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Getting Around
COMFORT SUITES CAR RENTAL
108 Barima Ave. Bel-Air-Park
Tel: (592) 225-0595/225-0585/
225-4816
www.comfortsuitesgy.com
EUROPECAR - CARS & 4X4
Tel: (592) 227-7698
MOVEMENT AUTO RENTAL &
BUS SERVICES
104 Amla Ave. Prashad Nagar
Tel: (592) 623-2755/621-2755
KNIGHT RIDER BUS SERVICE
Tel: (592) 225-1429
SUNSET BUS SERVICE
Tel: (592) 664-3488; 611-3588
BY RIVER
With 600 miles of navigable river
which includes the Essequibo, Berbice
and Demerara Rivers, one has the
option of using ferries or the 12 to
17 seater passenger speedboats.
Life jackets are compulsory. It is also
possible to charter private speed
boats or jet boats.
Plan to use the ferry service, then
call the relevant numbers below for
schedule.
Since December 2008, commuters can
drive across the newly built Berbice
River Bridge, connecting Rosignal to
the county of Berbice. Large cargo
trucks, pedal cyclists and pedestrians
must use the ferry service.
Commuters to West Demerara also
have the choice of road transport
via the Demerara Harbour Bridge or
by speed boats from the Stabroek
Stelling to Vreed-en-Hoop, obliquely
opposite each other.
The highway which begins on the
West Coast of Demerara is heavily used
since it provides a link to Parika on the
East Bank of Essequibo River, now an
important centre of economic activity
in that region. River taxis provide a
faster and more expensive mode of
transportation to take passengers
as far as Bartica, Supenaam on the
Essequibo Coast or other hinterland
resorts and back in a single day. A
cheaper transportation mode to
Bartica is the larger ferry service, and
takes approximately 4 hours. The ‘Rollon
roll-off’ ferries operate from Parika
to Supenaam. Ferries are available to
Leguan and Wakenaam Islands from
Parika and to North West District
from Georgetown. The Canawaima
Ferry services the Corentyne River
from Moleson Creek, departing at
9.00a.m and 1.00p.m daily to Nickere,
Suriname (changed schedule since
Covid).
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