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Guyana, Venezuelan Roraima area and Surinam (25 days).
This is the complete Guyana trip all categories and the full trip should be taken for people that has lots of South America experiences and want to fill holes in their South America list, but it can also be suited as a first visit to South America combining the first week with a more standard adventure trip down river searching for Jaguar and Harpy Eagle. (PRICE TBA)
Day 1 flight to Guyana and night there.
Day 2. Early AM park. Fly to Iwokrama. Calfbird in PM
Day 3. Iwokrama (AM) Turtle mountain, trails and dusk and night drive to Canopy Walkway (PM)
Day 4. Canopy walkway area all day. Game driving. Checking pools for Crimson Topaz and the emerging trees for Crimson Fruitcrow.
Day 5. Canopy walkway area all day. Game driving. Checking pools for Crimson Topaz and the emerging trees for Crimson Fruitcrow. Maybe additional trails. Cock of the Rock Lek.
Day 6. Canopy walkway area and drive to Sorama. Olive-green Tyrannulet is possible here.
Day 7. Sorama-Lethem-Duane's Ranch. Long drive.
Day 8. Full day Red Siskin excursion. Back to Lethem (maybe on to Boa Vista if convenient).
Day 9. Rio Branco Antbird and Hoary-throated Spinetail AM and on to Brazil and Venezuela and stay at convenient lodge outside Santa Elena.
Day 10: Two hours 4WD drive to Pemon village of Paratepui and hike starts. It is a 5 hour hike mostly over open Savanna this day and two creeks that need to be forded.
Day 11: The second day's hike is only about four hours. While not particularly steep, it is almost continuously uphill, from the Río Kukenán camp at about 1100 m to the "Base Camp" about 1900 m. This is the best birding area and the trail up towards the plateau.
Day 12: Birding base camp and the trail above.
Day 13. Hike up to the top. Look out for Roraiman Band-winged Nighthjar and night.
Day 14. Some excursion in AM and hike back to basecamp.
Day 15. Birding AM the slopes of Roraima and then continue to Rio Tek camp. Day 7. From Río Tek camp Paraitepui is just three or four hours of hiking. Paraitepui is home to the porters and this is where they should be paid. Visitors' knapsacks may be inspected here to make sure no unauthorized souvenirs have been carried down from Roraima. Transport back to Santa Elena and Boa Vista.
Day 16. Lethem and flight to Keiteur falls and on to Georgetown. Maybe overnight at Keiteur falls. See the Swifts entering the cave behind the fall?
Day 17. Flight to Georgetown and on to Surinam.
Day 18. we would have to leave P'boat 4:00 to be at 7 in Brownsberg,
Day 19. full day at Brownsberg.
Day 20. leave Brownsberg at around 10:00, arriving at Coeswijne 16:00 hrs
Day 21. full day at Coewewijn
Day 22. morning Coewewijne. leave at Coesewijne around 9 AM, Raleigh Falls. Foengoe island before sunset.
Day 23. Walk to the Voltsberg reseach station. The trail is the best place to find the Boat billed Tody Tyrant, and a chance for the Band-tailed Antshrike. We will overnight in hammocks
Day 24. Most of morning looking for Band-tailed Antshrike around the voltzsberg. In the afternoon we would return to Foengoe island.
Day 25. Back to Paramaribo, searching for Guianan Piculet rest of day. Afternoon flight to Georgetown and on to Guyana and flight to Miami at night.
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