Published: 15th of November, 2026 by Patrick Carpen
Last updated: November 15, 2026 at 5:48 amLima Sands is an inland community west of Anna Regina in Region 2, Pomeroon-Supenaam, in the county of Essequibo. It lies behind the coastal settlements, in the wider area neighbouring Mainstay/Whyaka. Approximate map coordinates for the village area are 7.2679° N, 58.5371° W. From Georgetown, travel by road to Parika, cross the Essequibo River to Supenaam, then continue north to Anna Regina and arrange the inland road journey to Lima Sands.
View the Lima Sands area on Google Maps. This is an approximate community reference; obtain directions to your specific destination from your host or driver.
Beyond the coast road
The Essequibo Coast is often encountered as a succession of villages beside a single road. Lima Sands invites a turn inland. Here, the story of the region broadens from roadside commerce and coastal fields to settlement, access and the work of building a home away from the main transport corridor.
Residents interviewed in 2014 described a predominantly Indigenous community shared with people of other backgrounds. Their recollections included journeys by tractor and trailer before better access became available. Farming, cattle rearing, construction and employment in the interior all featured in village life. Those accounts offer a window into an earlier period; they should not be mistaken for a description of every service available today.
What endures is the connection between a home here and the wider coast. Schools, markets, work and family visits draw people towards Anna Regina, while the community itself gives those journeys a place to return to.
Getting to Lima Sands
The usual journey from Georgetown combines road, river and road again. Travel to Parika, choose a ferry or passenger-boat crossing to Supenaam, and continue by road along the Essequibo Coast to Anna Regina. For the final leg, ask for a driver familiar with Lima Sands and give the exact neighbourhood or household you intend to visit.
Arrange your return transport as part of that conversation, particularly if you are connecting with a boat later in the day. The inland journey is a separate part of the trip from the main coast-road service. Travellers staying in Anna Regina have more flexibility to spend time in the community without fitting everything between two river crossings.
Lima Sands is distinct from coastal Lima. Another potentially confusing name is Lima Regional Hospital: the Ministry of Health gives that hospital’s address as Coffee Grove. For a hospital appointment, specify the hospital itself rather than asking to be taken to Lima Sands.
A road that changes daily possibilities
Road improvements matter here for reasons that go well beyond a more comfortable visitor journey. They affect the effort of taking produce out, getting children to school and moving building materials into a growing settlement.
In October 2022, the Department of Public Information confirmed completion of a 640-metre second-phase asphalt road, with a concrete drain. A January 2026 government report described a further Lima Sands rehabilitation programme valued at G$438.7 million as underway. These are stages in a continuing programme, rather than evidence that every street has received the same treatment.
For practical planning, ask about the approach to your particular destination. A report about a completed section cannot tell you the condition of every turn-off after rain.
Farming, trades and the meaning of a house lot
Agriculture is part of Lima Sands’ connection to the surrounding land. Rice cultivation and other farming activities link households with the broader Essequibo economy, while construction and work away from the village diversify how families earn a living.
Housing has also shaped the community’s recent story. In May 2023, the first 48 residents in a land-titling exercise received ownership documents after a lengthy wait. Further surveys and regularisation work were reported in 2025, and Lima Sands remained among areas identified for regularisation in 2026. These reports describe an ongoing process; they do not establish that every property now has a title.
Seen together, roads and land documentation help explain the community’s development more clearly than a list of construction projects alone. One concerns the ability to move; the other concerns the security of the place from which that movement begins.
A park, community memory and a wider visit
The Dr Cheddi Jagan Biodiversity Park is a recognised landmark in Lima Sands. Opened in March 2002, it combines a memorial purpose with a setting associated with plants and outdoor recreation. The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre has also documented commemorative gatherings there.
Visitors interested in the park should confirm current access and upkeep locally before making it the sole purpose of a journey. Published historical descriptions do not establish present opening arrangements, guided activities or maintained facilities.
A broader visit can combine time in Lima Sands with Anna Regina or a separately arranged outing towards Mainstay/Whyaka. In the village itself, a conversation with a willing resident or farmer may offer a more meaningful introduction than simply passing through. Ask before entering cultivated land or photographing people.
There is potential for locally organised visits that connect community history, farming and the inland landscape. Such experiences would depend on residents choosing how to host them. Lima Sands’ strongest story is already visible in its changing connections: between coast and interior, between fields and homes, and between the difficult journeys remembered by older residents and the possibilities being built for the next generation.
