Hoca Tour - Rio de Janeiro - TravBuddy

DEVASSA JARDIM BOTÂNICO

Rio de Janeiro is very famous for its "bar-culture". The word "botequim" or "boteco" designate small places with freezing beer, lots of people, bad food and very low prices. The genre of place became so strong that a new style of "boteco" was created, it keeps the popular aura combined with a tiny sophistication. Devassa Bar in Jardim Botanico is an exemplar of the hip but cozy boteco, full of young and interesting people, Devassa has its own beer, in different versions: blond, red, black and indian. I had the blond and found it very special. The menu is another chapter: many yummy finger foods, typical of Brazil. Go feel yourself a real carioca !

Hoca Tour is an amazing trails, jeeps, land rovers company.I am a backpacker and most of my trips are planned in search of adventure. When I was last in Rio I stayed at a hostel located in Copacabana which is a neighborhood close by the beach. I asked the people who worked there if they knew of any activities that could be done by daytime, so they showed me a guide named Rio For Partiers. This was an easy to understand guide with lots of information on what to do in the city and the surrounding places. Me and my boyfriend did many of the ones listed, but the one we enjoyed the most was the Hoca Tour service, which takes you through dirt roads, open roads, sand dunes, rivers, waterfalls, oceans and many beautiful sights. The driver, Horacio, is very friendly too, and he has a lot of information on that area. We both had a really good time and we hope to come back again.