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When you visit, will become closely acquainted with the most important food in the Rupununi: the cassava. Cassava, manioc, yuca…. This is the staple of the region. These days, rice, bread, potatoes, yams or eddo are often served, but a meal is not complete without cassava in some form. What is Cassava? Cassava is a perennial plant which originated in South America. The tuberous root is rich in starch and is a valuable staple around the world. It grows especially well in

Rainy and Dry Seasons The Rupununi, in keeping with its reputation for thinking of itself as its own country, has a completely different weather pattern to Guyana’s coast. Up on the coast, there are 2 rainy seasons and 2 dry seasons a year. It rains in May and June, and again from mid-November to Mid-January. The rest of the time it is drier, but you can expect showers of rain at any time. As a consequence, the coast stays relatively green all year round. In the Rupununi t

You might know Guyana for its intact rainforest and exploding oil economy. You might know that Guyana is part of the Caribbean Community, that it plays cricket, listens to soca and eats chicken curry. But what you probably didn't expect was 20 000 square miles (that's the land area of Costa Rica or the state of Massachusetts) of savannah reaching from the Brazilian border to the geographical heart of the country. What is this savannah? Who and what populates this place? An