National Geographic Traveller magazine announced this month its annual ‘Best of the World’ list, featuring 20 destinations plus a bonus readers’ choice destination to visit in 2014. The list reflects what’s authentic, culturally rich, sustainable and superlative in the world of travel today.
Guyana earns a coveted spot on this exclusive list for the very first time.
National Geographic says that Guyana may be the “best-kept secret in South America, with most of the country still covered in wild forest.”
Stunning natural wonders – stretching from newly restored mangroves near Georgetown to the mighty Kaieteur Falls to the pristine Iwokrama rainforest, Guyana offers curious travellers an opportunity to experience one of only four remaining intact rain forest ecosystems on the planet.
An article on Guyana, published on National Geographic website, points out: “Chances are you’ll have the place to yourself; Guyana has yet to make it onto bucket lists, in part because it remains, as Surama guide Gary Sway puts it, “blessedly undeveloped. Even many Guyanese have little idea how vast our rain forest is. The Iwokrama reserve, down the road, covers a million acres.”
“It can feel like a lost world here,” says Englishman Colin Edwards, who moved to Guyana after he fell in love with the vast Rupununi savannah, and built Rock View Lodge. “Sir Walter Raleigh, when he came upon this magnificent landscape, thought he’d found El Dorado, the fabled land of gold”, the article quotes.
It goes on to list locations to visit, facts about Guyana and helpful links.
For more information visit http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-trips-2014/
