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Tailor-made Guyana Tours 2026, 2027 & 2028

Guyana is the only English-speaking nation in South America, with over 85% of its territory covered by pristine Amazonian rainforest. It contains Kaieteur Falls, the world’s largest single-drop waterfall by volume—five times higher than Niagara Falls—and the Rupununi Savannah, one of the last great wildernesses on Earth. Guyana is defined by community-led tourism where indigenous Macushi and Wapishana peoples serve as primary stewards of a landscape that remains largely roadless and undeveloped.

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Why Travel to Guyana?

Georgetown’s Colonial Architecture

Georgetown’s coastal grid retains grand timber landmarks built from native greenheart and purpleheart hardwoods. The Gothic Revival St. George’s Cathedral stands 43.5 metres high, anchored by a massive timber frame that requires no structural steel. The all-iron Stabroek Market, manufactured in Liverpool and shipped across the Atlantic, operates beneath a 23-metre clock tower, while the ornate, gingerbread-style City Hall remains a masterwork of Victorian mock-Tudor design.

Kaieteur Falls in Potaro-Siparuni

Plunging into a sandstone gorge, Kaieteur Falls drops 226 metres over a sheer basalt lip, discharging an average of 660 cubic metres of water per second. Located within a 63,000-hectare national park, this Guiana Shield plateau isolates a unique microclimate. The misty canyon floor is home to the endemic golden rocket frog, which lives its entire life cycle inside the giant tank bromeliads lining the gorge.

Guyana at a Glance

Capital: Georgetown
Population: 800,000
People: Indo-Guyanese, Afro-Guyanese, Amerindians (Lokono, Wai Wai, Caribs, Akawaio, Arecuna, Patamona, Wapixana, Macushi, Warao)
Religions: Pentecostalism, Catholicism, Adventism, Anglicanism, Methodism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Hinduism, Islam
Languages: English, Akawaio, Lokono, Atorada, Carib, Macushi, Mapidian, Patamona, Pemon, Waiwai, Wapishana, Warao, Guyanese Creole, Caribbean English, Guyanese Hindustani
Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD)
Phone Code: +592
Time Zone: UTC−4
Power Plug: Types A, B, D & G
Peak Season: Spring (April–June) & autumn (September–November)
Dishes: Pepperpot (Amerindian meat stew with cassareep), roti and curry, cook-up rice (one-pot rice and beans), metemgee (ground provisions with coconut milk
Neighbours: Venezuela to the west, Brazil to the south and southwest, Suriname to the east, Atlantic Ocean to the north
E-sim: Get a Guyana e-sim from Airalo or Holafly, or locally from Digicel or GTT stores in Georgetown.
Visa: Guyana tourist visa information is available on Immigration Support Services. Contact us for visa assistance.

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Why Travel to Guyana?

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