GuyanaGrowing wildlife destination Guyana (formerly British Guyana) is the only country on the South American mainland where English is the first language, and cricket is the first sport. The Caribbean coast is a tangle of mangroves and sugar cane plantations. Inland is a landscape of savannah and rainforest; of ancient tablelands and waterfalls that spill from the plateaux. In the backcountry lodges the few visitors are treated as guests rather than tourists, and in the south, the wildlife, so rarely disturbed, seems oblivious to observers.SurinameFormerly Dutch Guiana, independent Suriname is inhabited by Dutch-speaking Amerindians, the Maroons of African origin and East-Indians, Javanese, Creole, Chinese and European immigrants.This Amazon republic offers visitors a network of rainforest national parks rich in wildlife.French GuianaFrench overseas département de la Guyane is also largely covered with impenetrable rainforest. It is best known for its notorious island penal colony and the European Space Agency's Ariane rocket launch site.70

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