8-Day Rupununi Savannah & Kaieteur Falls Adventure

Overview

An eight-day route deep into Guyana's interior, from a charter flight over Kaieteur Falls to the wide-open Rupununi Savannah and the rainforest of Iwokrama, with your own guide throughout.

This route stays entirely within Guyana, combining Georgetown with a charter flight to Kaieteur Falls and an overland-and-air loop through the Rupununi Savannah and the Iwokrama Forest before returning to the capital. Kaieteur Falls has no road access at all, so the flight there and back is a fixed part of the route, not an optional add-on.

Highlights

• Day 1 — Arrive in Georgetown Arrive in Guyana and transfer to your Georgetown hotel, with the rest of the day free before the adventure begins.
• Day 2 — Kaieteur Falls, Potaro River A charter flight from Georgetown over rainforest and river to Kaieteur National Park, landing near Kaieteur Falls — a single-drop waterfall roughly 741 feet (226m) high, roughly four times the height of Niagara's Horseshoe Falls — for guided viewpoints before returning to Georgetown.
• Day 3 — Georgetown & Demerara-Mahaica A day around Georgetown and the neighboring Demerara-Mahaica region, taking in the capital's colonial-era streets and the waterways just outside the city.
• Day 4 — Lethem & the Rupununi Savannah Fly to Lethem, the main gateway town to the Rupununi Savannah — a vast grassland region in southern Guyana home to cattle ranches and Indigenous Wapishana and Macushi communities — and settle in at Rock View Lodge for the night.
• Day 5 — Iwokrama River Lodge Continue into the Iwokrama Forest, a 371,000-hectare rainforest reserve at the geographic heart of Guyana set aside for conservation since 1996, based at the riverside Iwokrama River Lodge.
• Day 6 — Iwokrama Rainforest Lodge A full day exploring further into the Iwokrama Forest's trails and waterways with your guide, watching for the region's wildlife, before overnighting at the Iwokrama Rainforest Lodge.
• Day 7 — Lethem to Georgetown Fly from Lethem back to Georgetown, with the evening free to explore the capital's restaurants and markets before your final night.
• Day 8 — Depart Guyana Transfer from your accommodation to Cheddi Jagan International Airport for your onward flight.

Day-by-Day Itinerary

A private guide, driver, and vehicle for the entire trip, with hotels pre-arranged at every overnight stop — the pace and any optional stops can still be shaped around your group.

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About This Tour

An eight-day route deep into Guyana's interior, from a charter flight over Kaieteur Falls to the wide-open Rupununi Savannah and the rainforest of Iwokrama, with your own guide throughout. This route stays entirely within Guyana, combining Georgetown with a charter flight to Kaieteur Falls and an overland-and-air loop through the Rupununi Savannah and the Iwokrama Forest before returning to the capital. Kaieteur Falls has no road access at all, so the flight there and back is a fixed part of the route, not an optional add-on.

Kaieteur Falls drops 226 metres (741 feet) in a single plunge over a sandstone and conglomerate cliff on the Potaro River, and it is often described as the world's highest single-drop waterfall by flow. European explorers first recorded it in 1870, in a survey party led by the geologist Charles Barrington Brown, though the Indigenous peoples of the region knew it far longer. There is no road to the falls, which is why a charter flight over unbroken rainforest is part of the experience.

The Iwokrama International Centre was established in 1996 through a partnership between the Government of Guyana and the Commonwealth Secretariat, and manages roughly 371,000 hectares of rainforest in the geographic heart of the country. The forest is managed for conservation and research, with trails and river routes used for wildlife watching.

Further south, the Rupununi Savannah is open grassland where cattle ranching sits alongside Wapishana and Macushi communities. Rock View Lodge, between the villages of Annai and Rupertee, sits where the Pakaraima foothills meet the forest and is a base for birdwatching and savannah excursions.