No specific experience shipping from Colombia to Guyana. There are many container ships servicing Cartagena. And a few ships make scheduled port in Barranquilla. You might find an 'open cargo' boat by visiting the docks in Cartagena...

I have a contact via the Stalhratte who organizes containers between Panama and Colombia. Perhaps he can assist. I will send the details to you via private message.

In 2012 I rode Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Venezuela was tricky at the time to travel through (or so they say), I didn't have any problems. Is the border closed from Colombia? Even if you could get in, I hate saying this, it might be best to give Venezuela a pass for now given the level of unrest. My route took me from Venezuela to Brazil then into Guyana due to the border issue between Venezuela and Guyana (there isn't an agreement on where the border is due to the oil and gold that lies below the surface.) Entering Guyana at Lethem, I rode perhaps half the length of the country, south to north. There are a few nature sites to see along that road, but a shortage of cash (the ATM in the south didn't work with my US bank) made me focus on getting to Georgetown and not stray from the main road. Its seem that tourist usually take small planes to get to the cool places (water falls, nature reserves) as they are off the beaten path. Chances are you aren't going to go deep into southern Guyana.

There is only one major road that more or less skims the coastline. I had an interesting time in these countries, but it wasn't the highlight of a larger tour of South America. Your experience may be better. Try to get into the interior of these countries, if you can. I'm a plan ahead kind of guy, so I recommend that you do you research and figure out what you *might* want to see in the Guyanas. I found the 'coastline' generally uneventful. If you search hard there may be beaches, but I didn't find them by tripping over them. Lots of mangrove coast, until you get to Brazil, then its all different...that was my experience.

Getting short term motorcycle insurance in French Guiana is hard, Only 6 month policies were available at a high rate. If you have coverage from the EU, then you should be fine. Otherwise, promise the border officials that you will buy insurance... They didn't check for insurance at any point in the country or when I left for Brazil.

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2012/13 - NJ to Northern Argentina, Jamaica, Cuba and back to NJ
2023 - Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia...back to Peru.

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