Skip-the-Line: Sugarloaf Mountain Cable Car Ticket

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Itinerary

1. Your skip-the-line ticket is valid for any departure time on the day of your visit. Cable cars run every 20 minutes from morning to night, and can accommodate 65 people. It takes three minutes to go up to the first mountain, Morra da Urca, and an additional three minutes to reach the summit. Your ticket is valid for any returning cable car and you can spend as much time as you want at the top.

   2 hAdmission included

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews

Ratings come from 556 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 1Not recommended at all!

  It is always better to use the official purchasing site. However, Rio Janeiro Pao Açucar site doesn't allow me to buy tickets with my credit cards, so tried this trip advisor thing. The day for the tickets was completely closed with fog, impossible to see the mountain until you were close as few meters. For the Cristo Redentor, I was able to reschedule due this weather issue, because I bought tickets in the official site. When I tried to do the same asking in tripadvisor support link to help me rescheduling, I never got any miserable reply... The message is clear: sales are final, period. I never again will use other than official site. If no possible due credit card limitations, I should have tried with some other ways, like buying locally just at arrival, or asking any Brazilian acquittance to buy for me the tickets with Brazilian card, etc. anything is good but using tripadvisor is too risky to lose the whole money as I did unfortunately due weather conditions.

  aureliomegaJune 2026via Tripadvisor

• 4Worth it

  Definitely worth having skip the queue as it’s super busy, you don’t need to print your ticket just have it on your phone go to priority lane and the scan the bar code at the kiosk.

  Smart HJune 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Amazing

  The cable car experience was amazing BUT getting through trip advisor was terrible- I will never use trip advisor again

  David FJune 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Well worth it

  You’ll have to change your viator confirmation email/ticket into a voucher at the main ticket area of the cable car. It is chaotic and did take about 30 minutes to do…HOWEVER it is well worth it when you see how long the ques are to get onto the cable car for the peoepl who do not have skip the line. Thoroughly reccomend paying the extra, saving your feet and time by purchasing skip the line tickets.

  MissR_GMay 2026via Viator

• 5A excellent trip

  A well organised trip and no waiting in queues. The staff working on sugarloaf were helpful and friendly.

  Howard_KMay 2026via Viator

• 5Excellent. Don’t miss it!

  Perfect. Definitely worth paying for skip the line - especially for return trip! Saved us loads of valuable holiday time to enjoy other things. Views from both platforms stunning.

  Dawn VMay 2026via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in Rio de Janeiro

• Its from-price is 40% above the median of the 11 attraction tickets we list in Rio de Janeiro.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 3 of 11.

About Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro sweeps between mountains and ocean, a city of famous beaches, granite peaks, samba rhythms and a carnival known around the world.

Christ the Redeemer stands with open arms atop Corcovado, looking down on the city, and cable cars climb Sugarloaf Mountain for views across Guanabara Bay. Below, the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema are the stage for daily life, with volleyball, kiosks and the wave-patterned promenade, while Leblon and Arpoador extend the strip.

Top-ranked sights in Rio de Janeiro: Christ the Redeemer Statue (Cristo Redentor), Sugarloaf Mountain (Pao de Açúcar), Selarón Steps (Escadaria Selarón).

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