Kaieteur Falls Overland Adventure – Part I

DawnO and I have just returned from our five day ‘trek’ through the rainforest. It was the best thing we have done in Guyana and will probably make the short list of my all-time best trips. It was that good.

Our journey began on Saturday morning when DawnO, myself, and seven of our friends boarded a minibus that drove us into the interior of Guyana. After a 6 hour journey, we transferred to two 4X4 trucks which took us along a pretty rough road to the edge of the Potaro River. Once at the river, we travelled by motor boat for 3 more hours until we reached Amatuk Falls, our first camp.

The next two days were quite similar. We would wake from our travel hammocks, usually around 6:30 or 7:00, then pack them up. Breakfast would be ready at around 8:00 and then we would wait for the rain to stop. It rained quite a lot on those 2 days, but it occured to me that if it didn’t rain all the time, it wouldn’t be called ‘the rainforest’. At noon we would either start hiking or travelling up the river by boat. The cloud cover helped us stay cool and allowed for some pretty beautiful scenery. Once we reached the next camp, we would hang our hammocks up and settle down to a nice meal that was prepared by our guides.

We saw a lot of cool things in those two days, including wild spider monkeys, various insects and diamond miners. We also got our first glimpse of Kaieteur Falls from a distance.

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