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Guyana
Triplandio Guyana guide covers 4 travel guides with 1 city across 14 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 16 self-guided walking tours in Guyana with 93 POI, spanning 63.1 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Guyana
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Guyana
Tourists
86.4K/y
GDP/cap
$32.4k
Life Exp
70.3 yrs
Population
836.0K
Currency
GYD G$
Language
English
Payments
Cash only
Emergency
911
Traditional Local Food Guyana
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Main course
Meat
Pepperpot
peh-pur-pot
· Stewed meat in spicy sauce
A slow-cooked meat stew with cassareep.
Open Pepperpot recipe🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Metemgee
meh-tem-gay
· Caribbean root vegetable stew
Thick stew of root vegetables and coconut.
Open Metemgee recipe🥩
Main course
Meat
Cook-Up Rice
kuk-up rice
· Rice and beans with meat
Rice dish with beans, meat, and vegetables.
Open Cook-Up Rice recipe
Snack
Meat
Black Pudding
blak pud-ding
· Spicy blood sausage
A spicy blood sausage with rice.
Open Black Pudding recipe
Snack
Vegetarian
Dhal Pouri
Dhal Puri
dahl poo-ree
· Stuffed flatbread with split peas
Flatbread stuffed with spiced split peas.
Open Dhal Pouri recipe