Guyana’s first eco-lodge centre for September opening

Construction of Guyana’s first urban eco-lodge centre is expected to be completed before the first match of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is played in Guyana. This was announced by President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali last week, when he engaged the media on the sidelines of a recent road inspection.
Ali said the project, which was launched in partnership with 100 women, will feature 30 eco-lodges along the Eccles to Diamond Highway, which is currently under construction.

“We’re going to launch before CPL. I launched this programme with 100 women. We’re going to launch the first urban eco center, where they’ll have thirty wooden eco-lodges and we’re hoping to have this complete,” the Head of State said.
Earlier this year, during the Tourism and Hospitality Association President’s Awards Dinner and Auction, the President had revealed that this initiative serves to bring about partnerships between Guyanese.
“The project is to develop the first urban eco-lodge owned by 100 percent women, built with 100 percent local products, furnished and cultured. And the challenge is for them to get this ready by CPL 2023. And we’re going to demonstrate to Guyana that these women have the capacity and capability to deliver this project,” the President had shared.
He added, “We, in this country, must learn that the scale of opportunity no longer allows us to operate in silos. We can’t do it alone. We’re not competing against each other; we are competing for each other, to give us all, as Guyanese, a place in the market.”
In February of this year, President Ali announced that Government would be embarking on its first eco-friendly, luxurious wooden homes settlement in Guyana, where those desirous would be able to reside.
The lodge centre is set to contain an exotic blend of natural landscaping and modern architecture. Not only would the settlement be constructed using 100 per cent Guyanese timber and labour, but would feature trees sourced from Guyana’s forests to give its residents a full countryside living experience.
“This is another initiative that we will promote in the niche market of luxury. Wood is not cheap. Sometimes we have an illusion that wood is for the poor. We make wood affordable in Guyana,” President Ali had pointed out.
Through collaboration between Government and local companies, construction of the new settlement would soon begin.