Guyana
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Falls View Tours will be hosting Guyana's first Yacht Show at the Golden Beach Bartica Details as sent to me below: YACHT SHOW Hello
yachters. Guyana,
a South America paradise with Caribbean charm, will be hosting its first
yacht show on July 30, 2011 at Bartica township in the Essequibo River.
It is noteworthy, that Guyana, a safe haven in the region during
the Caribbean hurricane season is also, because of the rich
bio-diversity of its pristine rainforest, a preferred eco-tourism
destination. We
invite you to come participate in this event. July
29: Arrive at Port Parika,
Guyana, to be escorted up the Mighty Essequibo River to Baganara Resort
for a welcoming reception. July
30: Join international
Yachters participating in Guyana’s first Yacht Show at the Bartica
Regatta Golden Beach. Later
return to Baganara Resort for a fun filled evening at the yachter’s
prize giving and reception party. July
31: Visit the South Dakota
Racing Circuit for Our Caribbean Motor Racing Meet. August
01:
Join Guyanese in the annual Emancipation Day celebrations at the
National Park in Georgetown. August
02: Spend the day touring the
city and visiting Splashmins Resort. August
03: Experience the awesome
beauty of Guyana’s pride, Kaieteur Falls, the highest single drop
waterfall in the world; then visit Orinduik Falls before your return to
Baganara Resort. In
the evening, relax at your farewell party. August
04: Depart Baganara
Resort-Guyana for your next destination with a treasure chest of
indelible memories. All
Inclusive: Transportation, Accommodation, Meals and Tours: US$2,000.00
per yachter. YACHTING Yachting
in Guyana is a safe haven for cruisers way afar. Guyana’s
Essequibo River is the largest between Brazil Amazon and Venezuela‘s
Oronoco Rivers. Its expansive waters provide a truly magnificent
cruising destination and Guyana, location outside of the hurricane belt,
is proven to be a save haven for the Caribbean cruisers to hang out
during and after the hurricane season. The
waters surrounding the small mining town of Bartica provide some of the
most exciting, virtually untouched, and beautiful river anchorages
anywhere in the world. The
Town of Bartica is now an official Port- Of- Entry and cruisers making
the Essequibo River their destination can sail the 30miles up river from
the ocean to Bartica to clear customs and immigration with a simplified
2 –page form. Clearance takes less than an hour. Note:
The best time this year 2011 to visit Bartica is for (A):
The Annual Bartica Easter Regatta April 24 & 25. (B):
Our Bartica Summer Regatta July24. (C):
Our First Yacht Show on July 30 at Bartica Golden Beach which will be
held by Falls View Tours. For
details do check us at www.fvtoursgy.com
or do Email: us at info@fvtoursgy.com
for additional info. Cruisers
can log onto www.doyleguides.com
for further information The
Doyle Guide to the Esequibo River provides full planning and cruising
details from the Carribbean and up river to the anchorages off and
around Bartica and Baganara Island Resort. Visit www.fvtoursgy.com
for more information. From Ian and Glenys on Sailing Yacht SARA, August 2010 UPDATES TO CRUISING GUIDE TO GUYANA
waypoint corrections from DOMINOcatamaran: We were plotting the waypoints on our Maxsea and noticed a couple of points might have been misprints. Here are JP's comments: GUK01 - Should be 06:29.145 instead of 06:23.145 GUK02 - Should be 058:35.93 instead of 058:36.730 Warm regards domino marie www.dominocatamaran.blogspot.com I have checked these out they seem correct the ones in the book are definitely wrong! They seem to be correct on the charts so it looks like a transcription error.
Thanks Kit Nascimento for the following corrections and updates. Introduction
Anchorages Regulations
Roeden Rust Marina
Directory Section
Hurakabra Resort
Kit Nascimento recently sent me some writings by Rory & Wendy on the yacht Zingara. I feel some of these gives information not in the guide so I add them here. Thank you Rory and Wendy and I hope posting this is OK, if not get in touch! Navigation up the
Essequibo River to Bartica, using the Doyle waypoints, is relatively
simple for yachts drawing less than 15 feet. Cruisers should keep a look
out for small outboard power boats,
water taxis, fishing nets and floating debris. Cruisers must, however,
take notice of 10- foot and more tidal variations and a somewhat
shifting sandbar of about 10-foot in depth at the mouth. Entering on a
rising tide and for sailing upriver is therefore recommended.
The river floods at 1.8 knots, roughly, and ebbs at about 3.5
knots. Muddy at the mouth, the river waters gradually turn a golden
brown coloured by vegetation. The banks display magnificent white sand
beaches The Baganara and
Hurakabra Resorts, in particular, now cater to receive cruisers anchored
close off-shore. These Resorts are exceptionally beautiful nature
destinations which offer exceedingly comfortable and well appointed
accommodation, jungle walks, birding, beach front dining, well stocked
bars, recreation facilities, water sports and dingy docking. Cruisers can make arrangements with the resorts for support services such as fuel, laundry, ice, potable water, groceries, garbage disposal and fast boat transport to Bartica and river and road transportation to the capital city of Georgetown. Baganara has a small, light aircraft landing strip and Hurakabra, similarly, at a close by Island. Names
to look out for in Bartica are:- I am sure I will return soon. Everything was great. I enjoyed my stay
very Corrected waypoints have been posted by a reader above
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Date last edited 09/21/2011
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