as one of the great lures of hiking is the chance to enjoy earth's natural environments, rio de janeiro, with its untamed ecological exoticism, is an outstanding location for the activity. hiking is popular throughout the whole of brazil, with its first hiking club dating back to 1957, when antónio glayr santarnecchi founded the wanderers club, in săo caetano do sul.
however, in rio, hiking has been taking place, as a leisure activity for hundreds of years - the famous corcovado mountain, was one of the first spots in rio, in which hiking took place, as emperor dom pedro i, opened a trail there to reach the summit, during colonial times. corcovado is still considered one of the greatest locations, in the city, to go hiking, as the trail now leads to the iconic christ the redeemer statue.
