Directions
- Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008 - ticket offices, daily. There are free bike racks and an exclusive parking lot for people with severe mobility impairments (stickered vehicles); cars are allowed to board and alight people with mobility impairments (disabled, elderly, pregnant women)
- Rua Jardim Botânico, 920 - box office, open only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. There is a free bike rack.
- Rua Pacheco Leão, 101 - only visitors who bought tickets in advance (online sales), AAJB members and employees of the Botanical Garden.
- Rua Pacheco Leão, 915 - only visitors who bought tickets in advance (online sales), AAJB members and JBRJ employees.
Municipal bus lines
105 - Central
112 - Rodoviária
309 - Central Bus Station
SP309 - Central
410 - Saens Peña
439 - Vila Isabel
538 - Leme
548 - Botafogo Subway
584 - Circular
409 - Saens Peña (stops near the R. Pacheco Leão, 915 gate)
416 - Saens Peña - express (stops next to the Pacheco Leão street gate, 915)
Intercity bus lines
755D - Charitas x Gávea
775D - Charitas x Gávea (Via Lapa)
2755D - Charitas x Gávea
2775D - Charitas x Gávea (Via Lapa)
To check the updated lines, please visit: https://mobilidade.rio/fmcv
Subway/Tube
Take the Metro lines 1 or 2 and make the connection with the Metro bus at Botafogo Station. Jump off at Santos Dumont Square, in Gávea, entering the Garden at Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008. If you have purchased tickets in advance, you may choose to get off at the Jardim Botânico Station and enter through Rua Pacheco Leão, 101.
To leave, the Metrô bus heading to Botafogo stops at Rua Jardim Botânico, near the Jockey Club stands, in front of Praça Santos Dumont, and also at Rua Jardim Botânico, 657.
Bike
Besides the bicycle racks at the JBRJ, the Bike rental service has stations at the corner of Rua Jardim Botânico with Rua Lopes Quintas and at Praça Santos Dumont 40.
Cabs
Some cab cooperatives have cab stands close to the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro:
Horto Táxi (Rua Von Martius) 21 2241- 4222
Gávea Táxi (Rua Marquês de São Vicente) 21 2512-5228
JB Táxi (Benjamim Batista street) 21 2178-4000
Lagoa Táxi (Rua Maria Angélica) 21 2233-4605
Rio Rotativo parking service
At Santos Dumont Square there is a rotary parking service offered by Rio de Janeiro's City Hall. To use it, the driver must buy the ticket directly from the credentialed vendor on site.
Parking at the Jockey Club - entrances at Rua Jardim Botânico, 1003 and Praça Santos Dumont, 31 (in front of the Square). Visitors to Jardim Botânico have a discount. To obtain the discount, ask for the parking stamp at the Jardim Botânico ticket office and present it along with the ticket when paying for the parking.