Guyana

Places in Guyana

• Bartica

  Bartica is a small river port town of about 8,000 people known as Guyana's 'Gateway to the Interior'. Located just above the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers, it serves as the main staging point for expeditions into Guyana's remote interior regions.

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• Georgetown

  Georgetown is the largest city in and capital of Guyana. Its fascinating wooden colonial buildings provide a different experience for tourists, and most visitors use it as a launching point to the rainforests of the interior.

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• Kaieteur National Park

  Kaieteur National Park offers a genuine Amazonian experience in the Guyanese Highlands. The park's crown jewel is Kaieteur Falls—the largest single-drop waterfall on the planet, combining unmatched height with extraordinary water volume.

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• Lethem

  Lethem is a small border town of about 3,000 people straddling the Takutu River from the Brazilian town of Bonfim. Named after Sir Gordon James Lethem, governor of British Guyana from 1941-47, the town serves as the primary crossing point between Guyana and Brazil.

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• Mabaruma

  Mabaruma serves as Guyana’s regional administrative centre near the Venezuelan border, offering a quiet base to explore the remote Atlantic coastline and experience a genuine cash‑only, small‑town atmosphere. Visitors can hire boats from Kamaka docks to reach Almond and Shell Beaches, and enjoy local rum and beer while staying at the family‑run Broomes Hotel.

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• Paramakatoi

  Paramakatoi is an extraordinarily remote town in Guyana's Potaro-siparuni region deep in the Guyanese Highlands. This is not a destination for casual tourists—it's for travelers seeking genuine isolation and a window into subsistence living virtually untouched by modern development.

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