Explore Guyana wildlife starting in historic Georgetown before flying across hundreds of miles of tropical rainforest to visit Kaieteur Falls, the tallest single-drop waterfall in the world. Continue your journey to the Rupununi where the flora and fauna are rich and diverse, starting at the one million acre Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve for jungle hikes, boat trips, the Iwokrama Canopy Walkway, before heading to the community run Rewa Eco Lodge and finally into the savannahs in search of giant river otters, giant anteaters and even a Caiman capture experience at the indigenous community of Yupukari.

From 8.290 USD 15 Days / 14 Nights Walking Grade: Moderate

Trip Details

Group Size

12 Travelers Max

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Tour Type

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Thematics

Birdwatching
Photography
Wildlife

Itinerary

DAY 1

Arrival at Guyana

Pickup and transfer from Cheddi Jagan International Airport to Georgetown and your selected hotel.

D Cara Lodge (or similar)

DAY 2

Street Food Breakfast -Georgetown City Tour

Enjoy a morning tour of Bourda Market in Georgetown with Chef Delven Adams, who will later prepare a meal from our market purchases, following our suggestions. We’ll start at the Guyana Store for locally packaged product...

B, L Cara Lodge (or similar)

DAY 3

Botanical Gardens - Kaieteur Falls

Pickup at 5h45 and transfer to Georgetown Botanical Gardens. Here we spot, if we are lucky, the Blood-colored Woodpecker, found only in the Guianas. The gardens also host Snail Kite, Gray Hawk, Pearl Kite, Red-bellied an...

B Cara Lodge (or similar)

DAY 4

Evening river spotting.

Pickup and transfer to Eugene F. Correia International Airport for a flight over tropical rainforest to Fair View Airstrip. Transfer to Iwokrama River Lodge.

Explore the trails with an Iwokrama Ranger to spot diverse bir...

B, L, D Iwokrama River Lodge

DAY 5

Turtle Mountain excursion

Start early with a boat trip around Indian House Island, then return to the River Lodge for breakfast. Depart by boat for a hike to Turtle Mountain, following a well-maintained trail through the forest. The 1¾-hour climb...

B, L, D Iwokrama River Lodge

DAY 6

Jaguars Watching at Iwokrama

Explore the trails around the lodge with an Iwokrama Ranger.
Transfer by 4×4 along a trail known for Jaguar sightings. While not guaranteed, many have been lucky! Watch for bird species and wildlife such as Agouti, Tayra...

B, L, D Atta Rainforest Lodge

DAY 7

Bird watching at the Canopy Walkway

We return to the canopy to birdwatch, where we may see Rufous-throated Sapphire, Green Aracari, Pygmy Antwren, and Guianan Streaked-Antwren. With luck, Guianan Toucanet, Pompadour Cotinga, Buff-cheeked Greenlet, and a fe...

B, L, D Atta Rainforest Lodge

Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)

DAY 8

Cock-of-the-rock trail - Oxbow Lake walk

Welcome the dawn chorus from the canopy walkway, then return to the lodge for breakfast before departing. Transfer from Atta Rainforest Lodge through the rainforest to Corkwood in the Iwokrama Forest. Here, a short trail...

B, L, D Rewa Eco-lodge

Scarlet Macaw - Wild Expedition - @mateobohringer

DAY 9

Awarmie Mountain excursion - Boat trip

Enjoy breakfast at dawn overlooking the river, then set out on a boat journey along the Rupununi River to an oxbow lake, where your hike up Awarmie Mountain begins. The climb, though steep in sections, is generally manag...

B, L, D Rewa Eco-lodge

DAY 10

Rainforest Boat trip and hike into savannah

This morning travel by boat to a nearby trail for a hike through rainforest and into savannah. See local traditional farms and if you are lucky a family may be there practicing their indigenous farming methods.
In the af...

B, L, D Rewa Eco-lodge

DAY 11

Peanut Butter Factory visit

After breakfast board a boat for your journey along the Rupununi River to Kwatamang Landing.
Visit the village of Aranaputa and explore their community-operated Peanut Butter Factory. This cottage industry, run by a coop...

B, L, D Karanambu Lodge

DAY 12

Search for Giant Anteaters - Bird watching

We leave early this morning for an area of rolling grasslands where huge anteaters live. With any luck, we’ll find one of these six-foot-long beasts digging for food in one of the savannah’s termite mounds. Though giant ...

B, L, D Karanambu Lodge

DAY 13

Exploring honey ponds - Caiman capture experience

If you missed a giant anteater, there’s time for another savannah search or explore the Rupununi River for wild Giant River Otters, Black Caiman, and Arapaima. After breakfast, bid farewell and transfer by motorized boat...

B, L, D Caiman House

DAY 14

Canoe excursion at Awariku Lake

Guests will be guided on a paddle or electric motorboat trip on Awariku Lake for bird and wildlife spotting, with regular sightings of egrets and ibises, and possible encounters with Giant River Otters and Black Caiman. ...

B, L, D Cara Lodge (or similar)

DAY 15

Depart of Guyana

Pickup and transfer to Cheddi Jagan International Airport for your departing flight.

B Cara Lodge (or similar)

Hotels

Surama Eco-Lodge

| $$$

Guyana’s award-winning community-owned lodge introduces you to the Amerindian way of life. Much like a home-stay, your needs will be looked after by villagers who treat every guest like a family member. Surama Eco-Lodge is the gateway to the idyllic Pakaraima Mountains and Burro Burro River bordering the village and features some of the most impressive examples of pristine rainforest ecology to be found anywhere on earth. The abundant flora and fauna are masterfully curated by local, expert guides who convey a compellingly intimate fluency with nature through hikes, river canoe expeditions, and visits to community schools and traditional events. Importantly the lodge — plus tours in and around Surama—are owned, managed and operated solely by the community. Surama’s residents, especially the children, are personally invested in the preservation of the biological diversity that surrounds the village, leading visitors on hikes to nearby active Harpy Eagle nests, enforcing a ban on wildlife trapping, protecting groves of endangered bullet, letter, greenheart and waramaden trees, and introducing tourists and researchers to vast arrays of rainforest flora with time-honoured medicinal properties. The lodge is situated on the edge of the village, in savannah with views to the rainforest-covered mountains. A combination of thatched cabins and rooms, all with ensuite bathrooms, encircle the main dining, bar and communal lounge. Naturally, the meals are prepared from village grown produce with an indigenous influence.

Restaurant WiFi Bar

Rock View Lodge

| $$$

Rock View Lodge is located in the extensive tropical wetlands of the Rupununi, set in a lush tropical garden landscape, amidst several Amerindian communities. This oasis in the savannah accommodates guests in a comfortable, spacious self-contained room with hammock slung verandas overlooking the garden. Meals are served family-style in the company of your host who will share stories of local life. Relax by the lovely natural-form pool in the gardens, snooze in a hammock in the shade of a tree or enjoy the afternoon breeze from the rocky outcrop overlooking Macarapan Mountain. The family ranch house features a wonderful eclectic selection of art and a library. A unique Rock View activity is observing cashews being slowly roasted over an open fire or take a leisurely hike through the foothills of the Pakaraima Mountains, to see dawn rising over the savannah.

Swimming Pool Restaurant WiFi Bar

Caiman House

Science and eco-tourism merge at Caiman House Field Station, an outpost of research and hospitality located in the remote Amerindian village of Yupukari on the savannah lands along the banks of the Rupununi River. Visitors also have the opportunity to interact with the locals including the furniture craftsmen at Wabbini, a nonprofit venture to create sustainable jobs and revenue for the village. A popular night time excursion allows guests to observe, or become involved with the caiman research project which involves the capturing and assisting in data collection. This requires the caiman being weighed, measured and tagged before being released back into the wild. The lodge also supports the conservation and research of the Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle. Accommodation is in simple but large, comfortable rooms with ensuite bathrooms. There is a lovely sitting room inside and open deck perfect for enjoying afternoon drinks at sunset and breezy veranda slung with hammocks. Profits from the lodge support a public library, computers and internet for the village school and community.

Restaurant

Karanambu Lodge

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Karanambu is a classic Guyana destination where creature comforts and a fascinating environment combine to create unforgettable experiences. Established in 1927 as a working cattle ranch and home of the McTurk family, it is now a lodge and centre for conservation. Over the years it has welcomed a distinguished list of guests including the likes of David Attenborough, Gerald Durrell and Mick Jagger. Karanambu is situated where the north savannah grassland, swamp and flood forest meet on the Rupununi River. From Karanambu, vast horse flats stretch north and west towards the Pakaraima Mountains and into Brazil. The lodge offers visitors a remarkable opportunity to experience the abundant and pristine nature of the Rupununi wetlands. Spend a few days here and you’re likely to spot some of Amazonia’s most endangered species, such as giant river otter, black caiman and the majestically bushy giant anteater. Nearby Simoni Pond is one of Guyana’s richest wildlife and fishing areas. Karanambu is dedicated to the conservation of the Rupununi savannah and wetlands ecosystem and continues the pioneering work of Diane McTurk (1932-2016) who was known for her passion in rehabilitating orphaned giant river otters, and efforts to save this curious and gregarious species from extinction. The compound has the flavour of an Amerindian village with a main ranch-style building where meals are served family-style. Guest accommodation is in traditionally made clay brick cabins with ensuite bathrooms and a hammock slung verandah.

Restaurant WiFi

Iwokrama River Lodge

| $$$

The Iwokrama rainforest is located in the geographical heart of Guyana: it comprises one million acres (371,000 hectares) of forest or 1.6% of Guyana’s landmass and 2% of Guyana’s forests. It is part of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development, an autonomous non-profit institution established by Guyana and the Commonwealth, founded to promote the conservation and the sustainable and equitable use of tropical rainforests. It aims to show how tropical forests can be conserved and sustainably used for ecological, social and economic benefits to local, national and international communities. Iwokrama River Lodge has eight perfectly situated river-facing cabins, each of which is spacious and beautifully designed, equipped with fans, bathroom, electricity supplied by solar power, and verandahs with hammocks. From these comfortable cabins, watch the sun go down whilst listening to the many local birds and other wildlife or simply relax in your hammock. It is a short stroll from the cabins to the Fred Allicock building which houses the dining area, shop, two science laboratories and a conference room plus researchers and administrators’ offices. In the large open-sided dining room guests, Iwokrama staff and visiting researchers have an opportunity to mingle.

Air Conditioning Restaurant WiFi Bar

Atta Rainforest Lodge

| $$$$

Atta Rainforest Lodge is 500 metres from the base of the Iwokrama Canopy Walkway, offering comfortable private-room accommodation with ensuite bathrooms, delicious home-cooked meals, and traditional Amerindian hospitality. The communal building houses the bar, dining area and kitchen and is open sided with views across the gardens to the towering forest, which completely surrounds the lodge. Hammocks and outdoor benches enhance the lovely gardens which include varieties of heliconias that attract over ten different hummingbirds, close enough for the perfect photo.

Restaurant WiFi

Cara Lodge

| $$$

Cara Lodge is a heritage house hotel with unique Guyanese wooden colonial architecture, built in the 1840s. The hotel originally consisted of two houses and has a long and romantic history and was the home of the first Lord Mayor of Georgetown. Over the years has been visited by many dignitaries including King Edward VIll who stayed at the house in 1923. Other luminaries have included President Jimmy Carter, HRH Prince Charles, HRH Prince Andrew, Channing Tatum and Mick Jagger. This comfortable, centrally-located hotel offers the nostalgia of a bygone era, complete with modern facilities and friendly service in a congenial atmosphere. The Mango Patio is a favourite meeting point for evening drinks and the Bottle Restaurant is considered one of Georgetown’s best.

Air Conditioning Restaurant WiFi

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Price Details

Included

All accommodations in Double Twin occupancy
Local Guides specialized in the region
All entrance fees indicated in the itinerary
Airport arrival and departure transfers
Domestic flights
Private vehicle location with driver. The driver is available up to 8 hours a day. On activity days, only transfers are included, unless otherwise stated. Price includes petrol, road tax, parking, insurance for the vehicle and driver, accommodation and meals for the driver.

Not Included

International flights
Personal expenses
Visa fees (if required)
Other items not mentioned as included

Price Base

Price for 2 people: 8.290 USD

* Price is indicated per person

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