
Harpy Eagle Birding in Guyana: A Wilderness Experience at Mapari Camp
Guyana has a way of making birding feel like much more than searching for a list of species. Forest, rivers and savannah stretch across large
Moscow-born zoologist Vladimir Dinets, the author of Dragon Songs: Love and Adventure Among Crocodiles, Alligators and Other Dinosaur Relations is a research assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. After a globe-crossing search for the world’s last remaining wild places, he reports that Guyana..
“…is my favorite corner of the Amazon, where I studied caimans in 2007, and it’s beautifully preserved. It has miles upon miles of Victoria regia water lily-covered lakes, pristine forests, tranquil rivers and lush savannahs.”
Dinets and CNN are particularly taken by Karanambu Lodge in the Rupununi, a lodge that finds its way into many of our Guyana itineraries.

Guyana has a way of making birding feel like much more than searching for a list of species. Forest, rivers and savannah stretch across large

Wilderness Explorers attended Global Birdfair 2026 from 10–12 July at Lyndon Top near Rutland Water in the United Kingdom as part of the Guyana Tourism

Guyana is one of South America’s most rewarding destinations for birdwatchers. Its Atlantic coastal wetlands, mangrove-lined rivers, lowland rainforest, forested highlands and open savannahs support
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