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Birding Guyana

Georgetown · Surama · Iwokrama · Rewa
Duration
10 Days · 9 Nights
The route
Georgetown · Surama · Iwokrama · Rewa
Style
The rainforest-savannah bird list
Best season
September – April · best
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What you're tracking

What you'll see

West Indian manatee
In the botanical gardens.
Blood-coloured woodpecker
A Guyana near-endemic.
Harpy eagle
In the forest.
Crimson topaz
Along the creeks.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Georgetown

Arrive Georgetown

The journey begins.

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.

02Georgetown → Surama

To Surama

On to the next.

Transfer to Surama. Community-guided forest and savannah walks for wildlife. Birding and river trips with Makushi guides.

03Surama

Surama

A full day in the field.

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.

04Surama

Surama

A full day in the field.

A full day of wildlife and village culture.

05Surama → Iwokrama Rainforest

To Iwokrama Rainforest

On to the next.

Transfer to Iwokrama Rainforest. The forest road for jaguars and the canopy walkway. Rainforest birding and a night river trip for caiman.

06Iwokrama Rainforest

Iwokrama Rainforest

A full day in the field.

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.

07Iwokrama Rainforest

Iwokrama Rainforest

A full day in the field.

A full day in the Iwokrama wilderness. Canopy walkway, jaguars and river wildlife. Iwokrama's forest road offers one of the world's best chances of a wild jaguar in daylight.

08Iwokrama Rainforest → Rewa

To Rewa

On to the next.

Transfer to Rewa. River and oxbow trips for arapaima and giant otters. Wildlife and catch-and-release fishing on the wild Rewa.

09Rewa

Rewa

A full day in the field.

Wildlife and catch-and-release fishing on the wild Rewa. A full day of pristine rainforest-river wildlife. Rewa's oxbow lakes hold arapaima, the largest scaled freshwater fish on earth, in genuinely pristine wilderness.

10Depart Rewa

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Rewa — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

September – April

Peak season

The drier months — reliable bush flights to the interior.

Year-round

Good season

A year-round coastal gateway.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds

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Field notes, now and then.

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