[3] The main tourist attraction in the park is Kaieteur Falls, considered the largest single-drop waterfall anywhere on earth, by volume of water.

[4] The Kaieteur National Park Act was enacted by the government to protect the region's wealth of natural resources, its unique natural features (such as the aforementioned Kaieteur Falls), its biodiversity of Amazonian flora and fauna, and for the several Amerindian tribes whom have lived and thrived in this forest for millennia.

In 2017, two dozen villagers from the Chenapau community were arrested for illegal mining within the Kaieteur National Park boundaries but were later released without any charges.

The Chief Warden and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) ordered the protesters to leave or face consequences.

[5] Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat claimed that the GGMC will help the villagers find another area to mine that does not include boundaries within the National Park.