Guyana is an exciting, less traveled birding destination featuring over 70 Guianan Shield endemics and about 100 other species found almost exclusively in northeastern South America. Our Extended Guyana Tour is carefully designed to see most of the speciality birds found within the readily accessible areas of the country. The tour features the Georgetown area, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Atta Rainforest Lodge. Surama, the Rupununi Savanna, Karanambu, Wichabai Ranch, Manari Ranch, Karasabi Village, and the Rio Takutu/Rio Ireng on the Brazil border. The best time to take this tour is October-April, as much of the south tends to be flooded and quite inaccessible other times of year. Accommodations are generally good except at Surama where they are very rustic and at Wichabai Ranch where they are rather basic. The birding is demanding and requires patience because many species are shy, forest canopy is high, undergrowth can be dense, and populations of each species can be low and dispersed. This is typical of birding in the Amazon lowlands.

Our tour begins with an early morning flight from Lima to Iquitos followed by a boat transfer to the Sucusari River and ACTS Canopy Walkway Lodge. After spending 3 days there birding terra firme forest and the many canopy walkways, we transfer by boat toe Explornapo Lodge. We'll sepnd two days birding the varzea forest at this lodge before transfer to Iquitos. While in Iquitos we'll devote two full days birding the Allpamayo-Mishana Reserve before taking a boat to the Muyuna Amazon Lodge. Our final 3 days will be devoted to birding a mix of river islands, varzea forest, and terra firme forest before returning to Iquitos for our flight back to Lima.

 

 

 

 

 

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BIRDING LOCALES
FOR THIS TOUR

• Abary River
• Atta Rainforest
• Dadanawa Ranch
• Georgetown
• Hope Beach
• Ireng River
• Iwokrama Reserve
• Karanambu Ranch
• Karasabai
• Mahaicony River
• Manari Ranch
• Rupununi Savanna
• Surama Village