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Karanambu

A legendary Rupununi ranch on the Rupununi river — giant otters, giant anteaters, the Victoria amazonica lily and vast savannah birdlife.

Getting there

By bush flight or road into the north Rupununi savannah

Best for

Giant otters, giant anteaters, savannah wildlife, giant water lilies, river safaris, birds

The land

A historic ranch where savannah meets the Rupununi river and gallery forest

Good to know

Karanambu is famous for its giant otter rehabilitation legacy and its anteaters

What it is

Karanambu is a legendary Rupununi ranch on the river — giant otters, giant anteaters, the giant Victoria lily and vast savannah birdlife.

A historic cattle ranch where savannah meets the Rupununi river and gallery forest, Karanambu is famous for its giant otter legacy and its giant anteaters, often seen on the grasslands at dawn. River trips reveal otters, black caiman and the vast Victoria amazonica water lilies opening at dusk, amid superb savannah and wetland birding.

PhotoKaranambu — giant otters & savannah.

The reason to come

Otters and anteaters

Karanambu is the classic Rupununi ranch for otters and anteaters.

Giant anteaters

Anteaters on the savannah, often at dawn.

Giant otters

Otter families on the Rupununi river.

Giant water lilies

The vast Victoria amazonica lilies opening at dusk.

Worth knowing

Anteaters of the savannah

Karanambu's grasslands offer some of the best giant-anteater viewing anywhere on earth.

PhotoA giant anteater on the Rupununi savannah.

When to come — honestly

A dry-season savannah ranch.

September – April

Best

The drier months — the best savannah wildlife and anteater viewing.

Year-round

Good

A year-round ranch; otters and birds throughout.

May – August

Good

Higher water floods the savannah, superb by boat.

Anteater viewing is best in the dry months; the savannah floods in the wet season.

Context

The Rupununi ranch

Karanambu is the classic Rupununi ranch for anteaters, otters and savannah wildlife.

It anchors the Rupununi itineraries.

We base Karanambu on the historic ranch, for anteaters, giant otters and the savannah.

Beyond the obvious

More to Karanambu.

PhotoAnteater searches

Anteater searches

On the savannah.

PhotoGiant otters

Giant otters

On the river.

PhotoGiant lilies

Giant lilies

The Victoria amazonica at dusk.

Why Wild Voyager

We run the logistics of the last wild frontier.

Guyana's wildlife is deeply remote, reached by bush flight, river boat and rough track to community lodges. We handle every connection so you reach the jaguars, giant otters and harpy eagles.