Eddy Grant of 'Electric Avenue' (1983) was born in Plaisance, Guyana — back in 1968 he had already written 'Baby, Come Back', a UK number one for his band The Equals, one of Britain's first racially integrated groups.
Kaieteur Falls plunges 226 m in a single drop — roughly four Niagaras — deep in pristine rainforest; a tiny golden frog lives only in the giant bromeliads at its rim.
Hop a small plane from Georgetown to stand right at Kaieteur's edge, cross the Iwokrama canopy walkway and find Victoria amazonica lilies in the Botanical Gardens. An eSIM helps: reconfirming weather-dependent domestic flights, arranging 4x4 rides to the Rupununi savannah and messaging remote lodges ahead.