With more than 820 recorded species packed into a country the size of Britain, Guyana is one of the world's last great birding frontiers. Harpy eagles nest within a day's travel of Georgetown, Guianan cock-of-the-rock dance at ancient leks, and dawn on any interior river erupts in macaws, toucans and parakeets. Most of it is seen from small lodges where you may be the only birders for a hundred miles.
The Harpy Eagle
The most powerful raptor on Earth still hunts Guyana's unbroken canopy. Active nests in the Iwokrama and Rupununi forests give birders one of the most reliable harpy encounters anywhere in the Americas.
Local guides monitor nesting trees year-round, so sightings are planned — not luck.
Cock-of-the-Rock & the Interior Leks
Near Kaieteur Falls and the Pakaraima foothills, flame-orange Guianan cock-of-the-rock males gather at traditional display grounds used for generations — one of South America's great wildlife spectacles.
Pair a Kaieteur day-flight with a lek visit for the single best birding day in the Guianas.
Savannah & Wetland Birding
The Rupununi savannahs and Mahaica wetlands add a completely different list: jabiru storks, sun parakeets, red siskins, agami herons and Guyana's national bird — the hoatzin — rattling through the riverside brush.
Season to season, a two-week circuit of coast, forest and savannah can top 400 species.
Begin Your
Guyana Story
Untamed rainforest, the world's tallest single-drop waterfall, wildlife found nowhere else on Earth, and a culture that welcomes you like family — Guyana is South America's last great undiscovered destination.