Tumatumari Landing is a small community in the

Potaro-Siparuni Potaro-Siparuni (Region 8) is a region of Guyana. It borders the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the north, the regions of Upper Demerara-Berbice and East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo to the south and ...

Region of

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, across the

Potaro River The Potaro River is a river in Guyana that runs from Mount Ayanganna area of the Pakaraima Mountains for approximately before flowing into the Essequibo River, Guyana's largest river. The renowned Kaieteur Falls is on the Potaro. Features Ni ...

from Tumatumari, near the Konawaruk Road, and to the east of

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. The region used to be inhabited by

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s of the

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and Akawaio tribes, however the discovery of gold attracted many fortune seekers from Guyana and beyond. Tumatumari Landing serves as the harbour of the gold mining community of Tumatumari, because the region could only be reached by boat. Nowadays there are road connections to Linden/Mabura and Bartica/Potaro. On 6 May 1900, ''Mabel'', a river steamboat carrying 120 passengers and towing three boats, was scheduled to arrive at Tumatumari Landing, however the strong current was too much to handle, and the ''Mabel'' went over the

Tumatumari Falls Tumatumari is a community in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, located some 15 km upstream of the confluence of the Potaro River, Potaro and Essequibo Rivers. It was initially an Amerindian settlement of Arawak peoples, Arawak tribe but i ...

, killing 60 of her passengers.

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Populated places in Potaro-Siparuni {{Guyana-geo-stub