Bartica

Bartica calls itself the gateway to the interior and means it literally, because the town stands where three great rivers meet and everything going upstream to the goldfields outfits here first. The waterfront is a row of shops selling dredge parts, rubber boots and provisions, and the money in town is visibly mining money. Ruins of a Dutch island fort sit at the confluence a short boat ride out. At Easter the regatta fills the whole river with crowds. The run up from the coast by speedboat is a good hour of open brown water.