Overview & Highlights
This holiday visits virgin rainforest, savannah and ancient tablelands over which spill the stunning Kaieteur Falls. The undisturbed landscapes are populated by a proliferation of wildlife: birdwatching is especially rewarding.
- Day trip to Kaieteur and Orinduik Falls, on a shared basis
- Guided shared excursions from Iwokrama River Lodge
- Guided shared explorations from Surama Eco Lodge,
- Guided shared excursions from Karanambu Ranch
- Guided shared excursions from Caiman House Field Station
- Guided shared city tour of Georgetown
On this breathtaking holiday we introduce you to this emerging wildlife destination, English-speaking Guyana, formerly British Guiana. The Caribbean coast is a tangle of mangroves and sugar cane plantations. Inland is a landscape of savannah and rainforest; of ancient tablelands and waterfalls. In the back-country lodges here the few visitors are warmly welcomed. In the south, the wildlife, so rarely disturbed, seems oblivious to observers.
Wilderness waterfalls, vast tropical rainforests and horizon-bending grasslands: a nation the size of Great Britain, Guyana is unrivalled for its spectacular natural attractions and diversity of wildlife. Expect to spot all varieties of animals and birdlife from the cock-of-the-rock to the Black caiman, the tiny golden frog to the rare giant river otter- and maybe even a watchful jaguar.
After arriving in the idiosyncratic capital, Georgetown, you will head inland to the spectacular Kaieteur falls followed by the verdant nature reserve of Iwokrama Forest and onwards through Amerindian communities to the famous Karanambu Lodge. Guyana is rapidly becoming one of the most important ecotourism havens in Latin America- and it’s not difficult to see why.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Georgetown and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2
Day trip to Kaieteur Falls.
Day 3
Fly to Fair View, transfer to Iwokrama River Lodge.
Day 4
Hike to the Turtle mountain.
Day 5
Wildlife spotting at Iwokrama. Stay at the Atta Rainforest Lodge.
Day 6
Explore the rainforest around Atta.
Day 7
By road to Surama Eco Lodge.
Day 8
Climb Surama mountain.
Day 9
Transfer to Annai.
Day 10
Wildlife spotting in the area; transfer to Karanambu Ranch.
Day 11
Explore the Rupununi region.
Day 12
Discover the wildlife of the savannah; transfer to Caiman House Field Station.
Day 13
Fly to Georgetown; guided city tour.
Day 14
Transfer to the airport for your international flight home.
What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
It was, in short, an unqualified success in all important ways. The local guides set a remarkably high standard in being knowledgeable, articulate and generally helpful, two or three of them outstandingly so. None of the hotels was less than comfortable and/or notable for its outlook and general amenities; those in Nicaragua and El Salvador were probably the best, while the Guatemalan and Belizean accommodation was betrayed only at times, mainly by the food it served. We took away an enormous variety of impressions, ranging from the sense of insecurity and awe created by all those volcanoes; through the surprise at the comparative sophistication and well-being superficially apparent in El Salvador and the interest in seeing potters, weavers, farmers and conservationists at work; to the ultimate satisfaction experienced through that artful blend of the natural with the man-made worlds characterising the Mayan sites of Guatemala and Honduras, most notably at Copán and Tikal which were the obvious highlights of the tour.
TD, Oxford
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