at a glance

it is located not far from the entrance of the morro dois irmãos park and offers a quick alternative to hiking the morro dois irmãos which has many of the same viewing angles of rio's western end.

the morro dois irmãos park has a wide entrance ramp that makes it wheelchair accessible.

the area is well maintained, with two small plazas and monuments in homage to the victims of air france flight 447, a scheduled commercial flight that crashed into the ocean on its way from rio to paris in 2009, losing 216 people.

tourists can reach the overlook in car by driving to the end of niemeyer avenue or on foot going west on leblon beach.