Like the visit to Christ the Redeemer Statue, one of the other most popular attractions for tourists to visit in Rio de Janeiro is Pão de Açúcar or Sugar Loaf Mountain. This is due to more fabulous views which overlook this incredible city, along with views of Christ the Redeemer itself on top of Corcovado. You can see here a helicopter coming into land as tourists get a view of this spectacular sight from the air.
The name, Pão de Açúcar, derives because people used to think it looked like the mould used when refining sugar cane, although Lewis the Lion thought it looked a little bit more like a termite mound, especially when viewed from Copacabana Beach!
The fun part about visiting Sugar-Loaf Mountain is that you got the chance to go on two cable cars: one to the top of Morra da Urca (220 metres high) and then to the summit of Sugar Loaf itself (396 metres!) Lewis the Lion just loved the thought of being suspended in the air whilst being able to look out of all the glass panels around you!
Click on the following words to see a short video clip of Lewis on Sugar Loaf Mountain:
Lewis gets a panoramic view from Sugar Loaf Mountain.
At the summit, the views were simply stunning especially as Lewis had arrived at sunset and the sky was filled with beautiful colours, casting dramatic shapes and shadows across the landscape. Here are some of Lewis’ favourite pictures.
One of the other things that Lewis was happy to see at the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain was the different recycling bins for different types of rubbish: paper, plastic and metal. Lewis the Lion believes that it’s important to recycle for our environment.
How do you help look after the environment? What things do you try to recycle?
