Comments on: A Favela Tour in Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro: How to Do One Respectfully and Responsibly https://uncorneredmarket.com/favela-tour-rio/ Travel That Cares for Our Planet and Its People Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:53:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/favela-tour-rio/#comment-1525192 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 11:31:44 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=32233#comment-1525192 In reply to Kelly.

Thank you, Kelly. We really appreciate it.

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/favela-tour-rio/#comment-1525190 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 11:31:15 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=32233#comment-1525190 In reply to Susan Moore.

Great to hear you had such a worthwhile favela experience, Susan. Great idea to walk down through the neighborhood. That’s less strenuous than walking up. And it ensures some interaction with the people you meet along the way.

]]> By: Kelly https://uncorneredmarket.com/favela-tour-rio/#comment-1513146 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:50:32 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=32233#comment-1513146 Fabulous overview and explanation of favelas and the ethics around tourism in them. Thank you!!

]]> By: Susan Moore https://uncorneredmarket.com/favela-tour-rio/#comment-1513015 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 23:11:53 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=32233#comment-1513015 Great post! Yes the tour must benefit the community. It should be a means of bringing commerce to the neighborhood. In 2010 I took a favela tour to Rocinha. Our guide hired locals with motorcycles to bring us up the big hill, it was fun! He paid each of them on the spot. Then we walked back down the hill through the neighborhood, learning some history of the area, stopping at an art gallery, a drum performance, another stop with handmade jewelry and crafts, a bakery with delicious pastries. It was an excellent tour. Our guide knew the people of the neighborhood and that’s part of what made it such a good experience.

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