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Favela Tour (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Description: Get to know the city within Rio.

Newest Review: ... upper areas of land had been left undeveloped. When the numbers of country people coming to Rio looking for jobs grew and ... more

... they had nowhere to live they began to cobble together hovels out of whatever they could find just to make a shelter. These previously undeveloped areas that belonged to the government have been taken over and small cities have arisen which are called favelas in Brazil. They do not have permission to build and there are no regulations covering the buildings which grow up. There are no facilities such as water, power or garbage collection provided to these areas by the government or private companies. However they do have...more

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Favela Tour (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): I went to the City of god (2218 words)
by - written on 21/02/09 (Very useful, 587 readings)
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The Favela Tour: History of this tour from the Favela Tour site: About the Creator of the FAVELA TOUR Brazilian born in 1968, Marcelo Armstrong is the pioneer of tours in favelas in Rio, since 1987 he's been working on the tourism market, having had the possibility to travel to many countries and getting to know different cultures. When he returned to Rio de Janeiro, his hometown in 1992, he decided to organize visits to favelas. Given their bad reputation, it was hard to gain the credibility of local tour companies and hotels. Today FAVELA TOUR is still growing and making possible to a higher number of visitors, a much better understanding of local ... Read the complete review