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Independence Day

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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🏪 What's open

  • Banks Closed
  • Government offices Closed
  • Schools Closed
  • Shops Varies
  • Restaurants Varies
  • Public transit Reduced
  • Stock market Closed
  • Post office Closed

🛋️ Long weekend potential

4-Day Block
SAT 23 Weekend
SUN 24 Weekend
MON 25 Bridge Day
TUE 26 Holiday

4-day weekend with a bridge day on May 25

📣 Traveler notes

Guyana offers unspoiled South American nature, wildlife, and birding opportunities, coupled with a rich, multiethnic Caribbean culture. Most residents live along the coast, leaving the interior largely unexplored.

  • Republic Day (Mashramani) and various carnivals are notable holidays.
  • The UK independence date was May 26th, 1966.
  • Republic Day was observed on February 23rd, 1970.
  • The constitution was established on October 6th, 1980.

About this holiday

Guyana's Independence Day commemorates its time as an independent state between 1966 and 1970.