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Boat Trip for New Year's Eve in Rio de Janeiro

Boat trip for New Year's Eve in Rio: how it works, why to book months ahead, and what to expect. Operations do not run past 19:30, so the midnight countdown is not included.

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17/08/2026 · 5 min read

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Before booking, one thing upfront: operations run 09:00 to 19:30, every day, including December 31st. There is no overnight trip and no departure to watch the midnight fireworks. What is available is a daytime boat trip on the 31st, as a way to kick off the celebration before the night.

What you can do on the 31st

The same standard 5-hour trip, within normal operating hours. It works well as an afternoon plan: the group together on the water, sun, music, before heading to dinner or to Copacabana for the countdown at night. It is not the midnight trip, it is the warm-up for the day.

Group on a boat trip during the afternoon of December 31st in Rio de Janeiro
The New Year's Eve trip is daytime: it kicks off the celebration, it does not replace the countdown.

Why to book ahead

New Year's Eve is one of the dates that fills the calendar fastest each year, alongside all of December and long weekends. Unlike the rest of the calendar, availability here runs out months ahead, not weeks. Anyone who wants December 31st locked in usually books in October or earlier.

New Year's Eve has its own price
New Year's Eve (Dec 31 – Jan 1) has its own price, quoted by our team.

Price and policy, no surprises

New Year's Eve (Dec 31 – Jan 1) has its own price, quoted by our team. The 50% deposit locks in the date the same way it does any other day of the year. Light rain does not cancel it; only heavy rain or unsafe sea conditions do, in which case the date is rescheduled.

70 ft Catamaran cruising Guanabara Bay on a sunny day
New Year's Eve (Dec 31 – Jan 1) has its own price, quoted by our team.

If the plan is to see the Copacabana fireworks

The standard route covers Urca and Guanabara Bay. Copacabana, where the fireworks show is visible at night, is arranged separately, and still within the 19:30 operating window, not at midnight.

How to book

Confirm the date over WhatsApp as early as possible. Months ahead, there is still a choice of time slot and vessel; leaving it to November or December, the list of options will already be short.

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Boats for this kind of trip

From our fleet, the ones that fit what you just read. New Year's Eve (Dec 31 – Jan 1) has its own price, quoted by our team.

New Year's Eve has its own price
New Year's Eve (Dec 31 – Jan 1) has its own price, quoted by our team.