Things to Do in Guyana (2026)

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Seeta Ram Toolsie Vade Ganesh Mandir

Seeta Ram Toolsie Vade Ganesh Mandir is a small Hindu temple (mandir) in Ruimzigt, a quiet village on the West Coast of Demerara in Guyana's Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region. Carrying the name of Lord Ganesha, it is one of the local shrines that anchor the religious life of a community of Indian-origin rice farmers, and it is recognised among the mandirs of Guyana, a country with the highest share of Hindus in the Western Hemisphere. This is a working village temple rather than a curated tourist site, and that is precisely its appeal. Its modest daily services and its fuller gatherings during the Hindu calendar reveal how indenture-era faith has taken root and flourished on Guyana's low, green coast—far from the crowds of Georgetown's grand mandirs.

River

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Essequibo River

The Essequibo River is South America's third-largest river by volume and Guyana's greatest waterway, running approximately 1,010 kilometres from the Acarai Mountains near the Brazilian border to the Atlantic Ocean. It drains more than two-thirds of Guyana's territory and has shaped the country's landscapes, wildlife, and human history for thousands of years. For travellers, the Essequibo offers a rare blend of untouched rainforest, colonial heritage, river island communities, and extraordinary biodiversity—all accessible as a day trip from Georgetown or as the backbone of a multi-day interior expedition.

Tourist attraction

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Baracara Falls

Baracara Falls—also known as White Water Falls—is one of Guyana's most approachable river waterfalls, a broad, low cascade that tumbles over a series of rock steps and ledges on the Mazaruni River in Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), near the community of St. Edwards Mission. Unlike the thundering single drop of Kaieteur far to the south, Baracara is gentle and intimate: cool, clear water spilling across smooth stone into shallow pools you can actually swim in. It reaches you the same way most of Guyana's interior does—by water. The falls sit on the Mazaruni, roughly opposite the Aruwai Resort, and the classic approach is a speedboat from Bartica up the river, or one of the day tours that run down the Essequibo from Parika and turn into the Mazaruni. That river journey past forest-lined banks and small communities is half the pleasure, and it's why visitors rate Baracara a must-see slice of Amazonian Guyana close enough to the coast for a single outing.

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Seeta Ram Toolsie Vade Ganesh Mandir

Essequibo River

Baracara Falls

Finding your next place…

A little more
of Guyana.

Seeta Ram Toolsie Vade Ganesh Mandir

Essequibo River

Baracara Falls