportunity to swim at the first stop. The second stop is the distillery, really interesting as you’re provided with a talk about the history and how Cachaça is made and then you get to taste many flavours!! Then you head for lunch at Restaurant Poco do Tarzan, we ordered chicken, rice, fries and beans for two it was delicious and the portion was huge! Then you get the opportunity to slide down the waterfall. Brilliant…”

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5.Paraty: Historic Centre Walking Tour & Cachaça Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 96 reviews · 1h 30m · from $19Best value

Start at Santa Rita Church for a 90-minute walk through Paraty’s UNESCO-listed centre. Guides such as Thiago explain colonial trade, Indigenous peoples, Freemasonry, and the gold, sugar, coffee, and brazilwood cycles. Finish at a local bar with a tasting of cachaça Gabriela, a sweet blend with honey, clove, and cinnamon.

“Great tour! We learned a lot about the history of Paraty. Guide was friendly, knowledgeable and took the time to show us all around and answer our questions! Highly recommended!”

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