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GY07 · Guyana · Rupununi

Rupununi Wildlife Safari

Georgetown · Karanambu · South Rupununi
Duration
11 Days · 10 Nights
The route
Georgetown · Karanambu · South Rupununi
Style
Anteaters and the deep southern savannah
Best season
September – April · best
The route

10 nights, 3 stops — anteaters and the deep southern savannah.

Georgetown → Karanambu → South Rupununi.

Round trip · returns to Georgetown

GeorgetownKaranambuSouth Rupununi
What you're tracking

What you'll see

West Indian manatee
In the botanical gardens.
Blood-coloured woodpecker
A Guyana near-endemic.
Giant anteater
On the savannah.
Giant otter
On the Rupununi river.
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 → Karanambu

To Karanambu

On to the next.

Transfer to Karanambu. Savannah safaris for giant anteaters and river otters. Rupununi river trips and the giant water lilies.

03Karanambu

Karanambu

A full day in the field.

Rupununi river trips and the giant water lilies. A full day of savannah and wetland wildlife. Karanambu's grasslands offer some of the best giant-anteater viewing anywhere on earth.

04Karanambu

Karanambu

A full day in the field.

A full day of savannah and wetland wildlife. Anteaters at dawn and otters on the river.

05Karanambu → South Rupununi

To South Rupununi

On to the next.

Transfer to South Rupununi. Savannah safaris for anteaters and red siskins. Remote birding and mobile camping in the deep south.

06South Rupununi

South Rupununi

A full day in the field.

Remote birding and mobile camping in the deep south. A full day in the empty southern savannah. The South Rupununi offers a sense of genuine, unvisited wilderness found in few places left on earth.

07South Rupununi

South Rupununi

A full day in the field.

A full day in the empty southern savannah. Harpy eagles, anteaters and savannah birds.

08South Rupununi

South Rupununi

A full day in the field.

Harpy eagles, anteaters and savannah birds.

09South Rupununi

South Rupununi

A full day in the field.

Savannah safaris for anteaters and red siskins.

10South Rupununi

South Rupununi

A full day in the field.

Remote birding and mobile camping in the deep south.

11Depart South Rupununi

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in South Rupununi — 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

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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