Iwokrama Launches Special "Independence and 10th Anniversary Package"

The Iwokrama Forest “may be the very best place in the world to see a wild jaguar” according to Audubon Magazine (March 2003, The Treasure of Iwokrama)

The Iwokrama International Centre launched a Special Independence Package on May 26th 2006 in celebration of Guyana’s 40th Independence Anniversary and Iwokrama’s 10th Anniversary. This 3 day, 2 night package offers trips to Iwokrama’s Canopy Walkway, Nature Walks, Hiking, Boat Trips and Warm Indigenous Hospitality.

The Canopy Walkway provides an entirely new point of view of the Iwokrama Forest and a better opportunity for visitors experience the rainforest from an amazing perspective – A bird’s eye view from 35m off the forest floor. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone since almost 80% of forest dwellers live in the canopy. Be sure to keep an eye out for epiphytes such as orchids and bromeliads, and look for the amazing parasitic Ficus (the Strangler Fig) as it engulfs another tree. 

Boat trips by night offer the chance to see one or more of the four species of caiman in the area including the endangered Black Caiman.  By day, go birdwatching, watch the sunrise on the water, visit the Kurupukari Falls to see the Amerindian petroglyphs; estimated to be 7,000-12,000 years old and the nearby Amerindian Community of Fair View or explore the wonderful nature trails near the Field Station.