Mount Roraima Tours & Tickets

A few Guyanese expedition outfitters organise treks towards the base of Roraima for small private groups. A typical plan flies from Ogle to an airstrip in the upper Mazaruni, travels by boat on the Kako or Kamarang rivers, and then walks for several days with Akawaio guides and porters through forest and steep, wet terrain to viewpoints below the northern cliffs. It is hard going, rarely done, and entirely dependent on weather and river levels.

Climbing the prow itself is a major big-wall undertaking for experienced mountaineering teams with their own equipment and permits. For everyone else, the summit is reached by the established trek from the Venezuelan side, or by routes marketed from Brazil that cross into Venezuela — both outside the scope of this guide and subject to the security and entry situation there.

Mount Roraima: how to book locally

Approach a Georgetown-based adventure operator with experience of the Pakaraimas at least several months ahead. Expect a custom quotation covering charter flights, boats, village permissions, guides, porters and food, and expect it to be expensive. Permission is needed from the village councils whose titled lands you cross, and the operator should obtain it.

If what you want is simply to see tepui country, ask about a charter flight over the Pakaraimas, sometimes combined with Kaieteur and Orinduik. Cloud often hides Roraima, so treat a clear view as luck.