Voice of Guyana International

The town of New Amsterdam developed as a settlement beside Fort Nassau some 55 miles up the Berbice River. Around 1784, as a result of the fluctuating fortunes of Fort Nassau, the Dutch relocated the town to its present site at the confluence of the Berbice and Canje Rivers. The name New Amsterdam was chosen because most of the colonists originated from the province of Amsterdam in Holland. Between 1785 – 1790, New Amsterdam was established as the seat of Government for Berbice. at that time the town was little more than a forest settlemnt, with a house there and a house there, no roads, no drains. » Read the rest of this entry «

Annai is a town in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, located at 3°57′0″N, 59°7′60″W, at an altitude of 95 metres (314 feet). Annai is located at the edge of the Rupununi savannah where the cattle trail to the Atlantic coast begins. It is approximately 15 miles north of Karanambo.

Much of the poulation of the area are members of the Macushi people.

Annai is home to the Rock View Ecotourism Resort, a graceful old ranch built in the 1950s. Rock View is a good base for trips to the Iwokrama Canopy Walkway.

The Corentyne / Courantyne / Corantijn River is a river in northern South America. The river originates in the Acarai Mountains and flows northward for approximately 700 km (450 miles) between Guyana and Suriname, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Corriverton, Guyana and Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname. » Read the rest of this entry «