Welcome to
Konashen Community Owned Conservation Area

Located in the far south of the country, Konashen is Guyana’s first community-owned protected. The Wai Wai Indigenous People are the keepers of this land. Regarded as Guyana’s most traditional tribe, they worked hard to have their ancestral lands recognised as a conservation area and now have the title to the 2300 square mile protected area. They did this for strictly one reason – the forests of Konashen have been intact for millennia, and their dense forests are a sanctuary for wildlife. The reward for travelling to the deep south comes in the form of spotting giant armadillos, harlequin toads and tapirs – three globally threatened species. Apart from these, one is never too far from labbas, jaguars, giant anteaters and at least 400 species of birds. It is a virtual paradise for nature lovers looking for an offbeat wildlife vacation and intrepid travellers who enjoy remote wilderness areas that have had little impact from the outside world.