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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 12:10 |
Tourism
Kaieteur is a true wilderness area. There are no roads, no luxurious hotels, no protecting guard rails and very few people. If you arrive during the week, you might be the only tourist for the whole day. For those who wish to experience this authentic wilderness, here are several options to access the site and necessary tips.
HOW TO GET THERE?
OVERLAND TREKS TO KAIETEUR FALLS - YEAR ROUND
Guyana overland guided tour packages trace back the journey the first Europeans made to discover the magnificent Kaieteur Falls. Throughout the journey, one can easily imagine the emotions they may have had over a century ago, as little has changed in the interim. The five day four night round-trip journey begins with an eight hour bus trip to the small town of Mahdia. The next three days are dedicated to trekking overland until you reach the bottom of Kaieteur Falls where a challenging climb awaits you. When you eventually reach the top, the feeling of achievement is indescribable. A one night stay at the Kaieteur guest house offers you a fascinating opportunity to experience the pristine beauty of the Falls and the immediate park surroundings.
Each overland guided tour can usually handle from one guest up to twenty guests (maximum number for safety and available accommodations). The ages of guests to date have ranged ten to seventy years age. This is a trek through a magnificent rainforest and can be arduous for some; however as long as you are prepared for an adventure and willing to follow a few precautionary rules, the journey will be quite safe and remain a lifelong experience.
The overland tour is available all year round. There is a separate seven-day overland tour available through tour operators where a visitor can call on several Patamona Amerindian villages; this package is only available during September of each year.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:10 |
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About
Kaieteur National Park occupies a prominent position in the center of the Guyana Shield. The Guiana Highlands or Guiana Shield being roughly 2 billion years old is the earth's oldest surface. Located in north-eastern South America, it includes a large mountain plateau and rainforest system that is part of a vast watershed between the Amazon and the Orinoco rivers. Specifically, it covers 75,000 square kilometers (30, 000 square miles) and is bounded roughly by the Amazon River to the South and the Japur- Caqueta River to the southwest, the Sierra de Chiribiquete Mountains to the West, the Orinoco and Guaviare Rivers to the northwest and the north, and the Atlantic to the East.
One feature of the Shield is its distinctive plateaus or table-top mountains, called tepuis by the Indians. These are the remnants of the sandstone sediments that covered the metamorphic rocks of the area, and were created by erosion over 200 million years ago. The majority of these mountains range from 2000 (6,500 feet) to 2700 meters (8,800 feet), Roraima is the tallest of all, at 2810 meters (9,219'). This area contains an estimated 20,000 different vascular plant species of which 35 % are endemic, making it one of three richest tropical wilderness areas on Earth. It also has the lowest human population density of any tropical rainforest region, consisting mainly of Amerindian cultures, making it one of the few places on Earth where all options for conservation are available.
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