praia dos búzios, praia do perigoso, praia do meio, praia funda, and praia do inferno are only accessible via barra de guaratiba, a neighborhood in the zona west of rio with limited access.

getting to this part of the city from zona sul can be time consuming due to traffic and narrow roads, thus we recommend starting the day very early - even better, it would be spending one night in a local pousada. 

estrada de grumari connects grumari beach to estrada roberto burle marx, and in turn to barra de guaratiba beach.