Welcome to FAVELA ADVENTURES
Welcome to FAVELA ADVENTURES. We are a small company that is operated 100% by residents in the favela of Rocinha. Our company consists of five parts of sustainable tourism in the favela. Our main purpose is to educate people about our community and the great things that exist here.
favelatour.org and FAVELA ADVENTURES strives to empower the people of Rocinha by giving them the opportunity to run, organize and make the tours themselves. These residents who have created this company ALL reside in the favela and the income made from these tours is put directly back into the community. Twenty-five percent of what is earned through our tours is being saved, so we can build a community center for the arts and leisure programs that exist in the favela.
Please read this article about Favela tours
http://riottimesonline.com/news/rio-travel/touring-rios-favelas/.
If the link does not work, cut and paste this:
http://riotimesonline.com/news/rio-travel/touring-rios-favelas/
Favela Tours/Visits
The top section of the website covers our diferent types of visits or “tours”, which are more of a cultural exchange and enjoyable learning experience, than a short stop into the community. Visits to the community vary in length and type depending on what visitors want to do and how long they want to visit. If there is something you really want to see on your visit here, please let us know. We want your visit to Rocinha to be fun as well! Please read about other guests experiences who came to Rocinha on the “TESTIMONIAL” page. GO HERE: http://favelatour.org/forum/testimonials/. Our tours/visits are very different from the standard 3 hours of other companies.
*****IMPORTANT: Tours book up quickly. Because of the quality visits we offer, we ONLY give 1 tour/visit a day with a maximum of 8 people. Please contact us the days you have open for a visit.
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Accommodations
This section of the website is important if you have plans to stay, rent or buy a place in the community for any period of time. Please click on the link to learn more about this opportunity.
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FAVELA ADVENTURES programs
To the bottom-second section is the FAVELA ADVENTURES programs section of the website. We offer programs to foreigners who want an authentic experience in their studies of Capoeira, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Body Boarding, Surfing, Muay-Thai, and Western Boxing.
As popularity grows, we plan on expanding with other favela specific cultural programs.
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RACI
To the bottom-second to last section is the RACI (Rocinha Arts and Cultural Institute) section which is about our Non Profit and Volunteer programs. Part of the proceeds from our visits and cultural programs will be put into a fund. The goal is to save enough through our sustainable tourism to build a community center for the Rocinha Arts and Cultural Institute (RACI).
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Tio Lino
This last section to the right is specifically directed towards the Art programs and work of Tio Lino in Rocinha. If people have an interest to volunteer with Tio’s project, please contact us.
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Please take a look through this site to see if what we offer peaks your interest. Any questions can be directed to Zezinho at: info@favelatour.org.
Thank you for stopping by FAVELA ADVENTURES!