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GY02 · Guyana · Falls & Rainforest

Kaieteur & Iwokrama

Georgetown · Kaieteur Falls · Iwokrama Rainforest · Surama
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Georgetown · Kaieteur Falls · Iwokrama Rainforest · Surama
Style
The great falls and the Iwokrama wilderness
Best season
September – April · best
The route

7 nights, 4 stops — the great falls and the iwokrama wilderness.

Georgetown → Kaieteur Falls → Iwokrama Rainforest → Surama.

Round trip · returns to Georgetown

GeorgetownKaieteur FallsSurama
What you're tracking

What you'll see

West Indian manatee
In the botanical gardens.
Blood-coloured woodpecker
A Guyana near-endemic.
Golden rocket frog
In the rim bromeliads.
White-tipped swift
Behind the falls.
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 → Iwokrama Rainforest

To Iwokrama Rainforest

On to the next.

Transfer to Iwokrama Rainforest. 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.

03Iwokrama Rainforest

Iwokrama Rainforest

A full day in the field.

Rainforest birding and a night river trip for caiman. A full day in the Iwokrama wilderness. Iwokrama's forest road offers one of the world's best chances of a wild jaguar in daylight.

04Iwokrama Rainforest

Iwokrama Rainforest

A full day in the field.

A full day in the Iwokrama wilderness. Canopy walkway, jaguars and river wildlife.

05Iwokrama Rainforest → 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.

06Surama

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.

07Surama

Surama

A full day in the field.

A full day of wildlife and village culture.

08Depart Surama

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Surama — 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.

Wildlife you may see
Birds

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.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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