Corporate Boat Events in Rio: How to Organise One and What It Costs
Corporate boat events in Rio de Janeiro: real prices for 16 to 50 guests, with a formal invoice and contract. Year-end parties, team building and product launches.
Jet Life
20/06/2026 · 5 min read
A corporate event on a boat solves two problems at once: it gets the team out of the office and it caps the time. Nobody leaves a boat early. Five hours on the water are five hours with the whole group together, which rarely happens in a hotel function room.
This covers what procurement usually asks about: rates by group size, what the company gets on paper, and how the day actually runs.
Cost by group size
The price is per vessel, for the standard 5-hour trip, fuel and skipper included. These are the four vessels that handle company events:
- Senna 50, up to 16 guests: R$ 8,500
- Iate 52 pés, up to 20 guests: R$ 9,500
- 50-person Schooner: R$ 16,875
- 70 ft Catamaran, up to 50 guests: R$ 25,000
Notice that the 50-person Schooner charges less than the 70 ft Catamaran for the same 50 people. Judged on cost per guest, it is the most efficient on this list at about R$ 338 a head at full capacity. A group of 30 pays about R$ 833 per guest on the Catamaran and R$ 563 on the 50-person Schooner, with room to spare.
What the company gets
- An electronic invoice issued to the company tax number. In Brazil this document is called a nota fiscal, and it is what finance needs to book the expense.
- A formal contract with the terms of the event in writing.
- A quote back within 2 business hours.
It is worth confirming these points with any supplier before booking. An operator who cannot issue an invoice will jam your procurement process after the event has already happened, and at that point there is no fixing it.
Formats that work aboard
Year-end party
The most frequent request and the first to leave the calendar. December fills months ahead, so a large group needs to book around September.
Team building
A boat favours small-group conversation, because people spread out across the bow, stern and sun deck. It works better without a formal exercise. The setting does the work.
Product launch and client hosting
Smaller group, higher-spec vessel. The Iate Senna 50 Pés takes up to 16 people at R$ 8,500, a yacht rate, which does not follow the cost-per-guest logic of the others.
Food and drink
There is catering aboard, with barbecue and open bar, quoted separately according to guest count. The alternative is for the company to bring its own catering, since there is no corkage and no minimum spend. Coolers with ice are included either way.
How the day runs
Departure from Marina da Glória, in Glória. Worth agreeing with the team how each person gets there, since some will drive and some will not.
The standard route passes Flamengo Beach and Botafogo Beach, runs to Urca Beach at the foot of Morro da Urca and Sugarloaf Mountain, and comes back across the bay. The swim stop at Praia Vermelha is an extension of the route, at a different price arranged on WhatsApp. Copacabana and the Cagarras Islands are arranged separately. Operations run 09:00 to 19:30, every day.
When to book
A 50% deposit closes the booking, and the deposit is what holds the date. For company events this is usually the bottleneck, because payment goes through finance and takes longer than the date takes to be claimed by another group.
If the date is still open, the full fleet rates are in how much a boat rental in Rio costs.
Boats for this kind of trip
From our fleet, the ones that fit what you just read.
