Sugarloaf Mountain opens Terra Viva on 18 November
Published on 11/14/2026 at 19:41 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSExhibition programme and venue
- Parque Bondinho opens Terra Viva Biomas Brasileiros at Casa MAG on 18 November 2026.
- Casa MAG presents Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest landscapes through projections, sound and interactive technology.
- The cable car linking Morro da Urca and Sugarloaf began operating in 1912.
- Sugarloaf rises 396 m above Rio de Janeiro at the mouth of Guanabara Bay.
Sugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar) in Rio de Janeiro will open Terra Viva Biomas Brasileiros on 18 November 2026. The immersive exhibition brings the Amazon, the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest to Casa MAG Bondinho on Morro da Urca, within the cable-car park.
The exhibition gives travellers a new cultural reason to visit the mountain during the second half of November and into the following weeks. It also introduces a new cultural venue within the complex, linking the landscape around Guanabara Bay with Brazil’s national ecosystems.
Terra Viva brings three Brazilian biomes to Morro da Urca
Parque Bondinho Pão de Açúcar is organising the exhibition with the Grupo Iter, the company responsible for managing the park. Details of the 18 November opening place the exhibition at Casa MAG Bondinho, a cultural space in the Morro da Urca amphitheatre.
Terra Viva Biomas Brasileiros uses large-scale projections, sound, scents and movement sensors to recreate environments and species. The route begins in the Amazon, continues through the Cerrado and ends in the Atlantic Forest, with water presented as a link between the three ecosystems.
The programme includes images of giant trees, water lilies, alligators and jaguars in the Amazon section. Cerrado scenes feature buriti palms and maned wolves, while the Atlantic Forest section includes bromeliads, muriquis and blue-and-yellow macaws. The exhibition also pays tribute to the protected natural monument of the Sugarloaf and Urca hills.
The exhibition programme describes an installation combining art, interactivity and technology. Its environmental focus is supported by SOS Mata Atlântica and Refauna, which works on the reintroduction of native animals in Rio de Janeiro state.
A 1912 cable car links the exhibition to Sugarloaf
The setting shapes the meaning of the new exhibition. Visitors reach Morro da Urca before the second cable-car stage climbs to Sugarloaf, so the route through Brazilian ecosystems sits within a real protected mountain landscape rather than a separate city museum.
Riotur records that the cable car opened in 1912 as Brazil’s first and the world’s third cable-car system. Riotur describes the cable car as a two-stage journey from Praia Vermelha to Morro da Urca and then to the summit.
The summit rises 396 m above sea level at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. The mountain and Urca hill form a natural monument, while the wider Rio de Janeiro landscape was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2012. That combination of granite peaks, forest and water gives the exhibition a direct connection to its surroundings.
Casa MAG adds a cultural venue above Rio
Casa MAG Bondinho is located in the amphitheatre on Morro da Urca and is opening with Terra Viva as its first project. The venue is intended to receive cultural and entertainment programmes within the cable-car complex.
The exhibition was developed with the multimedia studio Deeplab Project and On Projeções. Its presentation uses 42 projectors, 38 audio channels and 15 interactive sensors, with the systems synchronised to change the projected landscapes as visitors move through the route.
Visiting Sugarloaf Mountain: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- Terra Viva Biomas Brasileiros opens on 18 November 2026 at Casa MAG Bondinho on Morro da Urca.
- The exhibition is inside Parque Bondinho Pão de Açúcar, so visitors must reach the Morro da Urca area either through the park’s cable-car route or by the available access route to the hill.
- The address supplied by Riotur is Avenida Pasteur, 520, in the Urca area of Rio de Janeiro. The cable-car journey starts at Praia Vermelha, reaches Morro da Urca and continues to Sugarloaf.
- The visit involves a two-stage cable-car ascent and a mountain setting, with the summit at 396 m above sea level.
- The official language is Portuguese and the national currency is the Brazilian real.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about Sugarloaf Mountain
When does Terra Viva take place at Sugarloaf Mountain?
Terra Viva Biomas Brasileiros opens on 18 November 2026 at Casa MAG Bondinho on Morro da Urca.
What is Terra Viva Biomas Brasileiros?
It is an immersive exhibition about the Amazon, the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest, using projections, sound, scents and interactive technology.
Where is Sugarloaf Mountain and how do you get there?
It is in the Urca area of Rio de Janeiro beside Guanabara Bay. The visitor route begins at Praia Vermelha and uses two cable-car stages via Morro da Urca.
