Kaieteur Falls: How Do I Get There?

In our experience, the logistics of visiting

A typical day trip to Kaieteur Falls involves lots of flying (in typically a small propeller plane). That's because there's an airstrip near the top of the falls. The flight time from Georgetown to the top of the falls is about an hour. The tour company should be able to pick you up from your accommodation (as they did for us) typically at around 8am. Once at the airstrip, you'll spend between 90 minutes to 2 hours viewing the falls while doing some light walking with a native Amerindian guide. A picnic lunch, which should be included as part of the tour, follows the time spent at the falls.

Included in the day tour is also Orinduik Falls though sometimes they nix this waterfall in favor of some other site if the river is too flooded to safely swim or soak. The flying time from Kaieteur Falls to the airstrip by Orinduik Falls is about a half hour.

The tour will spend another hour or so at this waterfall to allow for some swimming and photography. By the time this part of the tour is over, you'll be flying back to Georgetown, which is said to be 90 minutes (though I swear it felt longer than that!).

Barring unforseen circumstances, you should be back at your accommodation by around 5-6pm.

Now that you know what's typically involved in a tour to Kaieteur Falls, lets talk about the logistics...

Being a South American destination, flying to Guyana from LA meant connecting in Miami. Then, we had to fly to Georgetown with a connection in the Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago. The flying time from LA to Miami is around 5 hours. The flying time from Miami to Port of Spain is about 3.5 hours. The flying time from Port of Spain to Georgetown is about an hour. Of course, there are also lots of waiting time at the airports as well as unforseen delays.

Naturally, these transit times and logistics will differ depending on where you're at, but at least this gives you a rough idea of how much time to budget for travel days as well as how to prepare for the uncertainty of including a tour that requires a minimum number of people.