Guyana with Roraima hike and Surinam extension

Guyana with Roraima hike and Surinam extension

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 DEPARTURES:

         March 16 - 2018

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 THE TOUR:

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. In the early morning we shall search for the endemic Blood-colored Woodpecker at the Botanical Gardens in Georgetwon. In midmorning we board our chartered flight to the famous Kaieteur Falls. They are truly impressive. Here there is also a good place to Guayanan Cock-of-the-Rock.  Around the falls there are White-chinned and White-tipped Swifts and occasionally a Orange-breasted Falcon can be seen. After 3 hours at the falls we shall fly to Fairview landing and transfer to Iwokrama. Already in the afternoon we shall visit the trails for the Calfbird lek. In the late afternoon early evening we shall do a game drive to look for Jaguar on the road to Atta research center.  Night in Iwocarama

Day 3. Iwokrama (AM) Turtle mountain, trails and dusk and night drive to Atta Canopy Walkway (PM)

Day 4. Atta Canopy walkway area all day. Game driving. Checking pools for Crimson Topaz and the emerging trees for Crimson Fruitcrow.

Day 5. Atta Canopy walkway area and drive to Sorama. Olive-green Tyrannulet is possible here.

Day 6. We shall be checking out the nest for Harpy Eagle which has been staked out near here. NIght at Sorama.

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. Flight to Georgetown and on to Surinam.

Day 17.  we would have to leave P'boat 4:00 to be at 7 in Brownsberg,

Day 18. full day at Brownsberg.

Day 19.  leave Brownsberg at around 10:00, arriving at Coeswijne 16:00 hrs

Day 20. full day at  Coewewijn

Day 21. morning Coewewijne.  leave at Coesewijne around 9 AM, Raleigh Falls. Foengoe island before sunset.

Day 22. 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 23. Most of morning looking for Band-tailed Antshrike around the voltzsberg. In the afternoon we would return to Foengoe island.

Day 24. Back to Paramaribo, searching for Guianan Piculet rest of day. Afternoon flight to Georgetown and on to Guyana and flight to Miami at night.

Buenas noches amigos y compañeros,

Faltan 2 semanas para el evento más importante a nivel mundial relacionado con la observación de aves: el Global Big Day. El 13 de mayo, todos los que nos dedicamos al estudio profesional y aficionado de la avifauna, saldremos a hacer censos de aves en forma masiva y al mismo tiempo en muchos puntos importantes y de interés estratégico. La industria del aviturismo, enmarcada en el ecoturismo, produce ganancias en millones de dólares anuales. Nuestro país está entre los 10 primeros para observar aves. Pero lamentablemente nuestra industria turística en este sector específico es incipiente.

Al margen de estas consideraciones y mientras realizo las comparativas de las métricas de las dos primeras ediciones del GBD (2015-2016) preparando la salida de campo que tendremos el día 13 del mes próximo, me conseguí con las siguientes estadísticas que pueden ser de su interés:

Inventario de aves vía Anacoco : http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L3172106?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec

Camino de San Martín de Turumban: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L5575815?yr=all&m=&rank=lrec

El negocio del aviturismo es explotado en nuestro territorio Esequibo por empresas extranjeras. Aquí, una muestra de los paquetes que se ofrecen:

Guyana, Venezuelan Roraima area and Surinam: http://kolibriexpeditions.com/Birding-guyana-roraima-suriname.aspx?idtourk=148

BIrding Guyana with Roraima hike and Surinam extension

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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 ...

2005 La Guayana Esequiba – Zona en Reclamación. Instituto Geográfico Simón Bolívar

Primera Edición

La Guayana Esequiba Zona en Reclamación

Terminología sobre cómo referenciar la Zona en Reclamación-Guayana Esequiba.

http://laguayanaesequiba.blogspot.com/2008/01/terminologia-sobre-como-cmo-referenciar.html

Nota del editor del blog:

Al referenciarse a la República Cooperativa de Guyana se deben de tener en cuenta los 159.500Km2, de territorios ubicados al oeste del río Esequibo conocidos con el nombre de Guayana Esequiba o Zona en Reclamación sujetos al Acuerdo de Ginebra del 17 de febrero de 1966.

Territorios estos sobre los cuales el Gobierno Venezolano en representación de la Nación venezolana se reservó sus derechos sobre los territorios de la Guayana Esequiba en su nota del 26 de mayo de 1966 al reconocerse al nuevo Estado de Guyana:

“...por lo tanto, Venezuela reconoce como territorio del nuevo Estado, el que se sitúa al este de la margen derecha del río Esequibo y reitera ante la comunidad internacional, que se reserva expresamente sus derechos de soberanía territorial sobre la zona que se encuentra en la margen izquierda del precitado río; en consecuencia, el territorio de la Guayana Esequiba sobre el cual Venezuela se reserva expresamente sus derechos soberanos, limita al Este con el nuevo Estado de Guyana, a través de la línea del río Esequibo, tomando éste desde su nacimiento hasta su desembocadura en el Océano Atlántico...”

  

Mapa que señala el Espacio de Soberanía Marítima Venezolana que se reserva, como   Mar    Territorial mediante el Decreto Presidencial No 1152 del 09 de Julio de 1968