trilhas do rio de janeiro is an organization of professional hiking and climbing guides - it can be contacted via form on this link, or via telephone at 21 3884.0311, also the organization provides a list of all hikes here.

one excellent company that arranges guided tours to this area with car pick-up from the zona sul is jungle me,  a company focusing on the interaction of nature and the city - they can be contacted via phone at 21 4105.7533, via email on this link, or via the official website here.

rio turismo radical can be contacted via the official website, or via the contact form on this page - Clube dos aventureiros is a great map page and in case something goes wrong, these numbers 3399.4361 3399.4350 offer search and rescue.