Favela Tour - Rocinha's Tourism Workshop. Visit the largest slum in Latin
America with students from the Rocinha Tourism Workshop.
Rejane
Reis is the coordinator of the workshop which trains local
youngsters as guides to take you on this unique tour. Your visit
will help a local school as well as create work opportunities
within the community.
Be assured this in an absolutely safe tour as
the locals welcome tourists and visitors alike. You may also
purchase locally handcrafted items while on tour, in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
Call Direct to our Phone Numbers:(Don't
forget to mention that you are an internet client to guarantee
the price).
“It's unique because local children act as the tour guides”. By Steve
Kingstone, BBC NEWS, 2003.
“Nous vous conseillons Exotic Tours non seulement pour le professionnalisme des
guides mais aussi et surtout pour les programmes sociaux que Rejane Reis a
développés au sein de la favelha de Rocinha”. www.solidaroad.org
- 2003.
“Thanks to Rejane Reis, through her business, Exotic Tours, Reis has trained
neighborhood young people to escort curious outsiders through the favelas.Reis'
tourism workshop brings some money into the community”.
By Robert Cross,
Chicago Tribune, 2002.
Click
here Interview with Rejane Reis, the coordinator
of tourism workshop. 
You need Windows Media Player to watch the interview.