The 7 Best Cachaca Tours in Brazil

1.Pub Crawl in Lapa with Cachaça Tasting and Live Samba

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 881 reviews · 4 hours · from $33Our pick

Start with four cachaça tastings, then follow guides such as Andressa, Marcos, Raffa, or Nayara through Lapa’s arches, Selarón Steps, samba bars, and a late club. You get a caipirinha, skip-the-line entry, local guidance, and a social night out for $33.

“Highly recommend this tour as a first time solo women traveler. Super fun and met some great people. Our group was filled with 50 friendly people”

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2.Jungle Waterfalls and Cachaça Distillery Jeep Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 491 reviews · 6 hours · from $37

Ride a 4x4 from Paraty into Serra da Bocaina National Park for waterfall walks, natural pools, Tobogã’s rock slide, a regional lunch stop, and cachaça tasting at Engenho D’Ouro. English and Portuguese guides are available, with guides such as Everton, Luis, and Gilberto praised for their care and local knowledge.

“This tour exceeded my expectations. Took us to beautiful places and all the guides were incredible. Best tour we did in Brazil!”

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3.Historic Centre Walking Tour & Cachaça Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 96 reviews · 1h 30m · from $19

Meet in front of Santa Rita’s Church for a 90-minute walk through Paraty with guides such as Thiago. Learn about colonial trade, Freemasonry, Indigenous peoples, and the town’s UNESCO status, then sample sweet Gabriela cachaça with honey, clove, and cinnamon.

“Great tour! We learned a lot about the history of Paraty. Guide was friendly, knowledgeable and took the time to show us all around and answer our questions! Highly recommended!”

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4.Historical Tour with Cachaça Tasting – BY PARATY TOURS

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · from $11Best value

Meet Paraty Tours at 5:30 pm for a guided walk through Paraty’s stone streets, churches, museums, colonial houses, and art spaces. You’ll hear local legends, visit the city’s main religious landmarks, and learn how regional cachaça is made before tasting it at an authentic cachaçaria.

“Foi td muito bom, pois o guia conhecia muito bem todo centro histórico. Farei novos roteiros qdo eu voltar.”

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5.Full-Day Jungle Jeep Waterfall and Cachaça Distillery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 14 reviews · 6 hours · from $60

Join an English or Portuguese-speaking guide for a six-hour jeep trip from Paraty into the Serra da Bocaina area. You’ll visit Tobogã and Poço do Tarzan waterfalls, learn about the Gold Trail, taste cachaça at Engenho D’ouro, and see bromeliads, bamboo, and farm life.

“it was fun swimming at the waterfalls. there was very little to nil information on the plants of the forest and the tour did not follow the itinerary and some items were left out completely (ie seeing the bromeliads and the big tree and learning about the history of the gold road”

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6.Paraty Historic District: Walking Tour with Cachaca Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 12 reviews · 2 hours · from $15

Spend two hours walking Paraty’s cobbled Historic Center with an English or Portuguese-speaking guide. See churches, museums, craft shops, art studios, the Culture House, and Masonic details in the town’s design, then finish with a cachaça tasting.

“The tour did not flow - it felt like the guide was just telling us random facts he could remember about random stuff we walked past. He took us to quite a lot of shops, which weren’t related to the tour. He didn’t seem to speak very good English so when we asked questions, he couldn’t answer them. He was a nice guy, but the tour was probably the worst walking tour I’ve been on (I’ve been on loads and only one other tour was bad - normally I’ve found these kinds of tours are excellent).”

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7.Pub Crawl on Cachaça and Samba with Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 1 day · from $99

Start with hotel pickup in Copacabana, then walk through Lapa, the Selarón Steps, and Carioca Aqueduct before sampling caipirinha and street food. Finish with live samba, dancing, and a safe ride back. Guides speak English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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