Guyana

Top Travel Highlights in Guyana

• Enjoy a wildlife-watching tour with opportunities to see jaguar, giant anteater, giant river otters, black caiman, tapir, 8 species of monkey, tiny frogs, turtles, snakes, and over 800 species of birds including the harpy eagle which is one of the world’s largest eagles.
• Visit Kaieteur Falls – the world’s tallest single-drop waterfall and nearly 5 times the height of Niagara Falls at 741 feet.
• There are 9 Amerindian tribes in Guyana and exceptional community tourism experiences. Visitors stay in community-run lodges rather than international chain hotels and can immerse themselves in village life.
• Join a walking city tour in Georgetown, visit Bourda market, choose ingredients with a local chef and go to his house to eat in his Backyard Café.
• Visit the local botanic gardens and feed grass to the manatee. End the day with a sunset cruise on the river and watch dusk set over Georgetown as the scarlet ibis come to roost.
• Tour the El Dorado rum distillery where world-class rum is distilled in wooden stills.
• Experience a local mangrove reforestation project or travel along the coast to learn about rice and sugar plantations that have played an important part in Guyana’s history.
• Take a scheduled flight into the heart of the country to experience different community lodges, nature walks, boat trips, village visits and see a whole wealth of unique wildlife. Highlights include the Iwokrama Canopy Walkway where visitors can see and hear the forest come to life at dawn and dusk. Take a late-afternoon boat trip at Karanambu to see the giant waterlilies open whilst sipping a rum punch. Enjoy some stargazing and spotlighting for caiman, tree snakes and nocturnal birds on the way back to the lodge in the dark.
• Along the coast of the three Guianas, there are some excellent turtle-watching opportunities during the season which is March-August, with the main hatching taking place between July-August.