Rio de Janeiro - focussing on Sugar Loaf Mountain

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The first earthTV camera in South America is located in Rio de Janeiro on top of "The Maze Inn". It offers a nice view of the town’s landmark, Sugar Loaf Mountain with cable cars and the Rio-São Paulo Air Shuttle winging past the mountain every half an hour. Furthermore, the camera shows Guanabara Bay with ships crossing, Niterói, the city on the opposite side of Guanabara Bay and the houses on the hillside neighbourhood of Catete below.

Facts about: Brazil

Geographic Information

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and covers almost half of South America. The Amazonas rain forests and high plateaus shape the country, the largest part of the population lives in metropolises near the Atlantic coast. Brazil’s climate is predominantly tropical, but sometimes there’s also snow in the higher regions.

Key aspects of tourism
About 4.8 million tourists visit the country each year – that’s quite few. The tourists like Rio’s famous carnival, the beaches and the capital Brasilia.