The simple pleasures of Berbice…and a hair-raising drive

Berbice exudes the kind of charming calm that countryside living offers.

Aback of Number Two Village, Canje lies the sprawling green carpet of a wide expanse of savannah, decorated with the contented grazing of hundreds of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats, all roaming freely munching on the fresh, lively grass under wide open skies.

On a brilliant sunny day the scene offers such a pastoral picture of lulled peacefulness. On a rainy day, it’s quite inviting to wade into the