Harpy Express
guyana
-
New Year in Guyana: Old Year’s Night Traditions and Parties
How Guyana celebrates Old Year’s Night: church, cook-up rice, Main Street fireworks and parties, plus tips for planning.
-
Kaieteur Falls Guide: Trail, Lookouts, Flights and Safety
How to plan a Kaieteur Falls day trip: the flight, the trail and three lookouts, wildlife, the overland route and…
-
Guyanese Desserts and Sweets: Black Cake to Snow Cones
Black cake, salara, pine tarts, cassava pone and snow cones: Guyana’s best-loved sweets and where to find them.
-
Eco-Lodges in Guyana: Where to Stay in the Interior
Eco-lodges in Guyana, from village-run Surama and Rewa to Atta, Karanambu and Caiman House: which to pick, how to get…
-
Guyanese Chinese Food: Fried Rice, Chow Mein, Where to Eat
Loaded fried rice, chow mein and fried chicken: how Guyanese Chinese food came about, what to order and where to…
-
Iwokrama Forest Guide: Lodges, Canopy Walkway, Wildlife
Where to stay in Iwokrama, what the canopy walkway is like, which animals you might see and how many nights…
-
Birdwatching in Guyana: Best Sites, Lodges and Species
Birdwatching in Guyana from Georgetown’s Botanical Gardens and the Mahaica hoatzin to Iwokrama, Surama and the Rupununi, with the target…
-
Animals of Guyana: What to See and Where to Find Them
Animals of Guyana and where to find them: jaguars on the Iwokrama road, giant otters and caiman in the Rupununi,…
-
Visiting Indigenous Communities in Guyana: How to Do It Well
Which Indigenous villages in Guyana host visitors, how permission works, the etiquette to follow and how your money helps.
-
3 Days in Guyana: Georgetown, Kaieteur and a River Morning
A 3-day Guyana plan: a Georgetown walking day, a Kaieteur flight and a dawn Mahaica River trip for the hoatzin.