Surama

Surama is a Makushi village in a savannah clearing ringed by the Pakaraima foothills, and the community owns and runs the lodge on its edge, which is unusual enough to be the reason many people come. Guides from the village walk visitors up the mountain behind it well before dawn to watch the mist lift off the forest below. Paddling the Burro Burro at first light produces giant otters and sometimes a tapir. Farm walks explain cassava from the ground to the bread. Everything here is arranged with the village council rather than around it.