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The Rock View Lodge Information Booklet for Visitors and Admirers of Nature The Rock View Lodge Information Booklet For Visitors and Admirers of Nature North Rupununi Wetlands Annai – Guyana Vanda Radzik Patch on the Rock What is So Special About Staying at Rock View Rock View is arguably one of the connections and personalities. most relaxing and comfortable places to stay in the North Rupununi with A daily delight is the stream of school the most unique blend of people, children on foot or on bicycles who culture, cuisine, art and agriculture have right of way through Rock View on and tour activities and a commitment their way to the Annai Primary school to excellence that reflects the very at one end and the Annai Secondary high quality of its hospitality services School and Youth Learning Center and its well maintained premises. It of the Bina Hill Institute at the other. is a completely owned and run family Neatly dressed with golden ribbons Introduction and background Section - 1 business – the family itself a blend and uniform shirts, with options of of Amerindian, Brazilian, British and slippers, socks and shoes or barefoot 1.1 Rock View as a Hub to the Beautiful Rupununi Page 2 Basque! It stands as a proud example and picking up mangoes along the way, 1.2 What is Special about Staying at Rock View Page 3 of Guyana’s brand of tourism at its best they salute you as they pass with polite 1.3 Maps and Where to Find Rock View Page 9 with its blend of heritage, skills, life good mornings, friendly smiles, giggles 1.4 Making Contact with Rock View and its Partners Page 11 experiences, local knowledge, social and chatter. 1.5 The History of Rock View Page 12 Miriam by the Swimming Pool Interpretation Section – 2 2.1 The Makushi Culture of our People Page 17 2.2 Developing the Gardens, Farming and Ranching Page 21 2.3 Organic Farming and Value Adding the Produce Page 23 2.4 The Birdlife of the North Rupununi Page 25 2.5 The Flowering Trees and Plants of Rock View Page 26 2.6 The Wildlife of the North Rupununi Page 27 2.7 Activities and Enjoying your Stay at Rock View Page 29 2.8 Creativity and the Arts Page 31 2.9 Photo Gallery - First Moments Page 34 2.10 Photo Gallery - The Family of Vivien Brasche Page 35 2.11 Photo Gallery - The History of Annai Page 36 2.12 Photo Gallery - The Family of Colin Edwards Page 37 2.13 Photo Gallery - Those who made the Dream a Reality Page 38 2.14 Recommendations for your Visits Page 39 and rides through Rock View on his daily cattle round-up. But then there is also the fact that Castro from Rupertee Village next door to Rock View is also one of the most talented practitioners of Makushi culture and knowledge holders of the heritage, and he and troupe are among the best performers of traditional dances Colin and his Office Team and songs. Added to which, Castro is also naturally to the actual geology and The “tree-house” lounge and patio style an excellent leather landscape of the Annai area. There is a dining area are a relatively new addition craftsman, making all pleasing coherence and connectedness to Rock View and are a microcosm of his own leather tack everywhere. It is as if Rock View has its unique design and construction. The and tools of the trade. emerged from the very earthworks of location is between the two ancient Annai with its terracotta tones of clays and towering mango trees, that stand New additions to and rocks and the blended browns as stately sentinels in the gardens, Rock View staff are and greys of the handmade woodwork and under which al fresco meals were Maria from Karasabai and roofing shingles that complete the enjoyed on the magnificent hardwood Village in the distant rustic splendour of Rock View. Locally- trestle tables, as a much loved Rock South Pakaraimas made clay bricks, all produced in the View speciality – until the mango-laden who is extraordinarily neighbouring village of Kwatamang, trees began vigorously shedding their are used for walls, verandas and fruit on the guests dining below, and Tree House under the Mango Trees by Shirley Felts talented in traditional basketry and can even as terrazzo-style floor tiles. A it was considered prudent to sling a This is one of the subtle but important process the straw from the ite palm unique feature is the agate-embedded roof between the two mango trees! trademarks of the Rock View brand of herself and makes traditional as well walls of many of the buildings which The roof that was slung is itself a work tourism. Its intrinsic link with community as contemporary items from these are embedded with beautiful one of art – superbly made with hand- life and its partnership with growing natural fibers, including the attractive of a kind agates and jaspers and made shingles that have weathered the tourism business in the wider straw mats used on the dining tables. best showcased in the Guest Room beautifully - as only shingles can, Rupununi in a way that is respectful of Her husband, Roeland, originally verandas. The only imported materials and hanging from it are the swirls of the local people, their aspirations and from Arawak stock from far away St. are the roof tiles from Boa Vista in “monkey ladders” from the rain forest, relationships. Nearly everyone you see Cuthbert’s Village is a very talented neighbouring Brazil and produced and twigs on which perch an array of at Rock View has an amazing talent sculptor and uses the local woods. His by a family-run business there. The carefully carved and hand painted birds and life story over and above their role work and that of other local sculptors combination of natural materials and as the Rock View staff family. There is on display and for sale at the Rock local artisans reflect the partnership is the story of the Brasche family, the View Craft Shop in the charming benab between human and natural resources original owners of Rock Point Ranch snuggled between the two Guest that has created the Rock View Eco that has now become Rock View. Uncle Houses. Lodge and its environs. The Rock View Dennis, whose story in pioneering the buildings are all designed by the owner, Panorama Nature Trail hike on the There is a distinct aesthetic within the Colin Edwards and constructed by local Mountain of the Sacred Table is also a Rock View compound that consists of experts such as Narus Edwards and story on itself. Castro, the Capatache, a very clever and artful use of natural, Ivor Daniels from neighbouring villages, looks every bit the part with his hat local materials and a rock-motif which many of them trained by Colin in the art and lasso as he sits astride his horse connects the infrastructure very of finishing and precision. Then there are the three marvelous wooden sculptures of Mahatma Gandhi, the Pork-knocker (traditional, small-scale gold miner) and the Harpy Eagle by Bartram, as well as works by Winslow Craig. The Giant Anteater These share space with the intricately hand embroideries, akin to miniature – replicas of the local savannah and tapestries that are made by the Makushi forest species that were produced by women of the villages through a project local sculptors. The tree-house lounge transferred from the Red Thread is also decorated with calabash bowls Guyana group, which was developed and introduced by Vanda Radzik and of dried forest fruits and seeds and The Lodge and gardens of Rock View pods and with part of the Rock View Art inspired by the work of Valerie Cox of Collection – one of the best private art South Rupununi, whose own work is Rock View premises with local almond landscaped and so well cared for. This collections in Guyana. proudly displayed in Rock View. shade trees and a wonderful array of is garden built from the bare savannah cashew trees including a sublime reef earth over the years with a variety of Nowhere else in the North Rupununi The landmark Rock that gives Rock of mangroves that bound the area and flowering shrubs, bromeliads, forest can you find such a treasure trove of the View its name and provenance has a small separate water lily pool nestled orchids, and the beloved flowering arts boasting some of the best pieces been beautifully enhanced to bring within the arms of the main swimming shrubs, fruit and shade trees that have by renowned Guyanese, Brazilian and out its loveliness and its accessibility pool. The structure and surrounding become signatures of the tropical even a few internationally established as a perfect place for meditation, for landscape makes the Rock Pool countries of our region: the flamboyant, artists that share space with some of the experiencing sunrise and moonrise uniquely attractive and gives Rock samaan, mango, malacca, local best work of local artists and artisans. over the savannahs and for star gazing View a sort of natural, spa-like feature. almond, bougainvillea to name but a The collection includes a 1970s Philip at night. The Mandela-like clay-brick The Rock Pool is outfitted with all the few of these transplants. Mixed with Moore original watercolour, several design subtly engrained into the natural modern pool accoutrements of pump these are local bromeliads, palms and George Simon and Philbert Gajadhar, rock platform at the lookout point is and chlorine to ensure safety and health forest orchids. Gardening enthusiasts Marjorie Broodhagen paintings and an added touch of thoughtfulness and but these are suitably well blended into who visit Rock View will be in plant watercolours by Morag Williams, Anil delight.
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