Is Fort Wellington safe? Guyana travel risk
Is Fort Wellington safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Fort Wellington scores 54/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Guyana Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 26 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Fort Wellington scores 54/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Guyana (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Fort Wellington: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (58/100) and crime and scams (73/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 54 is higher than the scores of 75% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Guyana travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
In the Mahaica-Berbice territory, Fort Wellington is established at 6.4000° N, 57.6167° W. It lies 74.3 km NW relative to Georgetown. Time zone observed: America/Guyana.
Mahaica-Berbice
6.4000° N, 57.6167° W
1 m
America/Guyana
118
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Guyana)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Fort Wellington happened in February (4 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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