Guyana is a south American country on the north coast of the continent. It is close to the country of French Guiana, with the two split by Suriname that lies between the two. Guyana has 91% rainforest cover – this country, along with the countries on either side, is quite a significant amount of the Amazon, and it seems a big question about why this corner of the Amazon basin is evading the loss of forest cover that has hit other parts of South America, as well as Africa and South-East Asia.

Primates include Red-handed tamarin, Guianan squirrel monkey, Chestnut capuchin, Weeper capuchin, Red-backed bearded saki, Northern bearded saki, White-faced saki, Guyanan red howler and the Red-faced spider monkey. Rodents include a variety of different species of rat, mouse and squirrel, alongside Agouti and paca among others. There are also a wide range of bats, and a variety of anteaters, and sloths.

West Indian Manatees are found along the coast and in the countries rivers, and there is a range of predators. Cats include Oncilla, Margay, Ocelot, Cougar, Jaguar, Jaguarundi. The small Indian mongoose has been introduced. There is a range of canines, such as Crab-eating fox, crab-eating racoon, bush-dog, Kinkajou and the South-American Coati. There are also 5 mustelids to look out for, including Tayra, Greater grison, Neotropical river otter, giant otter and Striped hog-nosed skunk. In terms of deer like animals, apart from a peccary, there are several species of brocket and the white-tailed deer.

In 2023, just under 320,000 tourists visited the country. While this means that there must be significant tourism infrastructure (this is equivalent of roughly 40% of the countries population, after all) given the large size of the country, there should not be too many tourists anywhere you visit, particularly if it is well of the well-beaten track.