At dawn we take a hike along the Panorama Trail in the foothills of the Pakaraima Mountains. The views across the savanna and villages as the sun rises are spectacular. Birds you can hope to see here include the Cinereous mourner, Finsch’s euphonia, Reddish hermit, Rufous-bellied antwren, Green-tailed jacamar and Yellow-billed jacamar.
We returning to the lodge for breakfast, we travel south by road to Ginep Landing, where we take a boat trip along the Rupununi River to our next lodge located within the Rupununi Savanna, a vast stretch of grasslands. Depending on the river level, this trip offers an excellent opportunity to look for endangeres giant otters, as there are several family groups which live along this stretch of the river.
With both the river and savanna close at hand, there are a wide variety of activities to be enjoyed here - depending on your interests, the time of year and whether the guides have found anything especially unique and interesting. Two guided excursions are included each day, one early in the morning and another late in the afternoon and into the evening. Trips may be on the river by boat, across the savanna by jeep or on foot along forest trails to the different ponds in the area, so keep an eye out for a snoozing giant anteater
Late in the afternoon we travel by boat to look for giant river otters and, as the sun sets, to the ponds to see the giant Victoria Amazonica water lily bloom at dusk. One of the largest water lilies in the world, this is the national flower of Guyana. On the return trip, we will search by spotlight for black caiman, birds and creatures of the night.