Where to Stay in Rio de Janeiro for a Tijuca Forest Tour
Where to stay in Rio de Janeiro if you are booking a Tijuca Forest tour: the areas the hikes and jeep tours pick up from, Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Barra da Tijuca and Santa Teresa, with hotel searches.
For a Tijuca Forest tour, stay where the tours pick up: the beach districts of the South Zone. Itaway Ecotours’ small-group rainforest hike collects only from a named list of hotels in Copacabana, Ipanema, Leme, Leblon and São Conrado, so check that your hotel is on it when you book; the private option picks up at any address in Rio. Book the hike first, then the room near its pickup.
The calendar above is Itaway Ecotours’ Rio Rainforest: Waterfalls Hike, Wildlife & Caves, US$72.66 per adult in the small group (checked November 2026). The pickup list shows on the booking page once you pick the option.
Which area for which tour
The Tijuca tours we list all collect from the South Zone, but each draws its own line:
| Tour | Picks up from |
|---|---|
| Rio Rainforest: Waterfalls Hike, Wildlife & Caves (Itaway Ecotours) | Named hotels in Copacabana, Ipanema, Leme, Leblon and São Conrado; any address on the private option |
| Tijuca National Park Peaks, Caves & Falls Guided Hike (Rio Natural Ecotourism) | The South Zone and parts of Barra da Tijuca; anywhere in Rio on the private option |
| Tijuca Forest Small Group Hike to Caves and Waterfalls (Jungle Me) | Designated hotels in Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Leme, Flamengo, Santa Teresa, Glória, Catete, Urca and Botafogo |
| Half-Day Jeep Tour at Floresta da Tijuca (Jeep Tour Rio de Janeiro) | Major hotels; afternoon tour in Copacabana, Ipanema, Leme and Leblon |
| Hang Gliding Tandem Flight (ASA DELTA RIO DE JANEIRO) | Hotel pickup option in Ipanema, Copacabana, Leblon, Barra da Tijuca, Jardim Botânico, Gávea, Lagoa, Botafogo, Urca and Flamengo |
From each listing’s pickup details on GetYourGuide, checked November 2026.
Copacabana and Ipanema are on all five. Barra da Tijuca works for Rio Natural Ecotourism’s hikes and the flight but not for the other forest tours’ group pickups, and Santa Teresa is named only on Jungle Me’s list. If you stay outside a tour’s list, its private option, where there is one, is the way round it.
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Five Areas the Tijuca Tours Pick Up From
Each button opens an Expedia search for rooms in that area through Stay22; the prices and listings are Expedia's. We name no hotels.
- Hotels in Copacabana
Copacabana
On the pickup lists of the forest hikes and the jeep tour, and one of the starting points of the Corcovado vans to Christ the Redeemer.
- Hotels in Ipanema
Ipanema
On the pickup lists of the forest hikes, and in the jeep tour's afternoon pickup area.
- Hotels in Leblon
Leblon
On the pickup lists of the rainforest hike (the Janeiro Hotel is named) and the 6.2 km circuit hike, and in the jeep tour's afternoon pickup area.
- Hotels in Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca
The group hikes with Pedra Bonita pick up in parts of Barra, and the hang-gliding hotel pickup covers it.
- Hotels in Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa
Named in the circuit hike's pickup area, and a stop on the city day with Christ the Redeemer.
Stay22 map of hotels around Copacabana.
The Tijuca neighbourhood is not the forest
Tijuca is also the name of a neighbourhood of Rio’s North Zone, a different place from the forest and the national park, and not on the tours’ pickup lists. If a hostel in the Tijuca neighbourhood is what you searched for, here is a room search for the Tijuca neighbourhood ; for the forest tours, the beach districts above are the easier base.
Then Book the Forest Hike
Itaway Ecotours' small-group rainforest hike picks up from named hotels in Copacabana, Ipanema, Leme, Leblon and São Conrado. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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