Journey 01 · Brazil · Carnival
Rio de Janeiro.
Carnival, from the inside.
The biggest party on earth, with the hard parts handled — three Sambadrome parade nights, Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf by day, and a 4-star base on Copacabana or Ipanema. Escorted end to end.
The Day-by-Day
Eight days. Three parade nights.
Fly Thursday night, wake up in Rio on Friday, and spend Carnival week inside it — not watching it from a hotel lobby.
Depart from Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) on American Airlines. Overnight flight south.
Morning arrival, airport transfer, and check-in at a 4-star hotel on Copacabana or Ipanema. Free time to find the beach, then a welcome dinner with the group.
City tour — Christ the Redeemer, Santa Teresa and Sugarloaf. Afternoon street bloco and beach nightlife, then a Bus and Plane group gathering in the evening.
Beach morning and a samba school rehearsal, then free time and shopping before the first Sambadrome parade night — your reserved seats are included.
A free day — optional helicopter tour over the city, sunset at Arpoador, then back to the Sambadrome for the 9pm parade.
Street blocos and shopping, a 4pm farewell dinner overlooking Copacabana, and one final 9pm Sambadrome parade.
Breakfast, beach and free time. Late-night airport transfer for the 11pm return flight.
Morning arrival back in the US, around 8am.
Itinerary subject to refinement — final version to all deposited travelers.
Everything Included
One booking. All of this.
Your price covers all of this — no surprise add-ons at the airport.
Full pricing and payment plan below — see pricing.
Pricing & Payment Plan
The price, and the plan.
Per person, double occupancy. A non-refundable deposit holds your seat — monthly payments do the rest.
Rio Carnival · Per Person
Traveling solo? Single occupancy is $5,895 per person — your own room, same trip.
Travel insurance not included
The Payment Plan
$500 deposit holds your seat
Non-refundable deposit at booking, then five monthly payments of $839:
Single occupancy: $500 deposit, then five monthly payments of $1,079 (Sep–Jan) — $5,895 total.
Package pricing is based on current supplier rates and is subject to availability until deposit and supplier confirmations are secured.
Airfare is included from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW). Flying from another city? A connecting flight to DFW can be added at additional cost. Late bookings may incur an air supplement.
Optional VIP Add-Ons
Rio, from the air.
One optional experience sits on top of this journey — built for the free day.
Helicopter Tour Over Rio
Sugarloaf, the Redeemer and the coastline from above — on your free Day 5.
Priced separately · reserve through your travel host
A travel host on every departure
Someone from Bus & Plane is with the group from the departure gate to the flight home — plans, problems and language, handled.
Pay the way people actually pay
A deposit holds your seat — the rest follows a payment schedule you know from day one. Nobody misses a trip over one big invoice.
Kept deliberately small
Escorted small groups, capped so the trip stays personal — and so seats genuinely run out.
Reserve Your Seat
Pricing is live. Seats are capped.
Seats are capped and Carnival fills first. A $500 deposit holds yours — or join the interest list for itinerary updates and departure news.
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