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GYC3340 - Makarapan Mountains and Rainforest Trek Country: Guyana Cost: £1878.00 Please note: Small fee when leaving Country Cost Includes: The price includes accommodation, food and pickup from airport but does not include flight, insurance, kit or visas     Duration: 16 days Company Rep Nearby: All the time or

 

	This placement would suit... meone looking for a challenge in a remote environment. Ideal if you only have 2 weeks to spare but want to do something different to your normal ‘holiday’. Must be enthusiastic and a team player! Explore regions of the Amazon rainforest as yet untouched by human presence, climb new peaks and see incredible jaw dropping wildlife. Working with our Macushi Amerindian guides we will trek into one of the last ‘blanks on the map’ to reach a remote river, where we will build bamboo rafts and then raft to an extraction point. A true explorer’s expedition. Highlights Spectacular unexplored jungle and a dazzling level of biodiversity; primates, jaguar, giant otters, tapir etc staying with local Macushi tribesmen and being guided through the jungle with their knowledge and skills Possibility for first ascents of mountains in the range Trekforce Worldwide has over 20 years of experience organising unique and challenging expeditions in the rainforests, deserts and mountains of the world which combine real adventure with a real purpose. We run 1-5 month Expeditions and Gap Year programmes that tackle tough conservation or development projects, and can be followed by intensive language courses and long term teaching placements in rural communities. We also run a series of 2-3 week Extreme Expeditions to the most testing environments around the world, designed to push you to the very limit.