How Much Does It Cost to Rent a Boat in Rio de Janeiro in 2026?

Boat rental in Rio is priced per vessel and per trip, not per person and not per hour. The standard trip runs 5 hours. Below is the real fleet table, with cost per person calculated at full capacity.

Price table by vessel

Small groups, up to 10 people

• 29 ft Speedboat, up to 8 people: R$ 1,800 (R$ 225 per person)
• 30.5 ft Speedboat, up to 10 people: R$ 2,500 (R$ 250 per person)

Mid-sized groups, 12 to 35 people

• Ibiza 45, up to 25 people: R$ 6,500 (R$ 260 per person)
• Senna 50, up to 32 people: R$ 10,625 (R$ 333 per person)
• Tecnomarine 50, up to 35 people: R$ 11,875 (R$ 340 per person)
• Prestige 60, a yacht for up to 12 people: R$ 18,750. Here the price does not follow capacity. You are paying the yacht standard.

Large groups, 40 to 65 people

• Barco Gourmet 53, up to 40 people: R$ 8,750 (R$ 219 per person)
• Malik, up to 50 people: R$ 16,875 (R$ 338 per person)
• Oceano Catamaran, up to 65 people: R$ 17,500 (R$ 270 per person)

Jet skis follow different logic, charged by the hour. That sits in how much a jet ski costs in Rio.

What moves the price

Three things change the number, and the day of the week is not one of them:

• Vessel size. The dominant factor. Smallest to largest in the fleet is a tenfold difference.
• Duration. The standard is 5 hours. Extra hours are agreed separately, when the boat schedule that day allows.
• Route. Urca and Guanabara Bay are included. Copacabana, the Cagarras Islands, Niterói and Itaipu are agreed separately because they burn more fuel and more sailing time.

The customer price does not change on weekends or holidays. What changes on those dates is availability, not the rate.

What is included

Fuel for the route, a licensed captain, life jackets and coolers with ice. There is no fuel surcharge at the end of the trip, which is the most common surprise charge in this market. It is worth asking any company about that before booking.

Food and drink you bring yourself. No corkage, no minimum spend.

How to pay less per person

• Fill the boat. It is the only factor that really moves the individual cost. The 30.5 ft comes to R$ 250 per person with 10 aboard and R$ 500 with 5.
• Compare at the right capacity. A group of 30 pays R$ 340 a head on the Tecnomarine 50 and R$ 219 on the Barco Gourmet 53, which still has room to spare.
• Bring your own food. Drinks bought at the supermarket instead of catered change the total more than any discount on the day rate.

How payment is split

Half on booking, half on the day of the trip. The 50% deposit is what locks the date in the calendar, and it is the part that catches people who leave the decision to the eve of a holiday weekend.

If you are still weighing it up, the comparison against other things to do in Rio is in is renting a boat in Rio worth it. To understand what each vessel offers, the complete boat rental guide covers routes, capacity and booking.