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Kaieteur Falls

Guyana

Latin America comfortable ~$90/day
How to get there

Fly to Georgetown via Miami or Panama, then a twelve-seater over unbroken rainforest to the falls' own airstrip.

Where to sleep

Georgetown guesthouse, or the bare-bones lodge at the falls if you want the place to yourself overnight.

What to expect

A waterfall four times Niagara's height dropping into pristine Amazonia, no railings, no crowds, golden frogs in the bromeliads, and swifts that dive through the torrent at dusk.

First move on arrival

If you can, book the overnight — when the day flights leave, you and the ranger have one of Earth's great sights entirely alone.

When to go

September to November for full flow

One phrase to carry

English is the language — Guyana is South America's anglophone outlier.

Read before you go

Wild Coast by John Gimlette — the Guianas, the strangest corner of South America.

Getting weirder nearby

The Rupununi savannah — vaquero country, giant anteaters, and Karanambu's otters.

One honest warning

Georgetown requires city sense, especially after dark — taxis, not walks.

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