most tours allow for a peak into many interesting part of the bay, such as niterói, flamengo, the morro da urca, the sugar loaf, praia vermelha, and praia de fora - the place where the city of rio was founded.

the companies offering tours to the islands vary in route and ships, ranging from a world-war one ship to sail boats, yachts, and speed-boats.

depending on the tour, food and drinks are served onboard, and it is possible to go swimming for a while near the islands.

some of the companies offering the tours are marlim yacht charters, with boats for up to 80 people, orion yachts, with speed boats and sailboats, saveiros tur, that gets also to the fortaleza de santa cruz, and finally the laurindo pitta, last of the brazilian navy force of world war one, home to a small museum onboard.