Guyana Where and What 2023-2024 for website_compressed

Guyana’s 10 Administrative Regions
lodges are able to move from one
facility to next with efficient road and
river transfers while experiencing the
flora and fauna of the regions. Starting
with a visit to Iwokrama and a trek up
Turtle Mountain, followed by a drive
through the Iwokrama reservation to
Atta Lodge to experience the climb up
the Canopy walkway. A night or two
at Surama Eco-Lodge to experience
more wildlife and Amerindian lifestyle,
move onto Rockview Lodge, the Oasis
of Region 8, road and river transfer
to Karanambu Lodge to swim with
the otters (if there are any tame ones
at the Lodge), see the Amazonia lily
pond at dusk and roam the savannahs
for giant anteaters. A short ride on the
river will take you to Caiman House
Eco lodge.
For wild adventure check in with the
Mapari Wilderness Camp, specialising
in extended adventure trips. Enjoy
the pakaraimas mountain range
surrounding you in the valley, location
of the Pakaraima Mountain inn or
saddle up at Waikin Ranch for horse
riding. For a stay at Rewa Eco Lodge
you ‘ll experience fishing for over a
hundred species of catfish, the payara
dracula fish, and other large denizens
of the deep. Especially prized are
freshwater drum called basha and
the shovelnose tiger catfish. There
Giant River Otter
are Seventeen oxbow ponds which
often hold aggressive populations of
lukanani peacock bass, arawana, giant
haimara and four species of piranha.
This area of Guyana is part of the
Arapaima Conservation Zone, an
enormously successful program
which has brought the prehistoric
monster species back from the edge
of extinction. Under the partnership
of Conservation International and
USAID, the Rewa villagers have
developed a program of catch-andrelease
sports fishing which ensures
a sustainable use of these valuable
Giant Anteater
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