Favela Tour Rocinha

Rocinha is Brazil’s largest favela: a city within the city, leaning on the mountain above São Conrado. The tour opens riding local mototaxis to the very top — from there we walk down, into the real life of the community.

On the way down we step into a local family’s home, visit the gallery of a graffiti artist born and raised here, and pass the pitch rebuilt by a footballer from Rocinha. We close with an Italian NGO that has worked in the community for over 20 years.

I tell it all in English, Italian or Portuguese, depending on the group. Small groups, human pace, nothing staged.