style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">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. In 1996, Surama received its first tourists, and the money they
gave the community to pay for their stay funded the construction of Surama's
first guest-lodge. Since that time the village has become a leader in
community-based,eco-tourisminGuyana.In 2011, Surama Eco-Lodge was listed
by theNational Geographicas one of the "best hotels in
Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela"; and in the same year it was the joint
winner of theCaribbean Tourism
OrganisationExcellence in
Sustainable Tourism Award, along withHarrison's
CaveinBarbados.
