Paramaribo & the Amazon Rainforest — 6 days

Dutch colonial heritage and Maroon communities. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Waterkant; Colonial Paramaribo; Up the river; Maroon culture.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival & Waterkant

• 10:00 — Arrival at Paramaribo PBM (Johan Adolf Pengel)
• 11:30 — Taxi to the centre — Aéroport → Paramaribo
• 13:00 — Hotel check-in in the historic centre — Paramaribo
• 15:30 — Stroll along the Waterkant — Paramaribo
• 19:30 — Surinamese dinner — Paramaribo

Day 2 — Colonial Paramaribo

• 09:00 — Fort Zeelandia — Paramaribo
• 11:00 — White wooden houses of the UNESCO centre — Paramaribo
• 13:00 — Neveh Shalom Synagogue & Keizerstraat Mosque — Paramaribo
• 14:30 — Lunch at the central market — Paramaribo
• 17:00 — Palmentuin — palm garden — Paramaribo
• 20:00 — Indonesian-Javanese dinner — Paramaribo

Day 3 — Up the river

• 08:00 — Drive into the interior — Paramaribo → Atjoni
• 13:00 — Pirogue on the Upper Suriname — Atjoni → village marron
• 15:30 — Community lodge check-in — Village marron (Haut Suriname)
• Walk to the river — Village marron (Haut Suriname) → Haut Suriname
• 17:00 — Swim in the river — Haut Suriname
• Walk to dinner — Haut Suriname → Village marron
• 19:30 — Community dinner — Village marron

Day 4 — Maroon culture

• 09:00 — Guided tour of the Maroon village — Haut Suriname
• Walk through the village — Haut Suriname → Village marron
• 11:30 — Traditional woodcarving — Village marron
• 13:00 — Local lunch — Village marron
• Pirogue to the rapids — Village marron → Haut Suriname
• 15:00 — Pirogue to the nearby rapids — Haut Suriname
• 19:30 — Community dinner

Day 5 — Primary forest

• 08:00 — Pirogue back, then drive to Brownsberg
• 13:00 — Brownsberg lodge check-in — Brownsberg Nature Park
• 15:00 — Hike to Irene Falls — Brownsberg Nature Park
• Drive to the viewpoint — Brownsberg Nature Park → Brownsberg
• 18:00 — Viewpoint over Brokopondo Lake — Brownsberg
• 19:30 — Dinner at the lodge

Day 6 — Return & Departure

• 08:00 — Drive Brownsberg → Paramaribo
• 12:00 — Farewell lunch on the Waterkant — Paramaribo
• 15:00 — Transfer to PBM airport
• 18:00 — Return flight