Sawariwau (Wapishana: Sawari Wa'o[1]) is a village in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana.

[2] It is located about 70 miles (110 km) south of Lethem in the Rupununi savannah.

Sawariwau was founded by chief Suubau,[1] and is one of the oldest Wapishana villages.

[2] Father Cuthbert Cary-Elwes, SJ was the first missionary to arrive in the village, and a church was constructed in 1919.

[1] The economy is based on subsistence farming and cattle ranching.