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National Park · Guyana

Kaieteur National Park

Kaieteur National Park is a national park in Guyana, covering 154,885 acres (62,680 ha), established in 1929.

Kaieteur National Park
Kaieteur National Park.

Photo: Bill Cameron via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized for display.

Park facts

Park typeNational Park
LocationGuyana
Area154,885 acres (62,680 ha)
Established1929
Coordinates5.2167° N, 59.4167° W

Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.

About Kaieteur National Park

Kaieteur National Park is a national park located in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, roughly 633 km (393.33 miles) south of Georgetown, the nation's capital, closer to the border with Brazil than to the Caribbean coast. It is widely considered the country's only national park, as the capital's National Park is a not a true wilderness reserve. Kaieteur is part of the Guianan moist forests ecoregion. The main tourist attraction in the park is Kaieteur Falls, considered the largest single-drop waterfall anywhere on earth, by volume of water.

Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.

Airports near this park

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Kaieteur National Park?

Kaieteur National Park is in Guyana (5.2167° N, 59.4167° W).

When was Kaieteur National Park established?

Kaieteur National Park was established in 1929, per the source listed at the foot of this page.

How big is Kaieteur National Park?

Kaieteur National Park covers 154,885 acres (62,680 ha).

Sources