Activities
| "An Anthropological museum. Colin and Velda and
the rest of the community are excellent and hospitable - great thrust" - Neville
Waldron (Conservation International) Nature tours will allow the visitor
intimate contact with the diverse ecosystems around Rock View. Learn more about the
delicate balance between the communities and the natural resources. See the plant and
animal life through the eyes of the people who have depended on the natural resources for
the past number of centuries.
Reference books can be taken into the field for a better understanding of the
biological diversity and our guides will do their best to explain the significance of the
resources to their daily lives. |
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"Really impressed by what you are doing here,
and sure Rock View is an emerging success story - from canoeing through the rainforest,
plodding over the savannahs, hiking the hills and rum by candlelight, it's been a fun
couple of days. Hope to see you again" - Fred Burton (Cayman Isles) Rock
View makes an ideal base for cycling or hiking across the savannahs or the villages
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| "The river boat trip was an outstanding
experience. Super birding in the forest. We'll be back!" - Brian and
Dee Keating (Civilised Adventures of Calgary Zoo) Rock View has become a
favourite location for bird watchers from North America and Europe. Exciting bird lists have been prepared for the villages of
Annai and Surama as well as for the Iwokrama rainforest. Visitors can see for themselves
how the distribution of birds varies from savannah to mountain, river and rainforest.
Enthusiasts will be able to have the thrill of adding to these lists for future bird
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"Wonderful to see the anteater feast on
termites. Lovely birds. Very comfortable rooms" - Lucy Spelman
(National Zoo, Smithsonian Institute) Rock View has become the home for many
forms of wildlife. Children and members of the community have great pleasure spending time
watching and playing with our tapir, giant anteater, capybara and other animals that have
been brought to the Lodge.
We hope together with Iwokrama to develop a greater awareness of wildlife management
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| "Excellent hosts, beautiful accommodation,
amazing views, wonderful light. I'm in love with the Rupununi and I have to come back
soon" - Ute Pfudez (Photojournalist, Germany) The peace
and creative tranquility of the Rupununi, where time is never the enemy, is ideally suited
to photography and painting.
"An art gallery in the savannah!" -
Richard Teeuw (Univ. of Hertford, England)
The sitting room of the old ranch house has a wide collection of arts and craft from
the region and from other cultures, books on sculpture, painting and photography, together
with reference documents on the ecology of the region, journals and novels. |
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To make your visit a more memorable one, extended stays and more adventurous trips on
the Rupununi River, to the Pakaraima Mountains, to Brazil and further afield can be
arranged at reasonable additional charges. We can also arrange visits to other exciting
locations such as the ranches at Karanambu and Dadanawa, the village of Surama and the
Iwokrama International Rainforest Programme. Specialist tour operators listed on the
information sheet may also be contacted.
Packing advice… We recommend that you travel light, packing cotton clothing, sun
tan or protective lotions, sun glasses, straw hats, insect repellent, comfortable
footwear, small backpack and bathing suits as well as cameras and plenty of film. You may,
if you wish, take a course of anti-malaria drugs before coming but this is not essential
as Rock View is out of the mosquito belt.
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