Iwokrama Forest & the Canopy Walkway Tours & Tickets

A visit to Iwokrama is sold as a lodge stay with activities rather than as separate tours. The nightly rate normally covers your room, all meals and a programme of guided outings chosen with you on arrival: forest walks, boat trips, the walkway at different times of day, night drives and spotlighting.

Guides are the heart of it. Most are Makushi men and women from the neighbouring villages, trained through the Iwokrama ranger programme, and their ability to find and name wildlife by sound alone is remarkable. Serious birders should request a specialist bird guide when booking.

Iwokrama Forest & the Canopy Walkway: how to book locally

Book Iwokrama River Lodge through the Iwokrama International Centre’s tourism office in Georgetown, and Atta Rainforest Lodge through the company that operates it; both answer by email. Alternatively, any Georgetown tour operator will package the two lodges with transport and onward stays. Day visitors to the canopy walkway are accepted by arrangement and pay an entrance fee.

Ask what is included — the reserve charges a forest user fee on top of accommodation, and transfers are quoted separately. Arrange transport at the same time: lodges coordinate 4x4 transfers with each other and with flights into Annai or the nearby strips, and can reserve a seat for you on the Georgetown–Lethem minibus if you are travelling cheaply.