listed  below are  a number of organizations that specialize in turismo comunitário, assisting or accompanying visitors who wish to visit favelas. - favela tour,  legend holds this is the company that 20 years ago created the first favela tours in rocinha, and started the trend in brazil and around the world.

favela adventures, specializes in rocinha and has a great faq section - exotic tours offers the much praised favela tourism workshop, in both rocinha e santa marta.

jeep tour, a well known eco-tourism company in rio since 1992, offering favela tours into rocinha and santa marta - turismo alternativo is a tour company created and managed by residents of vidigal and offering visits in their own community - be a local tour arranges favela tours in rocinha where they also invite visitors to a local baile funk party (sunday nights only).

chapéu tour organizes favela tours into babilônia e chapéu mangueira, two communities located in leme - also in babilônia is coopbabilônia - reachable via the official website here, or via email on this link.