The only reliable means of travelling into the interior is by air. A number of different airlines and charter companies offer flights to most destinations. Enquire locally for details. Government steamers communicate with the interior up the Essequibo and Berbice rivers, but services can be irregular owing to flooding. The Government also runs a coast-hopping service from Georgetown to several northern ports.
Smaller craft operate where there is sufficient demand throughout the country.
Mining concerns operate railways, but there are no scheduled passenger services. Traffic drives on the left. All-weather roads are concentrated in the eastern coastal strip, although there is now a road inland as far as Linden and there are plans to extend it as far as the Brazilian border. Because of Guyana's many rivers, most journeys of more than a few miles outside the capital will involve ferries and the attendant delays. Georgetown's Stabroek market is the terminus for minibuses.