2024 Brazil Carnival Tours & Vacation Packages

2024 Brazil Carnival Tours & Vacation Packages
Celebrate the World’s Greatest Party

The Carnival of Brazil is an annual Festival that marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter, which differs yearly. It is the biggest Brazilian Holiday when the entire country parties for 5 days from Saturday until Ash Wednesday. In 2024, Carnival will be held from the 10th until the 14th of February.

Why shop at DoBrazilRight?

Over 10 Years in the Market

Established in 2011, DoBrazilRight Tours & Travel is a Rio local Certified Tour Operator with 12 years of Experience designing custom Brazil Carnival Packages and Private Tours.

Our entire team has over 20 years of Expertise in designing Authentic Bespoke Brazil Carnival Tours & Travel Packages

Brazil Carnival Specialist

We are a Brazil Carnival Specialist Tour Operator. Our main Operation is the Rio de Janeiro Carnival, when we assist the biggest majority of our customers annually during the 5-Day Holiday, which is the busiest and most difficult time of the year to Navigate the City. Still, our expertise and genuine knowledge about the City and the Event allow us to do it with Excellence!

24/7 Local Assistance

24/7 Local Assistance in Brazil and in Rio de Janeiro. Our office is Located on Copacabana Beach.

Party Planner

Our Concierge Desk will help you book as many Clubs Parties & Carnival Balls as you wish to attend, including Transportation and any sort of Guiding Services!

Selected Properties

Hand-Picked Hotels on the Beach! Only the best rated and newer/renovated properties right on the Action!

Wide range of Experienced Providers

DoBrazilRight only works with the most reputable Transportation Companies, Private Chauffeurs and Certified Local Tour Guides in Rio de Janeiro. Our outstanding team is at your Service!

Reputation

Please check our Excellent Reviews on Google & TripAdvisor!

Best Deals

Negotiated Discount Rates and Special Payment Plans

All about the Rio Carnival Festivities

Street Parties Schedule

Sambadrome Parade

Samba Schools Ranking

History of Carnival in Brazil

2024 Brazil Carnival – Rio Sambadrome Parade

Carnival is the biggest Brazilian Holiday, and it´s in Rio de Janeiro where it´s held the largest Carnival celebrations in the world. It’s filled with music, parades, street parties, and people having the time of their lives. The Carnival in Brazil runs from Saturday until Ash-Wednesday. That’s the official length, but many Brazilians turn it into a 10-day holiday. It is expected approximately 2 million tourists in town every year during the 5-day festivities.

The Rio Carnival Samba Schools Parade will definitely be the Highlight of your Vacation! It is organized as a championship dispute. A fierce 4-Day competition, divided into 2 Groups:

1 – Golden Series or Access Group – Sort of a Second Division of Samba Schools that parade every year on Friday and Saturday.

2 – Special Group – It´s the Elite of Rio Samba Schools, with 12 Samba Schools parading on Sunday (11Feb) and Monday (12Feb) of Carnival, 6 schools per Night.

3 – Champions Parade – After the Ash Wednesday Results, all the Top 6 Groups will Parade again the following Saturday (17Feb) for the so-called Champions Parade!

The Special Group & Champions Parades start at 9:30pm and it goes until 5-6am. Each of the six Samba Groups has 70 minutes to parade. Samba Schools loses one-tenth per minute exceeded on the Parade, to be deducted from its final score.

Surprises abound in the parades of the samba schools, which keep secrets to be revealed only at the promenade. But all Samba Schools need to follow basic rules, within a regulation that gives points to decide who will receive the Special Group big championship title.

The 2024 Parade Schedule will be announced in June!

2024 Parade Schedule – Watch the Full Parade Videos below from the year before

Sunday – 11Feb24

Porto da Pedra – 9:30pm (Just upgraded from the Access Group)

Beija-Flor – 10:45pm

Salgueiro – 12am

Grande Rio – 1:15am

Unidos da Tijuca – 2:30am

Imperatriz – 3:45am – 2023 Winner!

Monday – 12Feb24

Mocidade – 9:30pm

Portela – 10:45pm

Vila Isabel – 12am

Mangueira – 1:15am

Tuiutí – 2:30am

Viradouro – 3:45am

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Personalized Services

A small boutique Tour Operator by choice which allows us to offer personalized service to all of our customers, especially during the busy Rio Carnival season!
We offer top-class guides, the best chauffeurs, vehicles, and 24×7 support during your stay in Brazil.

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Trust & Safety

Established in 2011, we are proud EMBRATUR (Brazilian Tourism Ministry) and ABAV (Brazilian Travel Agencies Association) members. We strive for Excellence by working with the most reputable Professionals and Providers.

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Authentic Experiences

We offer real and authentic insider experiences that a regular tour operator will not offer.
We rely on over 20 years of Expertise in selling Rio de Janeiro Carnival bespoke Packages and Adventures.

Recommended by Members since 2009

KarenM1_10

26 May 2023

Top notch tour company! We booked our tours in Rio and in Recife with Do Brazil Right. Marcelo is wonderful to work with – great communication. We were provided a detailed sheet with timing and sites to visit. The tour guides were at the port to greet us and direct us to our van. The guides were friendly and very knowledgeable. We would not hesitate to use this company again.

texjapones

4 April 2023

Take DBR tours everywhere you go in Brazil We were on a cruise ship traveling South America and stopped in eleven ports in Brazil. With many positive reviews and our concerns about safety of independent travel, we decided to sign up 8 tours including Rio Carnival and 2 Half-day private group tours in Rio de Janeiro. The owner, Marcelo, customizes each tour to fit our cruise schedule to show us the great cities. He was always available before I even book his tours and during the tours. He showed up at the Rio cruise port with his team of tour guides to greet us (easily over 200 of us) to ensure we have great tours. His guides are hand picked and everyone was professional and spoke excellent English . Don’t bother paying twice more for a ship’s excursion to see the carnival. We were in sector 9 open front box raw A - we could almost touch the parade performers and could see their face expressions. We also took 2 half-day tour to see Christ Stature & Sugar Loaf Mountain with great Brazilian BBQ lunch on the first day and Ipanema Beach and Copacabana Beach on the second day. We were escorted to VIP entrance to skip long lines to get into train and rope way. His website’s tour description is very clear what to expect. He has many pictures of the sites we visit. All of his tour itineraries were carefully prepared - despite the two years of business closure due to the pandemic, he pulled off logistics to fulfill the demands. I normally plan my own site seeing but this is a country I don’t speak their language and safety is a big concern. Every tour we took, it was well worth the cost. I recommend his tours to everyone who visit Brazil!

Family_Lund

31 March 2023

Outstanding service - Marcelo helped us do Brazil Right Do Brazil Right and Marcelo helped us plan a 3 weeks holiday in Brazil in February 2023 and made it all go perfectly. From the moment we approached Do Brazil Right until we left Brazil, we had amazing and very knowledgeable service and always fast replies to our inquiries and questions.We first spend a week in Buzios, which is a lovely beach place 3 hours drive outside Rio. The hotel was ideally situation and a cozy place. Only drawback was that Buzios at the time of our visit was very crowded, but Marcello had given us a fair warning prior to our arrival.Next stop was Amazonas. We asked Marcelo for a cruise, and he found some options but also asked us to consider a lodge in the rainforest. We went with that proposal which was beyond fantastic and absolutely the right advice for us.We then returned Rio and stayed in a nice hotel located right at the Copacabana. We had a great one-day tour of the city with a very friendly guide and got to see all major attractions in a nice pace. The next day was time for us to see the Champions Parade of the carnival and it was an amazing experience and we had perfect seatings with a clear view to the parade. Seeing the champions parade was something Marcello proposed and we are very happy we accepted.Our final activity in Rio was seeing Flamengo playing the final on Maracanã stadium. This is not part of Marcello’s standard offerings but nevertheless he managed to get us great seats and good advice on how to get to and from the stadium.We travel a lot and have dealt with many tour operators – Do Brazil Right stand out as one of the absolute best.Thank you so much for making our visit to Brazil outstanding!

Tuckerman99

18 March 2023

Do yourself a favour and use Do Brazil Right! Believe all the positive reviews below. We had a fantastic stay in Rio in Feb/March 2023 due in no small part to all the help provided by Marcelo. I initially found Do Brazil Right on the web as I was researching attending Carnaval. Marcelo's site has the best information on tips to enjoy Carnaval. Based on Marcelo's advice we attended the Champions' Parade on the weekend following the actuall Carnval competition. This turned out to be a brillant idea as things were probably a bit less crazy, and a bit less expensive. We got to see the top six samba schools during the parade. Our seats were fantastic. Everything Marcelo organized went smoothly with no hiccups. His communication was very prompt and his written and spoken English is excellent. I would strongly recommend to anyone thinking of travelling to Brazil to engage Marcelo's services.

youngaj8

14 March 2023

Lovely city Rio A great tour company, we did a two day comprehensive Rio tour covering all highlights of Rio. The guide with perfect English and the excellent driver with a delicious lunch at the well known steak house, was just perfect for our itinerary. Marcelo’s detailed communication in organizing the tour several months in advance with each prompt response to all our email messages was greatly appreciated. I highly recommend this company to anyone traveling to Rio, you won’t be disappointed.

David Y

10 March 2023

Great tour: Do Brazil Right DoBrazilRight arranged a 2-day tour of Rio for our cruise ship. There were 12 of us in the group, which they organized. They picked us up at the port. At the end of the 2nd day, they took those who were continuing on the cruise back to the ship and the rest of us to the airport. The guide, who spoke perfect English, was excellent. In two days we saw all the highlights of Rio. The tour included lunch both days and “skip the line” passes so we were able to maximize our time. Marcelo Zahar, the owner, was prompt in answering questions and communicating changes. Highly recommend DoBrazilRight for tours in Brazil.

Randy S

9 March 2023

Do Brazil Right with Excellence! Just finished 6 tours throughout Brazil with Do Brazil Right. Each and every guide was knowledgeable, professional and personable. They all were intent on making sure we were well informed and having the best possible time. The owner Marcelo Zahar is extremely attentive to everything that is going on, and is focused on giving his clients a wonderful and fulfilling experience. Highly recommended!

Sandy C

8 March 2023

Best Tour Company Ever! My husband and I booked a Full-Day and Half-Day Private Rio Tour, Carnival Tickets, and Carnival shuttle with "Do Brazil Right". Marcelo quickly and patiently responded to our many questions and advised us on the best Carnival ticket location. The day our cruise ship arrived in Rio, Do Brazil Right took care of everything, from start to finish. This made the tours enjoyable, stress-free, and perfect. Our guide Vitor was excellent, as was our driver Alex. Vitor gave us an amazing, comprehensive tour of Rio. It was like having a relative in Rio! This has to be the best tour company ever!

Deborah B

28 February 2023

A great Day in Rio! Our private tour was a perfect way to fit all the sights of Rio into a day. Our guide and driver were excellent and the inside knowledge they had meant we were able to skip queues at all the major sites! Lunch was delicious at Botofogo and the day ended with sunset at copacabana. Shaun our guide knew so much about the city and made sure we were kept hydrated and comfortable at all times. He even treated us to festival decorations and fresh coconuts at the beach!

libby f

25 February 2023

First Class We chose Do Brazil Right after thorough online research though of course, one can never be entirely sure that you will agree with other's comments. Still, it's the best you can do so we went ahead and booked and I'm so glad we did. Let me reassure that you can feel totally confident this company does exactly what it says on the tin. Right from our initial enquiry until the moment we left Rio we were totally looked after. Marcelo absolutely knows his stuff and his attention to detail has military precision. His local knowledge & advice during 'carnaval' has been invaluable. Everything ran like clockwork. From our pick up at the airport we were met by our lovely driver whom we had throughout our stay. On our excursions we were accompanied by smart English speaking guides, so interesting, with a bonus as they also had us skipping queues for all the attractions. Everything tailored to our preference, it couldn't be faulted. Front row seats to the carnaval with nothing between us and the performers 'Wow'. Escorted to our seats and collected on time afterwards, priceless.If you want to do Brazil right, look no further.

2024 Rio Carnival Packages

2024 Rio Carnival Parade Tickets

Champions Parade Packages

Sambadrome Parade Transfers