Aranaputa Valley sits in the midst of the Pakaraima mountain range. The valley and Lethem are said to be the first two settlements in the Rupununi. Aranaputa is now home to 625 residents.
After arriving on the bus in Annai, I travelled by taxi to Aranaputa, which sits in a plain with houses scattered, some hidden among the trees away from the road leading to the forest.
With its red-brick road decorated with sheep, horses and pigs in some areas, and the Pakaraimas as the backdrop, where some of the peaks are covered by the fluffy whites floating above giving all of it a hazy dream-like look, Aranaputa is easily one of the most picturesque villages in North Rupununi.