Experiences

  • Kick Goals with a World Champ

  • Push Fashion Boundaries at a Carnival Atelier

  • Sample Brazil’s Most Iconic Spirit

  • The Wildest Meal You’ll Ever Eat

  • Share Sacred Flavors with a Candomblé Ialorixá

Kick Goals with a World Champ

There are few better examples of teamwork than a football team — a group bound by shared skill, intuition, and trust. Here, your team will join two-time World Champion Diogo Catarino for a high-energy beach soccer session on the iconic sands of Copacabana. From warm-ups to skill drills and friendly matches, every moment is designed to get people moving together, reading each other’s instincts, and playing as a unit.

The session ends with a relaxed cool-down by the sea, leaving your group energized, connected, and reminded of what’s possible when effort and trust move in the same direction.

Your Host

Born and raised in Copacabana, Diogo is a two-time FIFA Beach Soccer World Champion (2017, 2024) and gold medalist at the 2019 World Beach Games. With 30 caps for Brazil, 26 goals, and recognition as one of the world’s top five beach soccer players in 2021, Diogo brings elite-level skills into an accessible, team-focused format. On the sand where the sport was born, he transforms training into a shared moment of connection, fun, and focus.

  • Two-time FIFA Beach Soccer World Champion (2017, 2024)

  • Gold medalist, World Beach Games (2019)

  • 30 games for Brazil: 25 wins, 26 goals

  • Ranked among the world’s Top 5 players (BSWW, 2021)

Carnival is more than a party in Rio — it’s an expression of identity, craftsmanship, and collective joy, where artistry and performance are intertwined. Your team is invited into the atelier of Bellinha Delfim, one of Brazil’s most respected samba costume designers, for a rare behind-the-scenes look at how Carnival’s most spectacular looks are created. Guided by Bellinha herself, you’ll explore the materials, symbolism, and construction behind the costumes.

Push Fashion Boundaries at a Carnival Atelier

The experience concludes with a collective styling moment and photo session, leaving teams inspired by the power of making something extraordinary.

Your Host

Bellinha is the muse of Unidos do Viradouro — 2024 Rio Carnival champions — and founder of Delfim Atelier, one of Rio’s leading samba costume studios. A former athlete turned samba professor and designer, she creates standout costumes for the Sambadrome, international performers, and artists including Anitta, Alcione, and Tyla. Her atelier exports bespoke Carnival creations to more than 30 countries, translating Rio’s creative intensity into wearable spectacle.

  • Muse of Unidos do Viradouro (since 2021)

  • Estandarte de Ouro winner, Best Female Passista (2019)

  • Founder & CEO of Delfim Atelier, exporting to 30+ countries

  • Designed custom Carnival looks for Anitta, Alcione, Tyla

Sample Brazil’s Most Iconic Spirit

Every culture has a spirit that tells its story — in Brazil, that story is poured slowly, shaped by land, tradition, and time. Gather around the table for a guided tasting of rare Brazilian cachaças led by spirits expert Isadora Bello. Together, teams sample and compare regional expressions influenced by native woods, terroir, and production methods, discovering how Brazil’s most iconic spirit carries history in every sip.

The experience unfolds as a shared sensory journey, concluding with a relaxed group discussion that connects flavor, place, and cultural identity.

Your Host

Isadora — known as Isadinha — is one of Brazil’s leading cachaça specialists and sommeliers, based in Rio. With deep research into Brazilian woods and regional profiles, she consults for top bars, chefs, and cultural events. Her tastings turn spirits into stories, making rare cachaças accessible through warmth, expertise, and guided dialogue.

  • First Brazilian woman judge at Tales of the Cocktail (2020)

  • International judge, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (2019)

  • Consultant for Aprazível, Sofitel Ipanema, Pirajá

  • Cachaça and content consultant for Rede Globo

The Wildest Meal You’ll Ever Eat

Some of the most powerful resets happen when you step away from the city and return to what sustains it. Your team will join chef and forager Jorge Ferreira for a guided expedition through the lush Atlantic Rainforest of Tijuca. Along the way, participants identify native plants, learn their culinary and medicinal uses, and deepen their understanding of Brazil’s extraordinary biodiversity.

The walk concludes with a shared tasting of foraged ingredients, bringing nature, flavor, and collective discovery together in a grounded, memorable moment.

Your Host

Jorge Ferreira is a self-taught ethnobotanist and one of Brazil’s leading foragers, raised on a self-sufficient eco-farm by herbalist and healer parents. Through Wild Food Walks in Tijuca, he shares the edible and medicinal secrets of native species, blending ancestral knowledge with contemporary cuisine.

  • Featured on Netflix’s Chef’s Table with Alex Atala

  • Speaker at FRU.TO, Viva a Mata, Paraty Gastronomy Festival, Inhotim

  • Regular workshop leader in agroforestry and wild foods

  • Environmental and gastronomic consultant for 15+ years

Share Sacred Flavors with a Candomblé Ialorixá

Great food is often transformative, celebrating history, memory, and stories from the people who made it. Your team will cook side by side with Chef Leila Leão in Rio’s historic Little Africa, home to some of Brazil’s most important Afro-Brazilian traditions. Through a hands-on culinary session, participants prepare iconic dishes while learning the ancestral rituals, symbolism, and cultural meaning behind each ingredient.

The experience culminates in a shared meal, bringing food, storytelling, and collective creation together in the cradle of samba.

Your Host

Leila is an Iyalorixá (Candomblé priestess) and culinary cultural guardian, born into an Umbanda house and initiated at age 14. She founded Casa Omolokum in 2014 in Rio’s Little Africa, a historic Black heritage district considered the birthplace of samba and Carnival. With more than 30 years of experience, she bridges sacred terreiro cuisine and contemporary cultural expression, honoring the orixás through food.

  • Chef and founder of Casa Omolokum (12+ years)

  • Cultural guardian in Rio’s Little Africa

  • 30+ years researching and reinterpreting Afro-Brazilian sacred cuisine

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