Come for the music, stay for Guyana

Hotels & lodging

Below is a preliminary list of hotels in Georgetown. We will continue to add high-quality accommodation as it becomes available. Please contact hotels directly to check availability and rates.

• Ariantze Hotel
• Blue Wave Apartments
• Brandsville Apartments
• Cara Lodge
• Cara Suites
• El Dorado Inn
• Herdmanston Lodge
• Hotel Tower
• Kanuku Suites
• Le Grand Penthouse
• Duke Lodge
• Regency Suites
• Roraima Residence Inn
• The Pegasus Guyana Hotel

To get your hotel listed here, email info [at] guyanajazz [dot] org.

Eco-tourism

Festival visitors have many choices for combining an eco-tourism holiday with the Guyana Jazz Festival™. Tourism in Guyana is an alternative to the "sun, sea and sand" holidays of the nearby Caribbean islands. With its rich natural life, many nature and eco-tourism ventures have grown up, built on the sandy banks of interior rivers and islands and along cola-coloured creeks and rivers — they get their colour from fallen leaves and vegetation upstream.

The best-known attraction is Kaieteur Falls, one of the world's greatest waterfalls and among the highest single-drop falls on earth. Visitors also come for the largely untouched forests and rich wildlife — and for the country's mix of cultures and warm, hospitable people.

With most of the country under forest, much of it virgin, Guyana stands apart from other eco-tourism destinations. Much of its flora and fauna is thriving, though some species are sadly endangered. Guyana is a haven for sea turtles, and Shell Beach is one of their prime nesting spots — the Shell Beach conservation work involves local Indigenous communities in protecting them.

Many hope eco-tourism will offer an alternative to more extractive uses of the land such as logging and mining. When local people and businesses depend on a healthy environment, they have every reason to protect it — and eco-tourism also respects the culture and well-being of Indigenous communities.

Tour packages

We are working with tour operators in Guyana, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and elsewhere to bring you package tours to the festival. As agreements are finalised, details will appear on this page — check back often.

Tour operators interested in offering festival packages: email info [at] guyanajazz [dot] org.