Holders of tourist cards can stay in Suriname for a maximum of 90 days:. So you only will be able to enter Suriname one time. If you want to combine your trip to Suriname with a visit to for instance Guyana or French Guiana , you'll need to request a multiple entry visa higher cost. Open 9am-2pm weekdays. For those with EU passports i. Otherwise, you'll be sent back over the river again paying twice more to get your French exit stamp! The ATM in Albina does not accept international cards so you will have to change over preferably euros.
Even though the tourist card is valid for 90 days, the usual entry stamp only allows for 30 days which may be extended when in Suriname. Overstaying can lead to a one-year ban from entering the country which is marked in your passport. When you arrive in Suriname it is important that you inform the authorities where you are staying. Therefore you must go to the foreigners registration office in the 'Nieuwe Haven' within a week after your arrival.
The customs-official will remind you of this. See the Suriname Embassy in The Hague website [dead link] for more details. From Amsterdam you can get the daily KLM flight. Surinam Airways also offers flights from Amsterdam and various parts of the Caribbean destinations.
Besides the daily connection to the Netherlands , there are weekly direct flights to Suriname from Trinidad , Brazil Belem , and Curacao.
From Johan Adolf Pengel International you can take the taxi or bus into town. A taxi if private one will cost around SRD However, prices will vary between drivers.
Make sure to arrange and set a price with the driver before going anywhere. Guyana has road access to Suriname. In Guyana, Georgetown inquire in for mini-buses travelling to Suriname. Note that entering Suriname, Nieuw Nickerie by water travel from Guyana is illegal. Buses leave Georgetown for the Surinamese border daily.
Ask for Berbice car park. In the west Guyana-Suriname border there's a regular river ferry between Guyana and Suriname. There's a possibility of travelling from French Guiana by car there a small car ferry between Suriname and Guyana.
In the east there are small boats and small ferry between Albina Suriname and St. The trip takes at least 3 hr. From there, you will go through customs on the Guyanese side.
Then take the daily ferry across the river to South Drain. The actual ferry ride takes about 30 minutes. In the west there's a regular river ferry between Guyana and Suriname.
The ferry from Guyana is USD10 and runs only once a day at The ferry departs the Suriname side for Guyana also at Suriname is one hour ahead of Guyana.
As of December there's an additional ferry two hours later. Check for details. Since not many tourists visit Suriname yet and the inner-land is not within easy reach, the expenses of travel are higher than you might expect. Tourist attractions can be more expensive than in Europe or the United States. It is expected that this will change in the near future since there is an annual increase visible in foreign tourists, creating the necessity of working on better roads as well as other ways of cheaper transportation.
The rental company will ask you where you are heading. Some don't allow you to go into the forest with their cars unless you rent a SUV. At every riverbank you can charter boats at reasonable prices. It is wise to always travel with a tour guide. There are two local airlines providing private connections with the innerland.
Bluewing Airlines and Gumair. With almost a third of the country being declared national reserves , Suriname's main tourist attraction are its vast natural lands and the diversity of flora and fauna in them. Head to the beaches of Galibi and Albina to witness the impressive breeding process of large Leatherback sea turtles , or book a helicopter ride to one of the more remote beaches to see the same, with fewer people around.
Spot river dolphins on the way and see the typical mangrove forests between the ocean and the rain forests. The Amazon rain forests cover most of the Surinam surface and is home to thousands of birds, reptiles, monkeys and even a handful of jaguars. As tourism develops, guided tours and resorts in the heart of the jungle are popping up and make a comfortable option if you want to spend a few days spotting wildlife or plants, including the rubber tree, spike-footed palms, plenty of orchids and cacti.
Day trips are an option too. The Central Suriname Nature Reserve is the most popular of the reserves and is home to the Raleigh waterfalls and mount Voltzberg. Brownsberg Nature Park is home to one of the largest man-made lakes in the world: the Brokopondo Reservoir.
Visit Tonka Island to see the ecotourism project that Saramaccaner Maroons have set up there. Maroon and Amerindian villages are found deep in the forests, but many of them also lie on the riverbanks. A boat trip down the Marowijne river, with French Guyana just on the other side, is a great way to see the best of the forest, visit some villages and do some border hopping on the go.
For a less adventurous day, try swimming in Cola Creek , a black water Blaka Watra recreational park some 50 km from Paramaribo and popular with Suriname families. On the way back, make sure to stop at the Jodensavanne Jews savanna , where the Jews were allowed to settle in the 17th century.
Now, only the ruins at this important historic place remind of those days. Paramaribo itself is a pleasant place and its historic inner centre is a Unesco World Heritage Site. The capital has many characteristics of a large village community and although there are few real landmarks and sights, is a nice place to spend some time. Linger on the Waterkant , the water side street with its old wooden, colonial houses and grab a bite from one of the food stands there. Go shopping at the Central Market and gaze at the Jules Wijdenboschbrug.
Stroll to Fort Zeelandia , through the Palm tree garden and the Independence square. Former plantations will take you back to colonial times, when coffee and sugar where produced here.
Some of the plantation houses have been renovated, and a few are even in use to make coffee and dry shrimp. Although most if not all visitors will probably visit Paramaribo it is well worth getting out to explore other regions that are all in great contrast with the capital. This can be arranged by a tour operator so you do not have to worry about transportation and accommodations.
For the more adventurous Suriname is challenging but certainly not with insurmountable obstacles. Accommodation and food is relatively cheap. Retail prices for clothing, gifts, etc, are similar to the US. Some villages have titles to land but all ownership rights belong to the government. During the second half of the s Taino Arawaks , Kalinago Caribs and Wayanas were relocated by government and guerrilla forces.
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The situation on the ground changes daily as more people arrive and some leave. Aluminium mining in Baphlimali, India, has caused environment devastation and has wrecked the lifestyle of thousands of Adivasis. For centuries, Adivasi communities like the Paraja, Jhodia, Penga and Kondh have been living amidst the Baphlimali foothills. For generations they have lived in harmony with nature.
They lived through rain fed subsistence agriculture of millet, cereals, pulses, rice and collection of non-timber forest produce, e. With widespread mining activities and linked deforestation, they have lost access to forest products and to the much needed pasture land in the vicinity of their villages.
Your help will mean that MRG can support communities like these to help decision makers listen better to get priorities right for local people and help them to protect their environment and restore what has been damaged. The above picture is of a tribal woman forcibly displaced from her home and land by District Forest Officers in the district of Ganjam, Odisha.
Her cashew plantation burned in the name of protection of forests. Please note that the picture is to illustrate the story and is not from Baphlimali. Esther is a member of the indigenous Ogiek community living in the Mau Forest in Kenya. Her family lives in one of the most isolated and inaccessible parts of the forest, with no roads, no health facilities and no government social infrastructure.
The Ogiek were evicted from some forest areas, which have since been logged. The Ogiek consider it essential to preserve their forest home; others are content to use it to make money in the short term. Esther has a year-old daughter living with a physical disability who has never attended basic school, as it is over 12 kilometres away. Young children living in these areas face challenges such as long distances to school, fears of assault by wild animals and dangers from people they may encounter on the journey.
BBC Nature: Suriname toads. Suriname government. National Assembly in Dutch. Republic of Suriname Capital: Paramaribo. Read full media profile. Image source, Getty Images. People from various parts of the world were brought in to work the land.
Read full timeline. Suriname includes a variety of ethnic groups, including Amerindians, some of whom still live in traditional villages.
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