Sugarloaf Mountain Tickets

Sugarloaf Mountain tickets on GetYourGuide start at $44 for the cable car ticket from C2RIO, and the dearest of the three options is the $166.39 motorbike tour. The cable car ticket is also the only one with reviews, 4.58 from 93. The summit is about 396 m high according to Wikipedia. I’d go in the afternoon and stay for the sunset, in a month with less cloud.

I compared all three Sugarloaf Mountain tickets and tours that GetYourGuide sells right now: one plain cable car ticket and two guided experiences. Prices, ratings and inclusions come from the listings, checked in October 2026, in US dollars. Links open GetYourGuide in a new tab, and I earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you.

Sugarloaf Mountain at a Glance

This is a peak, not a building, so the “deck” is the summit and the platform on Morro da Urca below it. Wikipedia says Sugarloaf Mountain sits on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. These are the numbers behind your Sugarloaf Mountain tickets, each with its source.

“It is known worldwide for its cable car and panoramic views of the city and beyond.”

The climb has two steps. Wikipedia says passengers take two cable cars, and the first goes up to the shorter Morro da Urca, 220 m high. The second continues to the summit. The C2RIO listing matches that, with one ride from Praia Vermelha to Morro da Urca and another from Morro da Urca to Sugarloaf.

What	Detail
Viewing level	Morro da Urca at 220 m and the summit at about 396 m, per Wikipedia
Address	Pista Claudio Coutinho, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, per Google Maps (the natural monument listing)
Opening hours	6 AM to 6 PM on the Google Maps listing for the monument; check the official site for cable car times
Google Maps rating	4.9 from 60,717 reviews
Meeting point	Vermelha Beach Station for the cable car ticket, per the listing
Time to allow	2 hours for the cable car ticket, 3.5 to 4 hours for the tours, per the listings

Sugarloaf Mountain Skip-the-Line Tickets

The Sugarloaf Mountain ticket I’d start from is the plain one. The C2RIO cable car ticket costs $44 and is rated 4.58 from 93 reviews. It includes both cable car rides, from Praia Vermelha to Morro da Urca and then up to Sugarloaf, and full access to the park. Free cancellation runs until 24 hours before.

One reviewer wrote that it was easy and that there were no queues in August. Another said the weather and views were very good and the staff friendly. That fits the idea of skip-the-line Sugarloaf Mountain tickets: you hold the voucher before you arrive, though the length of the queue on the day still depends on the season and the weather.

C2RIO TOURS & TRAVEL

Sugarloaf Mountain Cable Car Ticket

• ★ 4.6 (93 reviews)
• 2 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: My default for a first visit: the cable car ticket at $44, both rides included, 4.58 stars from 93 reviews, free cancellation.

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Sugarloaf Mountain Observation Deck Tickets

If you search for Sugarloaf Mountain observation deck tickets, the only listing here that sells a different way up is the motorbike tour from Jhonny Guia at $166.39. It lasts 3.5 hours, with hotel pickup and drop-off by motorcycle, a guide who is also your photographer, polaroid prints on the spot and photo and video coverage. The itinerary lists a 30 minute ride, a guided tour of about 2.5 hours, and stops at Morro da Urca and a local cafe.

The listing says the price includes tickets to Sugarloaf Mountain, but it does not spell out the cable car rides, so I’d message the operator before booking if the summit is your reason for coming. It has no reviews yet. That makes it the least proven of the three, and $122.39 more than the plain cable car ticket, so I’d pick it for the photos and the ride, not the lowest price.

Jhonny Guia

Sugarloaf Mountain Motorbike Tour with Polaroid Photos

• 3.5 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: A 3.5 hour motorbike ride with a photographer and polaroids at $166.39. No reviews yet, so book it for the experience.

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Sugarloaf Mountain Tickets Fast Pass

There is no fast pass product on the list, and the nearest thing is the private tour from Jeitinho Conciergerie. It costs $105.38 and includes the cable car ticket (the bondinho), a local guide and Jeitinho assistance, in a private group. It runs 4 hours, can be done in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish, and carries the skip-the-line label on GetYourGuide. Drinks, food, gratuities and insurance are not included.

Booked this way, Sugarloaf Mountain tickets come with someone to handle the timing for you, which matters most for a family or a small group that wants a set plan. It has no reviews yet, so the case for it is the guide, not the track record. Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before.

Jeitinho Conciergerie

Sugarloaf Mountain: Private Tour with Live Guide & Cable Car Ticket

• 4 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: The private option at $105.38: guide and cable car ticket together, 4 hours, no reviews yet, free cancellation.

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Sugarloaf Lift Tickets

Searches for Sugarloaf lift tickets mix up two places. There is a ski resort with the same name in the United States, and in Rio the lift is the cable car. Only the Rio one is covered here. Wikipedia says the cableway has run since 1912, and that the car holds 65 people.

The cable car ticket at $44 is the lift ticket in the sense most visitors mean. The two tours both include a cable car ticket or Sugarloaf entry as part of a larger price, so they are not lift tickets on their own. For the shortest, cheapest trip up, choose the plain Sugarloaf Mountain ticket above.

Sugarloaf Lift Tickets Price

Sugarloaf Mountain tickets here range from $44 to $166.39, and the gap comes from the guide and transport wrapped around entry. The cable car ticket is $44. The private tour is $105.38, which is $61.38 more for a guide and a four-hour private plan. The motorbike tour is $166.39.

To see the total for your group, pick a product in the calculator.

Sugarloaf Lift Tickets Discount Code

I found no discount codes in my data, and I would not trust a random code site for Sugarloaf Mountain tickets. What I can say is where the savings are: the plain cable car ticket at $44 is the cheapest listing, and every option can be cancelled free up to 24 hours before, so you can book early and change the date if the forecast turns. For a group, work out the cost with the calculator above before you choose a tour. Check the official site for any current offers.

Sugarloaf Mountain Reviews

Only one of the three Sugarloaf Mountain tickets has reviews, and they are good. The cable car ticket holds 4.58 from 93 reviews on GetYourGuide. Google Maps is a larger sample: the natural monument listing is rated 4.9 from 60,717 reviews.

“Perfect and just as described! Quite easy and no queues in August!”

The warning is thin evidence for the two tours: neither has a rating yet. Treat their prices as the cost of a guide and wait for reviews if you are cautious.

How Long Does Sugarloaf Mountain Take

Allow 2 hours for the cable car ticket among the Sugarloaf Mountain tickets, which is the duration in the listing. That covers two rides and time at Morro da Urca and the summit. The private tour is listed at 4 hours and the motorbike tour at 3.5 hours, and the motorbike itinerary breaks that into a 30 minute ride, about 2.5 hours of guided tour and a free hour for photos.

If you want sunset, plan for longer. I’d arrive about an hour before the sun goes down, as the planner below suggests, and then stay for the lights to come on.

Sugarloaf Mountain Rio

Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio is the peak at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, and it is the other great viewpoint of the city beside Christ the Redeemer. The two sit about 5.5 km apart in a straight line by my calculation from Google Maps coordinates, so many visitors do them on separate mornings. If you are building the trip, the Christ the Redeemer tickets page compares the options for the statue.

Wikipedia describes the peak as named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined sugarloaf. The summit view looks across the bay to Botafogo and Copacabana, and the city’s other viewpoints are in the table further down.

Which Sugarloaf Mountain Tickets Include the Cable Car?

Of all the questions about Sugarloaf Mountain tickets, this is the one I would settle before paying, because the listings word it differently. The C2RIO listing names both rides, from Praia Vermelha to Morro da Urca and from Morro da Urca to Sugarloaf, so that one is unambiguous. The Jeitinho private tour lists a cable car ticket, the bondinho, in its inclusions. The Jhonny Guia motorbike tour lists tickets to Sugarloaf Mountain and a stop at Morro da Urca, without naming the rides.

Wikipedia calls the cable car a bondinho or, more formally, a teleférico, and says passengers take two of them to reach the top. So when a listing says the cable car ticket is included, expect both stages. The listings do not state the size of the queue at either station, and I would not promise a time. Meeting points differ too: the cable car ticket gives Vermelha Beach Station, the private tour gives a Google Maps pin, and the motorbike tour collects you from your South Zone hotel.

Getting to Sugarloaf Mountain

Praia Vermelha is the starting point, and Google Maps puts the Sugarloaf natural monument on Pista Claudio Coutinho in Urca, a short way from the beach. The data I have does not list a metro or bus route, so I would not invent one: ask your hotel, or use a ride-hailing app to the Vermelha Beach Station named in the C2RIO listing. If you take a guided option, the transfers are part of the price, and the motorbike tour picks you up and drops you off.

For a self-guided visit with Sugarloaf Mountain tickets in hand, allow the 2 hours from the listing and add travel on top. Arriving before the evening crowd is a better use of your time than rushing, so I’d plan to be at the station in the early afternoon and be at the summit well before the light changes.

Is Sugarloaf Mountain Safe?

Before you buy Sugarloaf Mountain tickets, know that the ride is a regulated cable car operation that has run since 1912, according to Wikipedia, and the car holds 65 people. I have no incident data in my files, so I will not rate it beyond that. The practical points are about weather and common sense: wind and cloud can close or spoil a visit, so a refundable booking is worth having, and every listing here allows cancellation up to 24 hours before. Keep your phone and camera secured while you shoot at the top, and check the official site for notices on the day.

Best Time to Visit Sugarloaf Mountain

Cloud decides whether the view pays off, so pick your day for Sugarloaf Mountain tickets with the weather in mind. In the 2025 weather data from Open-Meteo, the clearest months were March at 39% average cloud cover, February at 41% and May at 42%. The cloudiest were January at 62% and October at 61%. The rainiest were November with 17 rainy days and October with 16.

Month	Sunset (Sao Paulo time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Jan	18:43	62%	11.4 h	13
Febclearest	18:31	41%	11.8 h	2
Marclearest	18:08	39%	10.9 h	5
Apr	17:39	57%	9.3 h	14
Mayclearest	17:19	42%	9.4 h	3
Jun	17:15	45%	9.4 h	8
Jul	17:24	43%	9 h	7
Aug	17:37	47%	9.6 h	7
Sep	17:46	49%	9.7 h	10
Oct	17:57	61%	9.4 h	16
Nov	18:14	56%	10.6 h	17
Dec	18:34	58%	11.3 h	11

Sunset ranges from 17:15 in June to 18:43 in January. The planner below gives the sunset and the entry time for any date.

My rule for Sugarloaf Mountain tickets is to book a refundable one, watch the forecast and arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset. May, June and July look best to me: May had only 3 rainy days in the data and June sunset comes early, so you do not wait late.

What You Can See From Sugarloaf Mountain

The summit is about 396 m high according to Wikipedia. The calculator below uses that height to show how far you can see on a clear day.

Distances are straight-line from Sugarloaf, computed from Google Maps coordinates.

Lookout Babylon is the closest at 2.0 km (1.2 miles), and Mirante Dona Marta is 4.1 km (2.5 miles) away. The Selarón Steps are 4.4 km (2.7 miles), the Arcos da Lapa 4.7 km (2.9 miles) and the Metropolitan Cathedral 5.0 km (3.1 miles). The Forte de Copacabana is 5.2 km (3.2 miles), Christ the Redeemer 5.5 km (3.4 miles) and the Pedra do Arpoador 5.8 km (3.6 miles).

Sugarloaf Mountain vs Other Viewpoints in Rio

Sugarloaf is not the only place to look at Rio from above, even if Sugarloaf Mountain tickets are the ones most people buy first. Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps, and distances are straight-line from Sugarloaf.

Viewpoint	Google rating	Reviews	Distance	Cost
Sugarloaf Mountain (natural monument listing)	4.9	60,717	the summit itself	Paid
Christ the Redeemer	4.8	132,840	5.5 km (3.4 mi)	Paid
Mirante Dona Marta	4.8	10,247	4.1 km (2.5 mi)	Check locally
Lookout Babylon	4.6	75	2.0 km (1.2 mi)	Check locally
Rio Star	4.5	12,278	7.4 km (4.6 mi)	Paid
Mirante do Leblon	4.8	19,467	8.5 km (5.3 mi)	Check locally

The pairing I’d make is with Christ the Redeemer, whose statue you can only see from a place like this. The Rio Star is a Ferris wheel at Porto Maravilha, a different kind of view and closer to downtown.

How I’d Choose

• Cheapest of the Sugarloaf Mountain tickets: the C2RIO cable car ticket at $44, both rides included.
• First visit: the same ticket, because it is the only one with reviews, 4.58 from 93.
• Sunset: the $44 ticket on a refundable booking, arriving 45 to 60 minutes before sundown.
• A guide and no planning: the Jeitinho private tour at $105.38, with the cable car ticket included.
• Photos and a ride: the Jhonny Guia motorbike tour at $166.39, after you confirm the cable car with the operator.
• Families on a budget: Sugarloaf Mountain tickets at $44 per person, using the group calculator for the total.