Guyana Wildlife Highlights
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Georgetown
Arrive in Georgetown, met and transferred to your accommodation. Georgetown is the staging point from which Guyana's wild interior opens up by bush flight.
To Iwokrama Rainforest
Transfer to Iwokrama Rainforest. The forest road for jaguars and the canopy walkway. Rainforest birding and a night river trip for caiman.
Iwokrama Rainforest
Rainforest birding and a night river trip for caiman. The forest road for jaguars and the canopy walkway. En route, visit Kaieteur Falls — fly in to the rim of kaieteur falls, with golden frogs and swifts.
To Surama
Transfer to Surama. Community-guided forest and savannah walks for wildlife. Birding and river trips with Makushi guides.
Surama
Birding and river trips with Makushi guides. A full day of wildlife and village culture. Surama's Makushi community pioneered Guyana's village tourism — wildlife and culture, hand in hand.
To Georgetown
Transfer to Georgetown. Explore the colonial capital and its gardens. A coastal city day before the interior.
Departure
A final morning in Georgetown — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
The drier months — reliable bush flights to the interior.
Good season
A year-round coastal gateway.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Iwokrama River Lodge
The rainforest lodge on the Essequibo, base for the jaguar road and river.
Surama Eco-Lodge
The Makushi community's eco-lodge, base for Surama's forest and savannah wildlife.
Guyana Marriott Hotel Georgetown
Georgetown's leading international hotel, on the Atlantic seawall.
Cara Lodge
A historic colonial guesthouse, full of character in the city centre.
Atta Rainforest Lodge
A simple lodge beside the Iwokrama canopy walkway, immersed in the forest.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.