Surama

Surama is an Amerindian village in the North Rupununi area and the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, with a population of 274 people as of 2012.

An established cattle-trail ran through the area in the early twentieth century, and Surama was an important stopping-point on that trail.

[7] Following the construction of the Linden-Lethem road in the mid to late 1970s, Surama and surrounding areas became more accessible to the general public.

It is bounded by Iwokrama Forest protected area, the Burro-Burro River, and the Pacaraima Mountains.

[7] Up until the mid-1990s, Surama's economy relied primarily on subsistence agriculture, with a minority of male villagers taking paid jobs as loggers or gold-miners in the North-West region of Guyana or across the border in Brazil.

Photograph of Surama Eco Lodge
Surama Eco-Lodge (2009)