St Cuthbert’s Mission is an Amerindian settlement 60+ miles down the Mahaica River. It is the only one in the Demerara-Mahaica region with a small portion extending into neighbouring Mahaica-Berbice to the East. The Mission is also the closest indigenous settlement to Georgetown, being a two-hour drive south along the East Bank Demerara highway, zipping across the Linden-Soesdyke highway and through waves of hills before entering the village.
The instinct would be to Google the destination, just to have a taste of what to expect but no reviews or pictures could quite describe the small Amerindian community.
St Cuthbert’s is unique for its inaccessible accessibility; that is it is right around the corner from Georgetown yet in an entirely different world, hidden behind a