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Activities for Children
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Jardim Zoológico
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Sugar Loaf Mountain
As well as housing over
2,000 animals, including large
carnivores in big enclosures,
this smart, modern zoo runs
an important captive-breeding
programme for marmosets and
tamarins - the world's smallest
monkeys. A little train takes
children through the zoo.
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Map
E1 • Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão
• (021) 3878 4200 • Open 9am-4:30pm
Tue-Sun • Adm • www.rio.rj.gov.br/riozoo
The views from the Sugar
Loaf and Morro da Urca may be
spectacular, but children will
particularly relish the dramatic
cable-car rides to the hilltops.
The trails on the hills are also
worth exploring. Look out for the
indigenous tufted-eared marmo-
sets. The Sugar Loaf has a café-
bar and Morro da Urca has cafés
and restaurants, as well as a
theater that hosts popular shows
and concerts
(see pp12-13)
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Jardim Botânico
Tucked away behind Lagoa
Rodrigo de Freitas, this shady
tropical garden, with its ponds,
little streams, and waterfalls, is a
lovely place to while away a
sunny afternoon. Children will be
delighted to spot squirrels and
agoutis
- rabbit-sized rodents
that look a little like tiny deer.
The garden's Café Botânico sells
ice cream
(see pp18-19)
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This little playground, tucked
under the looming Os Dios
Irmãos hill at the far end of
Leblon beach, has climbing
frames and sandpits. Kids can
cool off with coconut milk
available at juice stalls nearby.
There are child-friendly cafés
and restaurants too. This is
one of Leblon's safest areas.
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Map L6 • Leblon beach
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Espaço Cultural da
Marinha
The Navy Cultural Center
features a museum of under-
water archaeology and
navigation, and ships moored
in a private harbor.
Galeota
, a
former royal barge that is used
for tours around the bay, a sub-
marine, and a World War II
warship - the
Bauru -
will also
fascinate youngsters
.
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Map X2 •
Av Alfredo Agache, Centro • (021) 2104
6879 • Open noon-5pm Tue-Sun • Adm •
www.mar.mil.br/sdm/ecm/ecm.htm
A waterfall in Jardim Botânico
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