Guyana 2002    Annai & Rock View
Kaieteur Falls Start Surama
1x1transp.gif (807 bytes)From Kaieteur Falls, Group B went on to the North Rupununi where they stayed at Rock View Lodge, near the village of Annai. Trips were organised to the village, the foothills of the Pakaraima Mountains and the Rupununi River.


The transition from mountains to savannah
photo: GW

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General view of the savannah, with the
Pakaraima Mountains in the background
photo: DM


An Amerindian settlement at the foot of the mountains.
Once an important industry in the Rupununi, cattle
ranching is still done on a much reduced scale.
photo: JP

photo: CH
photo: JP
The Amerindian (Makushi) village of Annai.
Most of the buildings employ the traditional thatched roof and either
mud walls (left) or the increasingly popular clay-block walls (right).


photo: DM


photo: JP
At Rock View Lodge.
Left: Captive tapir, kept along with monkeys, tortoises and breeding
agoutis in the Lodge's mini-zoo. Right: Dining under the mango trees.
Some examples of vegetation found on the savannah
photos: CH



The Rupununi River, the major waterway in the region,
flows a few miles south of Annai.
photo: JP
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