A real rainforest adventure with treks through the jungle, boat trips on the river, sleeping in hammocks at night, visiting Amerindian villages as well as Paramaribo, spectacular waterfalls and taking the most adventurous road trip ever!

Paramaribo is known as the Wooden City of the Caribbean.

Paramaribo has a rich and varied population, all of which live peacefully side by side. The mosque (pictured) is situated next door to the synagogue.

At Brownsberg Naturepark we spent our time trekking through the rain forest

The wildlife consisted of cute little frogs.....

....and capuchin monkeys amongst others.

Our lodge looked out over Van Blommenstein Lake, where we enjoyed a beautiful sunrise.

Surama is an Amerindian village in the heart of the Guyanese rain forest.

From Surama we would go out for treks, exploring the surrounding area.

We also enjoyed boat trips on the Burro Burro River

At night we would sleep in hammocks in the jungle

Or go for nocturnal boat trips.

A canopy walkway consisting of a series of five bridges has been constrcuted for visitors to enjoy a different perspective of the forest.

Iwokrama Field Station has set up a centre in the forest in order to work closely with the indigenous population as well as visitors to conserve the forest and wildlife

One of my favourite memories from Guyana is the number of butterflies we saw

One of the least favourite memories is the number of enormous bugs around

We spent our days taking boat trips to Kurupukari Waterfall.....

.....the Amerindian village of Fairview....

and 7000 year old petroglyphs.

Or we would exlpore the forest on foot.

Wildlife included frogs....

...and various insects.

From Iwokrama it was an adventurous raod trip to Shanklands....

....first along a slip-and-slide sandy track....

....then through some pretty impressive puddles....

.....having to move obstacles (trees) out of the way...

.....being towed out of muddy tracks.....

...or getting the chain saw out to remove trees that have fallen across the track.....

....and negotiating deeply rutted clay.

At Shanklands we enjoyed communal snoring.

Kaieteur Falls are five times the height of Niagara....

....and totally uncommercialised....

.....surrounded by wild jungle.

On a light aircaft flight we could see evidence of gold mining scarring the countryside.

Orinduik Falls tumble over terraces of solid jasper....

....and are a great place for a natural jacuzzi.

The flight back to Shanklands was spectacular, with an amusing refuelling stop at Mahdia.

The very suitable parting experience on such an adventure, was the visit of an enormous tarantula to our sink on the last morning.

We travelled on a trips organised by Explore Worldwide

http://www.exploreworldwide.com/

and a great group of people:

Paul (tour leader)

Len

Jim

Janet

Marissa

Dineke and Darianne

Chris and Gerald

Sheila and Jim

Carolyn and Mark

Tonya and Peter