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ITINERARY
Day 1. (Wednesday). Guyana
Arrival at the airport, reception and transfer to your hotel. Free day.
Day 2. Kaieteur Tour
(Breakfast & lunch)
After breakfast, departure to
Ogle airport for the 1 hour flight to Kaieteur Falls. At 741 feet, this is
the highest sheer drop waterfall in the world. Kaieteur supports a unique
microenvironment with Tank Bromeliads, the largest in the world, in which
the tiny Golden frog spends its entire life and the rarely seen Guiana
Cock- of-the-rock nesting close by. The tour includes a view of the falls
from 5 vantage points, along with several aerial views. Return to your
hotel.
Day 3.Guyana -Surinam
(Breakfast)
After breakfast, transfer to
the airport for the flight to Paramaribo in Surinam. Arrival and transfer
to your hotel.
Day 4.Surinam - French
Guyana (Breakfast)
Early transfer to Albina. Cross with Ferry and four hour transfer to
Kourou overland into French Guyana. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 5. French Guyana
(Breakfast)
After breakfast, a tour of Devil-'s Island, site of a penal colony made
famous by the book 'Papillon' by Henri Charrière. Continue onto the
other penal colony islands, Royale Island and St. Joseph Island.
After lunch, return to your hotel.
Day 6. French Guyana
(Breakfast)
Tour of Arianne, the French Space Centre, based in Kourou. Its proximity
to the equator makes it ideal for launches into geostationary orbit as few
changes have to be made to a satellite's trajectory. Launchers also
benefit from the 'slingshot' effect, that is, the energy created by
the speed of the Earth's rotation around the axis of the Poles. These
important factors save fuel and money, and prolong the active life of
satellites, hence the location of this station. After the tour, return to
Paramaribo in Surinam. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 7. Surinam (Breakfast)
Transfer to Otobanda. A day
visit to Brownsberg Nature Park is in the midst of a jungle on the
Mazaroni plateau at a height of 500 metres. This 6000 acre Nature Reserve
lies at a distance of almost 130 km from Paramaribo and can be reached
within 2.5 hours. The Mazaroni plateau offers a spectacular view of the
Afobaka power dam. Paths will take you, through the rainforest, to
beautiful waterfalls where you will enjoy unexpected panoramas of the
far-stretching green treetops of the interior.
Day 8. Surinam (Breakfast)
Return to Paramaribo.
Day 9. Surinam (Breakfast)
City tour of Paramaribo. The
cacophony of city life is muted by shaded, tree-lined avenues interspersed
with seventeenth-century Dutch wooden structures alternated with modern
hotels and office buildings. In a unique blend of architecture, cultures
and religion, Paramaribo is one of the few places in the world where
Muslim mosques, Hindu temples, Jewish synagogues and Christian churches
coexist peacefully side by side.
Free afternoon.
Day 10. Surinam - Guyana
(Breakfast)
After breakfast, transfer to
the airport for the return flight to Guyana.
Transfer to your hotel.
Day 11. Guyana (Breakfast,
lunch and dinner)
Transfer to the Ogle airport
for the flight to Karanambu Lodge. This famous Giant Otter rehabilitation
centre run by Diane McTurk allows for a deeper appreciation of these
magnificent and endangered species. Opportunity to swim with these
wonderful mammals.
Day 12. Guyana (Breakfast,
lunch and dinner)
Full day at the Karanambu
Lodge. Visits can also be made to nearby ponds for bird watching and to
view the Victoria Amazonica, the world's largest water lily and Guyana's national flower. Explore the Rupununi River. An evening
visit to crane pond to see hundreds of ibis, anhinga, heron and egret
roosting is a highlight.
Day 13. Guyana (Breakfast
& lunch)
Afternoon transfer to the
airstrip for the return flight to Georgetown. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 14. Guyana (Breakfast)
City tour of historical
Georgetown. Georgetown the chief port and capital and city of Guyana is
situated on the bank of the Demerara River Estuary.
No trip to Georgetown would be complete without a visit to the Botanical
Gardens and zoo. The Botanical Gardens houses one of the most extensive
collections of tropical flora in the Caribbean and are laid out with
ponds, canals, kissing bridges and a bandstand. Over 100 species of
Guyanese wildlife can be observed at the Zoo including a wide variety of
tropical fishes and birds.
The Demerara Harbour Bridge is the longest floating bridge in the world
and connects the east and west banks of the Demerara River.
Free afternoon.
Day 15. Guyana (Breakfast)
After breakfast, transfer to
the airport for your return home.
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