REGION 2
Essequibo Coast - Lakes
Capoey Lake
Hot and Cold Lake
Lake Mainstay
Akawini - Pomeroon River

REGION 3
Toucan Guest House & Guyanese Heritage Museum
Timberhead Rainforest Reserve
Santa Mission
Shanklands

REGION 6
Orealla

REGION 7
Bartica & Marshall Falls
Bartica - The Monastery
Baracara Island Resort
Baganara Island Resort

REGION 8
Iwokrama
Overland Trek - Kaieteur to Orinduik
Kaiteur Falls Overland

REGION 9
Rockview Eco-Tourism Resort
Karanambo Ranch, Rupununi Savannahs

OUTSIDE GUYANA
Mount Roraima
Island Hopping in the Caribbean
Suriname
 

                                Route | Accommodation and Food | Additional Information

Description
Located near to the Venezuelan border, Mabaruma is a small hilly place with waterfalls and creek.

Things To Do
Walking, drinking, swimming, playing pool and table tennis.

Boats to Shell beach to see the turtles leave from Mabaruma. Send a message to Audley James through Shell Beach Adventures at the Pegasus Hotel. The turtle season is March to July.

Route
By Air:
Small plane to Mabaruma airstrip from Ogle airport = GUY $12,000 single / $ 23,000 return.

Trans-Guyana fly on Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday, departing Ogle at 10:00 am. The flight takes approx. 1 hour. The plane does an immediate turn-around to Georgetown so departure will be approx. 11:00 am on the same days. Check confirmation procedure.

(Nadine at Kayman Sankar Travel is very helpful with flights to the interior, Tel: 225-9875).

Overland:
Georgetown to Parika by #32 minibus from Stabroek Market = GUY$160
Parika to Supenaam by speed boat from the stelling = GUY $500
Supenaam to Charity by minibus or shared taxi (a special will cost much more!) = GUY $600

Charity to Santa Rosa by speedboat takes approx. 2 hours = GUY $3,000. Ask at the stelling in Charity for boats to Santa Rosa.

Private boats are available at other times/days if you are willing to pay from GUY $6,000 upwards for the boat - regardless of number of passengers.

From Santa Rosa (Moruca) arrange for a boat to take you to Mabaruma through the Waini River. Cost unknown.

By Sea:
A steamer leaves Georgetown for Mabaruma every fortnight. It takes about 20 hours and costs GUY $1500 each way. Contact the Transport and Harbours Department on
Tel: 226-9730 for information on times / dates of departure.
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Accommodation and Food
Two guest houses, one is a rest house approximately G$1500 per night, the second is more expensive and not always open. There is also a Government Guest House. All are easy to find; ask anyone - Mabaruma is a small place!
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Additional Information
There are a few rum shops and small shops. Mabaruma is some distance from the airstrip, however there is a minibus = GUY $200.

At Shell Beach there is a conservation project. Audley James runs the project. If you contact him through the Pegasus Hotel you can sling a hammock or pitch a tent on the beach. At night you can join the conservationists observing the turtles on the beach. Facilities are basic and the sandflies a nuisance!

Shell Beach Adventures,
c/o Meridien Pegasus Hotel,
Seawall Road,
Kingston,
Georgetown.
Tel: 225-4483/4 or 227-4732

Shell Beach Adventures does an all-inclusive package from Le Meridien Pegasus to Shell Beach. This costs US $480 (!) - minimum of two people taking 2 nights and three days. You can either travel overland or fly to Mabaruma and then take a boat. They will arrange everything.

“Brother Danny” Tel: (Cell) 624-1272 in Charity, will arrange a boat for the trip at a far cheaper price. All you pay is for the boat hire, gasoline, food and drinks and a small donation to the Conservation Project.
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