Ederson Oliveira

This was our first time visiting Rio and we only had a short timeline to see lot of great things! We were a bit worried, even our Brasilian work colleagues weren't sure we should go on a tour by ourselves, but Ederson communicated with us throughout the booking process and let us know exactly what to expect when we arrived. He assured us of the safety and we trusted his review. Sure enough, he picked us up from the airport and whisked us into the city. The weather was changing and he was spot on in suggesting doing our site-seeing a bit backwards in order to try and take advantage of clear conditions at Sugarloaf. We got up there just before the clouds came in! As he drove us around the various sites, he not only gave us a lot of great historical and cultural information; but we also noticed he knew everyone! Rio is his town and he is proud of it, taking people on tours is a way he gets to connect and share this love and show people Rio has so much more going on than what you read in the news! After a great lunch at a spot suggested by Ederson, we crossed our fingers and hoped the clouds, which had lingered all day over Christ the Redeemer, would part. We kept thinking positively all day and Ederson said anything could happen...and guess what...it did! Upon our arrival to the top we were greated with the most spectacular of late afternoon sunshine. He took us back to the airport with plenty of time for our late flight and we left with some amazing memories and great pictures that Ederson took of us!