What is a helicopter ride in Rio de Janeiro like? — featuring The Travel Tips Guy

0:00 It's the chopper. That was scary. Look at this guy. Check that out. We have landed in Rio de Janeiro in Copacabana Yeah, I think I I got the pronunciation right now. It's Copacabana Beach. So, currently on Copacabana Beach.

0:26 It's quite considering it's like 7:00 a.m. It's quite busy. Here 2 days and going to try and fit in as much stuff as possible before we head off into the Amazon jungle. All right, so we are at a place where we're going to fly a helicopter. It's the best and quickest way to see multiple sites at one go considering we

0:52 have 2 days. Hello. Yes. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Yes. Okay, we can leave, please. Yes, stick to the doors. This is the doors off one. You need to wear these harnesses, but we are going for the regular doors on.

1:17 To the chopper. So, that was 920 Brazilian reals, which is about 128 quid thereabouts. So, it's quite pricey, but for a 35-minute helicopter ride and one of the cheaper places that you can actually fly a helicopter. Most other places are a lot, lot more, so

1:42 if you ever want to do a helicopter ride at some point in your life, then this is probably one of the best places. To the chopper! It's the chopper! The chopper! >> After takeoff, we flew low over some open fields. Honestly, it felt like

2:07 something straight out of Airwolf. Anyone else remember that show? As we climbed higher, the forest-covered mountains of Pedra Branca came into view. Beyond them, the vast urban sprawl of Rio gradually revealed itself, stretching all the way to the coastline. Before long, we were out over the

2:23 Atlantic Ocean as the famous Copacabana Beach appeared below us. Amazingly, we could even spot our hotel from the helicopter. Then came the highlight of the flight. Just ahead was Christ the Redeemer, probably Rio's most iconic landmark. From the ground, it's impressive enough, but seeing it from the air is on another

2:39 level. Perched high above the city, surrounded by mountains and looking out over the beaches below, it's easy to see why it's one of the most recognizable monuments in the world. After completing a few circuits around Christ the Redeemer, we continued exploring the city from above. In the

2:54 distance, we caught a glimpse of the famous Maracanã Stadium before turning back towards the heliport. The return journey was a little more eventful, with some noticeable turbulence along the way. Thankfully, I lived to tell the tale.

3:26 Oh, mama. That was scary. But that was awesome. That was fun. Oh. So glad to be back on firm ground. It was actually starting to get scary when there was a bit of turbulence. But yeah, you know what? That's actually a really good way to see Rio. And in fact, because we've you know, seen Christ the Redeemer from

3:52 the helicopter, we actually got better views than you would if you were to be on, you know, the platform around Christ Redeemer. In fact, we saw such a huge crowd there. It's like we we actually giving Christ visiting Christ Redeemer a miss because essentially we've got better shots from the helicopter.

4:08 So, yeah, it's actually worthwhile if you think about it because you've saved the cost of actually going there in one sense. I mean, you you can still go there, but we're choosing not to. Um But, yeah, a worthwhile ride. So, this is Rio to Fly. Go check them out. Well worth it, I think, in my opinion.

4:29 Yeah, I don't think I'll be doing a helicopter ride anytime soon. Um that was actually quite scary. And we are here in a very windy Sugarloaf Mountain cable car. We're going to try and head up there using this. So, this is the cable car. They call it Park Bundinho. We bought the pass

4:52 195 Brazilian real, which is about 26 quid. So, actually use one of these self-service terminals, which is quite straightforward, really. So, what? We're getting our picture taken. The usual tourist crap. Although the staff tried to sell us priority boarding, we didn't really need

5:12 it. As you can see, the lines through the standard queues completely empty. Okay, we're currently at station two. We need to go up to the next one. So, up here you can actually do a helicopter ride similar to the one that we've done. Although the route is actually slightly shorter.

5:36 In fact, let's have a look at the route. Okay, they do have they have multiple routes. What the hell is What the hell is it a squirrel? Is it a What is it? It looks like a Those things look like the Gremlins. So, this is the what they call station two.

6:01 And there's a few things going on here. There is, but um Not too bad. If you just wanted a nice day out and you didn't want to go to the very top, this is probably a nice perfect place to come, have a meal, have a bit of a wander around. Ooh, look at the view on this side, bro. All right. Look at the You can see the

6:23 airport from here. Mhm. I don't know which smell it is, but I don't know what it is. Something smells amazing. Not sure what it is. It's quite a nice atmosphere. Everyone's chatting about. Everyone's easy, taking pictures. Now, this is one of those questions where I'm trying to Google it, but I

6:47 wonder why it's actually called Sugarloaf Mountain. Okay. We need to head there next. So, off to the cable car. Oh my god, this is the queue down. Look over there. Okay. I think this is the way to the main view.

7:13 Although this was one of the views, I wouldn't say it was one of the best here. Look at this guy. >> You want to sit on that, Joe? Come on. >> What are you doing? We're at the very windy top section. You want some pass through the crowd of people.

7:41 It's actually a nice place. It's got all these people and all taking pictures, basically. It's in fact it's just after you come out of the cable car. Make a right here. And it's got the best view here. It's quite a small area, but he actually has the best view. You can actually see

8:00 uh Copacabana Beach from here. So, there are facilities up here. So, you've got a lift, toilets, and there's a few restaurants down this way. So, you've got some dessert place or some sort. So, there's even clothes shops here. Pizza bar. I've never heard of a pizza bar.

8:26 So, we are done with the upper station. There are a few places to eat here, but we're going to head to station one to station one, station two, basically the middle station, to eat something. Now, we have to join this super long queue. Flipping heck, that's the queue to get back down.

8:47 And it stretches down those stairs down there. That is crazy. I mean, to be fair, the queue is moving fast. Eventually, after about half an hour wait, I made it on. So, they've got a bit of a museum museum or some sort. Just talking about the history of the mountain and cable car, I guess. Which

9:12 is quite interesting. I do like things like that, to be honest. Uh but yeah, no time for that. Need to go and get some food. Thank you. Beautiful view. We sat at this restaurant. And the view Check it out. Okay, it's actually night time now. And in fact, you can probably see behind me.

9:36 I'll I around, Sugarloaf Mountain itself completely in the dark now. We're done here. We had a nice meal at that restaurant over there. And I think really head on down in the dark now. And look at this city view. Oh my word. It's quite nice. See all the city lit up.

10:03 But yeah, Sugarloaf Mountain is definitely worthwhile.