Cara Lodge

Georgetown

Cara Lodge is the perfect hotel for those who want to soak up Guyanese heritage and culture. One of the oldest wooden buildings in Georgetown, it has in just a few years become the best known hotel in the country.

Cara Lodge was built in the 1840s and originally consisted of two houses. It has a long and romantic history associated with it and was the home of the first Lord Mayor of Georgetown. Over the years it has hosted many dignitaries including Edward VII who stayed at the house in 1923 and planted the sapodilla tree in the front garden, to mark the occasion. He was, of course, later to abdicate and marry the American Wallis Simpson.  Other dignitaries have included President Jimmy Carter in 1996 and HRH Prince Charles in April 2000, HRH Prince Andrew in 2004 and Mick Jagger in 2005.

In recent years the home has become a unique hotel that offers all the tradition and nostalgia of a time gone by, complete with all the comfort and services of the most modern of hotels, all in the most congenial family atmosphere. The Bottle Restaurant, is known as the best in the capital and is open for lunch and dinner daily except Sunday.

Cara Lodge is the perfect location for the vacationer wishing to experience a taste of Guyana's past, as well as for the business person who requires today's services in a comfortable and unique place to stay.

All the rooms reflect the traditional building style of Guyana and all rooms have traditional Demerara Shutters and polished wooden floors. Each is self contained, with bathroom, air conditioning, international direct dial, television, hair dryers, irons and ironing boards, mini bar and complimentary tea and coffee making facilities in each room. The Executive rooms and suites offer complimentary in room internet access.

The Verandah Rooms are furnished with the finest locally crafted wicker and kufa furniture, each room opens out onto the ornate wooden verandah overlooking the gardens

The new executive rooms open out on to a verandah of polished hard woods that overlooks the Mango Tree Patio. This 120 year old 50ft tree provides the hotel with a daily supply of fruit and you with pleasant shade from the tropical sun.  Executive Rooms come with your choice of king or queen bed and and decorated in the warm colours of the Caribbean combined with the finest kufa furniture.