This day tour offers access to Kaieteur Falls, one of the world's most powerful single-drop waterfalls and a defining feature of Guyana's interior. The falls drop 226 meters in a single uninterrupted plunge into a sandstone gorge surrounded by primary rainforest. It is nearly five times the height of Niagara Falls.
The tour operates by aircraft from Georgetown's Ogle Airport, with a 50-minute flight each way over unbroken rainforest. You'll have approximately two hours on the ground at Kaieteur National Park.
What to expect
The tour departs from Ogle Airport in Georgetown. Check-in is at 08:00 AM or 11:00 AM on your tour day (subject to change depending on passenger load and aircraft availability). Tour operators include Trans Guyana Airways and Air Services.
The 50-minute flight crosses unbroken rainforest, the scale of Guyana's interior, no roads, no settlements, only forest and rivers. On clear days, you'll see the meandering Essequibo River and the vast forest canopy.
Landing at Kaieteur airstrip, a short walk brings you to the visitor area. Approximately two hours on the ground includes:
- Multiple viewpoints over the falls (no railings at most, exercise caution near the edges) - Walks through surrounding savannah and forest with park ranger or guide - Observation of golden rocket frogs in their bromeliad habitat (with guide assistance) - Possible white-chinned swift sightings near the falls - Photography time
Lunch is typically a packed meal eaten at the visitor area. Return flight departs Kaieteur approximately two hours after arrival, landing back at Ogle Airport in Georgetown.
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- Return flight: Georgetown (Ogle Airport) to Kaieteur National Park
- Park entrance fees and aircraft landing fees
- Light packed lunch at Kaieteur
- Bottled water
- Local park ranger guide at Kaieteur
- Airport transfers in Georgetown (available if arranged in advance)
- Breakfast or dinner in Georgetown
- Alcoholic beverages
- Personal souvenirs
- Gratuities for guide and pilot
- Travel insurance
Can be extended to overnight at Kaieteur (limited accommodation, basic conditions, contact us for current availability), or combined with multi-day Guyana itineraries including Iwokrama Forest, Rupununi Savannah, or community tourism programs. Charter flights available for groups.
What makes this tour
Kaieteur Falls, 226-meter single-drop waterfall, one of the most powerful single-drop waterfalls on earth
Scenic flight, 50 minutes each way over unbroken primary rainforest, no roads or settlements visible below
Endemic golden rocket frog (Anomaloglossus beebei), found only at Kaieteur, lives within bromeliads
White-chinned swift colony, thousands of birds nest behind the curtain of falling water, visible at sunrise and sunset
Kaieteur National Park, 627 km² protected area established in 1929, one of the world's oldest national parks
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