YPT Tours to Guyana

Guyana is one of the least visited countries in South America, and also the only one where English is the official language. Guyana is rich in biodiversity and culture. It is also home to one of the largest stretches of untouched rainforest on the planet, where you can find some of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. Many ethnicities coexist in Guyana: descendants from the African slaves, indigenous communities that survived colonialism, Indians that settled in Guyana when looking for jobs in the 19th century, and descendants of British and Dutch colonisers. All this mix makes a very unique country worth visiting. . 

Group Tours to Guyana

YPT tours Guyana are currently offered as a part of our Three Guyanas Tour, which currently runs every October. On this tour, we go back to our classic roots, backpacking style but with your expert YPT guides leading the way through Guyana, a former British colony, Suriname, a former Dutch colony, and French Guiana, a French territory and part of the European Union!

The Guyanas Tour – October 21st-28th, 2024 – $2195

Independent Tours to Guyana

Having run tours to Guyana since 2017, Young Pioneer Tours have been able to create a great network of local partners, hotels, guides and off the beaten itineraries and activities for Guyana.

As such, we can arrange independent and bespoke travel packages to Guyana, either as standalone, or as part of wider Guyana and South America packages.

Example of a Guyana Itinerary (4 days)

DAY 1

• Arrival at your leisure and self-transfer to our centrally located hostel in Georgetown.
• For those of you arriving early we will be heading to the Demerara Rum Distillery – this rum is unique to the region and our personal favourite!  We’ll see and learn about the unique distillery process and of course taste a few samples.
• Pre-tour meeting will be held at the lobby of our hotel at 6:00pm to discuss the tour itinerary and to meet your fellow travellers and YPT guide.
• Head out for dinner to the best Indian restaurant in Georgetown. The Indian community is one of the biggest in Georgetown and heavily influenced their cuisine.
• After dinner we’ll move on to a local establishment which has a selection of local rums and a local Banks beer, available as a lager or a milk stout and to get to know your group members.
• Overnight in Georgetown.

DAY 2

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Head to the airport and board our chartered flight at 11:30am departing Georgetown to see one of the natural wonders of the world, the rarely visited Kaieteur Falls.
• One of the highlights of this trip are the amazing views from our propeller plane as we reach the falls – here you can appreciate the sheer size of Kaieteur falls.
• We arrive at Kaieteur Falls at 2:00pm – which is a short 15 minutes’ walk from the airport.
• Lunch before exploring our beautiful surroundings.
• After 2 hours exploring the falls and taking some epic photos. The Kaieteur Falls are on the Potaro River right in the middle of the remote location and dense Guyana rainforest was hiding the world’s largest single drop waterfall.
• After an epic day we’ll catch the 4:00 pm flight back to Georgetown.
• This time we’ll explore the Chinese neighbourhood, another of the big communities of Georgetown. For dinner, we’ll head to a local Chinese restaurant followed by much deserved drinks.
• Overnight in Georgetown.

DAY 3 

• After breakfast we head out on a walking tour to explore Georgetown known as the “Garden City of the Caribbean” – the only capital city in South America to have been a British colony.
• You’ll explore with us the Gothic Revival City Hall, St. George’s Cathedral, and Independence Square.
• Head to the Parliament Building which dates from 1829 – its history runs deep housing two cannons used during the Crimean War.
• Explore the Stabroek Market with its prominent clock tower – this is the largest and busiest area in the city.
• Street food by the market for lunch and continue to Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology which gives a great lowdown on the Amerindian heritage of the country.
• If there’s time we’ll stroll around the Botanical Gardens which is where families head towards the evening to relax and unwind.
• We’ll go for a quick rest back at the hostel before we head out again.
• Dinner in our favourite burger place.
• Begin exploring the nightlife by hitting some of the many rum bars before finishing at the 24-hour nightclub/bar popular with the locals called Jerries.
• Overnight in Georgetown.

DAY 4 

• Tour concludes, after breakfast, we drop you at the airport

Bespoke Guyana Tours 

We can offer the following bespoke programmes and extensions. Should what you are looking for not be on this list, please get in touch to see if we can fix it for you.

Essequibo tour – Follow the Essequibo river into the depths of the jungle, discover the impressive biodiversity, learn about the indigenous communities and understand the tragic colonial past of the country.

Kaieteur hike tour – Explore nature at its best with a 5-day hike across the rainforest to Kaieteur falls. Experience the flora and fauna of one of the most untouched areas of the world.

Bird watching tour – Immerse yourself in the jungle and spot the huge variety of birds that Guyana has to offer: macaws, parrots and toucans, as well as many endemic species are waiting for you. 

Slave past history tour – Learn about the dark past of Guyana, the revolutions and struggle for freedom of the African slaves.

Mahdia tour – Inmerse yourself in the deep rainforest and explore the mining towns of Guyana. Following up the Potaro River, you’ll visit a hanging bridge, a military base and a hydro plant in one of the less visited regions of this less visited country.

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