Guyana

Cat on the roadGuyana is an emerging gem in the nature and adventure tourism market. Still little known, Guyana’s lush interior, criss-crossed by a myriad of rivers and cascading waterfalls, enveloped by virgin rainforest, revealed in its far-stretching savannahs and teeming with tropical wild life rivals the best nature and adventure destinations anywhere else in the world. With a small population of 750,000 people in land space the size of Great Britain, most of its interior is uninhabited except for a scattering of Indigenous Amerindian villages and a few small towns. Because of its British colonial past, the language is English and it has very strong links with the Caribbean. Located on the north eastern shoulder of South America and one hours flight away from Trinidad and Barbados, it is the gateway to both Amazonia and the Caribbean.

Besides being South America’s only English speaking country, Guyana offers exceptional natural beauty in a great mix of Caribbean and South American splendor. From the north-east corner of South America, Guyana stretches 450 miles into dense equatorial forest and the broad savannah of the Rupununi. Life in Guyana is dominated by its rivers, like the Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo, the only highways into the interior rain forests and jungles. Here the Jaguar still roams the forest, and in its rivers swim the Giant River Otter, the Black Caiman and the Arapaima, the largest fresh water fish in the world. The birdlife is spectacular, there are over 800 species which include the protected Scarlet Macaw, the Red-billed and Toco Toucans and the magnificent Guianan Cock-of-the-rock.

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