The Georgetown to Lethem road is the only overland route from the coast to the vast Rupununi interior. It’s not for the faint of heart.
This main artery through the middle of the country is unpaved and sometimes more of a mud trail than road, but if you want your adventure into the Rupununi region to begin soon enough, then a trip through the road to any of the major southern Guyana destinations will fulfil your wish (rainy or dry season).
However, whether heaving along the winding road, over precarious bridges, through swampy trailsor sailing across the Kurupukari River by barge, the scenery is often remarkable. If you are lucky enough you may even see wildlife, especially when driving through the Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, through which the road passes.
So if your vehicle gets bogged down on the way, hope that it is along a stretch of some of the most beautiful scenery in the country, or a jaguar choses that moment to cross in front of you… (Cover photo: New meaning to “vehicle comes fully loaded” along the Georgetown-Lethem road (Photo courtesy Girendra Persaud, Gxmedia))
