South America
Price:From $ 2,950.00 per person.
Departures: This tour is offered all year.
Price Includes: Accommodation, internal flights, transfers between airports and hotels, listed hotels and hotel taxes, activites as discribed and admission charges where applicable, river and land transfers, listed, lodges with full board and other meals as indicated, local guides, local beverages.
Price Excludes: International airfare, airport/departure taxes, gratuities, optional excursions, travel insurance, tourist card.
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PLEASE NOTE:
Tourist card is required for this tour.
Hotel upgrade at extra cost.
Tour information and prices are subject to change without notice.
Hotels and lodges subject to availability.
Departures: This tour is offered all year.
Price Includes: Accommodation, internal flights, transfers between airports and hotels, listed hotels and hotel taxes, activites as discribed and admission charges where applicable, river and land transfers, listed, lodges with full board and other meals as indicated, local guides, local beverages.
Price Excludes: International airfare, airport/departure taxes, gratuities, optional excursions, travel insurance, tourist card.
BOOK NOW »
PLEASE NOTE:
Tourist card is required for this tour.
Hotel upgrade at extra cost.
Tour information and prices are subject to change without notice.
Hotels and lodges subject to availability.
French Connection
Download itinerary Visit Guyana and French Guiana. These two destinations offer the best in ecotourism. Guyana is English. South America and the Caribbean are all mixed up. Friendly people, the stunning Kaieteur Falls 741 feet (225 meters), mighty Essequibo River and a rich variety of Flora and Fauna, offers you a great rainforest and savannah experience. French Guiana has something to offer everyone, from nature lovers to sport enthusiasts, from beach lovers to those who are fascinated with the science of space. If you want to learn more about man's latest space adventure you will enjoy the Arianespace Centre. Devil's Island, the inspiration for the novel Papillon is another favorite attraction of French Guiana.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival
Arrival in Guyana and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2 & 3: Sloth Island Resort & Mazaruni River Tour
Sloth Island nature Resort is situated on a 160 ares of pristine rainforest in the Essequibo River. A wide array of birds and wildlife make Sloth Island Nature Resort an ideal destination for birders and holiday makers of all levels. The recent spotting of the Harpy Eagle has catapulted Sloth Island onto the international bird watching calendar. From the Island one can access exciting excursions to the Amerindian village of falmouth, the town of Bartica, Fort Kykoveral (oldest Dutch Fort in Guyana), Baracara Waterfalls, and the rapids of Marshall Falls, among others. Choose from: bird watching, nature walks, wildlife viewing, swimming, canoeing, fishing or just relaxing in a hammock in the shade of the trees.
Day 3: Rainforest Experience & Kaieteur Falls
Fly to the famous Kaieteur Falls and spend two hours viewing this natural wonder from different vantage points. Fly to Annai and head to Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, a one-million acre reserve and center for international forest conservation, research and development.
Day 4: Fly to Kaieteur & Iwokrama
Visit the only Canopy Walkway in the Guiana Shield, a new state-of-the-art facility that winds 114 feet (35 meters) through the treetops. Spend the night and experience the unspoilt, primeval jungle.
Day 5: Karanambu Ranch
Commence your safari driving from Iwokrama to Karanambu ranch. Meet your host, Diane McTurk. who is famous for her work with rehabilitating orphaned giant otters to the wild. Here you will have a chance to see many different species of birds and animals.
Day 6: Georgetown, Guyana
Fly to Georgetown and transfer to In the afternoon you will be taken on a city tour of Georgetown.
Day 7: Flight to Suriname/French Guiana
Fly to Suriname and transfer overland to Kourou.
Day 8: Devil's Islands
Breakfast at the hotel and then take a ferryboat for a full-day visit to Devil's Island (only on Royal Island). The atmospheric ruins are the islands' main attraction, but their abundant wildlife—including macaws, agoutis and sea turtles—provide another fine reason to visit. Lunch in the Auberge des Iles Royale. Return to Kourou's hotel.
Day 9: Kourou Space Centrer
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit to the Arianne Space Centre. Tour the main installations, followed by a guided visit of the museum. Transfer to Paramaribo.
Day 10: Departure
Transfer to airport for departure.
Arrival in Guyana and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2 & 3: Sloth Island Resort & Mazaruni River Tour
Sloth Island nature Resort is situated on a 160 ares of pristine rainforest in the Essequibo River. A wide array of birds and wildlife make Sloth Island Nature Resort an ideal destination for birders and holiday makers of all levels. The recent spotting of the Harpy Eagle has catapulted Sloth Island onto the international bird watching calendar. From the Island one can access exciting excursions to the Amerindian village of falmouth, the town of Bartica, Fort Kykoveral (oldest Dutch Fort in Guyana), Baracara Waterfalls, and the rapids of Marshall Falls, among others. Choose from: bird watching, nature walks, wildlife viewing, swimming, canoeing, fishing or just relaxing in a hammock in the shade of the trees.
Day 3: Rainforest Experience & Kaieteur Falls
Fly to the famous Kaieteur Falls and spend two hours viewing this natural wonder from different vantage points. Fly to Annai and head to Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, a one-million acre reserve and center for international forest conservation, research and development.
Day 4: Fly to Kaieteur & Iwokrama
Visit the only Canopy Walkway in the Guiana Shield, a new state-of-the-art facility that winds 114 feet (35 meters) through the treetops. Spend the night and experience the unspoilt, primeval jungle.
Day 5: Karanambu Ranch
Commence your safari driving from Iwokrama to Karanambu ranch. Meet your host, Diane McTurk. who is famous for her work with rehabilitating orphaned giant otters to the wild. Here you will have a chance to see many different species of birds and animals.
Day 6: Georgetown, Guyana
Fly to Georgetown and transfer to In the afternoon you will be taken on a city tour of Georgetown.
Day 7: Flight to Suriname/French Guiana
Fly to Suriname and transfer overland to Kourou.
Hotel Atlantis Inn
Day 8: Devil's Islands
Breakfast at the hotel and then take a ferryboat for a full-day visit to Devil's Island (only on Royal Island). The atmospheric ruins are the islands' main attraction, but their abundant wildlife—including macaws, agoutis and sea turtles—provide another fine reason to visit. Lunch in the Auberge des Iles Royale. Return to Kourou's hotel.
Hotel Atlantis Inn
Day 9: Kourou Space Centrer
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit to the Arianne Space Centre. Tour the main installations, followed by a guided visit of the museum. Transfer to Paramaribo.
Day 10: Departure
Transfer to airport for departure.
