At step in Suriname
Countless highlights provide unforgettable moments during the trip. The capital Paramaribo with its colonial wooden buildings will amaze you. Impenetrable tropical forests, wide rivers, rice fields and traditional villages unforgettable moments during the trip. And we have not even talking about the melting pot of cultures and friendly inhabitants of this land. You also speaks the language of the country!
Day 1: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Paramaribo
From Schiphol Amsterdam departing for the flight to Paramaribo. Here is the guide ready to accompany you to the apartment, where the first four nights are booked.
Day 2: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Paramaribo City Tour.
After breakfast it’s time to get acquainted with Paramaribo.
Our guide shows you all the highlights of the wooden town and told about the history and the period before independence. We see, inter alia, the Central Market, Fort Zeelandia, the Maroon market, Independence Square, the palm garden and the Jewish synagogue peacefully beside the mosque. During the tour are a snack and a drink included. you are the rest of the day free and you can spend on your own.
Day 3: Thursday, November 24, 2016 History about Water and Land
With a primitive tent boat across the Suriname and Commewijne river. We visit the plantation Rust en Werk, plantation Margaret and the open air museum. At the place where the Suriname and Commewijne river congregate there to spot the opportunity dolphins.
This day breakfast and lunch is included.
Day 4: Friday, November 25, 2016 Free day Srefedenci
Today it is 41 years since Suriname became independent from the Netherlands that is celebrated in several places with singing and dancing sometimes parades, especially on the waterfront and in the Palm Garden is very cozy.
Today breakfast included.
Day 5: Saturday, November 26, 2016 Nickerie – West Suriname
Today there is a nice and relaxing journey to the west of Suriname on the program. We’ll reach along various landscapes until we reach Groningen. A friendly place that was established 150 years ago by Dutch immigrants. A little further is surrounded by tall palm trees and colorful wooden houses the city Coronie. Here the English and Scots put the first plantations. We continue along the rice plantations of the Nickerie district with the city of Wageningen. In Nw. Nickerie we visit the paddy husking, seawall and a Hindu temple. Here is a good hotel reserved for us.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.
Day 6: Sunday, November 27, 2016 Nickerie – Bigi Pan – Paramaribo
In a flat-bottomed boat we sail to the nature reserve Bigi Pan. The landscape of creeks, mangroves and wetlands. We sail through this unique area, an international breeding ground for many species of birds, including the red ibis and pelicans. After the tour in this area we return after lunch to Paramaribo.
Today breakfast, lunch included.
Day 7: Monday, November 28, 2016 Africaanse culture in the Bush Bush Anaula
In search of the jungle. Our impressive journey south begins with a bus tour of 3 hours to the village Atjoni. This is also the mooring area for all the boats coming from the jungle of Suriname. We are looking for our boat and take a ride of about 45 minutes to Anaula Jungle Resort. After checking into your lodge you have the opportunity to explore the island.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included today.
Day 8: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 jungle trek Anaula
Today we get into the canoe (dugout canoe) and we go to Gajuba and Laduwani, during the village tour we get acquainted with the culture of the local Maroon population. They are also known as Maroons and descendants of former runaway slaves. Furthermore, there is this day an exciting jungle tour on the program.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included today.
Day 9: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Overbridge
After lunch we leave for Atjoni across the Suriname river. Here awaits us a van to take us to Overbridge resort. After this intense day, relax relax on the beach of the Overbridge River Resort. Here we spend the night in the cabanas.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included today.
Day 10: Thursday, December 1st, 2016 the Jewsavanna
Around lunch time we get ready for the historic journey to the first Jewish settlement in Suriname, the Jewsavanna. Here you will find many ancient tombs, each with its own story. Then we return to our apartment in Paramaribo.
This day includes breakfast and lunch included.
Day 11: Friday, December 2nd 2016 free
This day the choice is yours. You can individually book a tour (The butterfly garden is a must) or what Paramaribo has to offer.
On this day, breakfast is included.
Day 12: Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 Santigron
After about a half hour drive from Paramaribo you approach the Maroon village Santigron. After consuming a drink, the guide ready for an extensive tour of the village. You will see many sights during the tour and enjoy a lunch, then take a walk to the river. The boat is ready to transport to another Maroon village called Haarlem. After being returned to Santigron is a drink waiting for you at the local bar. In the late afternoon you will experience a cultural dance and you will be given the opportunity to purchase the products of the residents. After a delicious BBQ and dance party, it’s time to rest in simple lodges.
Today breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
Day 13: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 Santgron – Paramaribo
A jungle tour led by an expert guide to the border of the native village of Pikin Poika is scheduled. After lunch we leave for Paramaribo.
Breakfast and lunch are included.
Day 14: Monday, December 5th 2016 free
Self classify day. Optionally, on this day a bike ride, from Paramaribo let’s put us into more care and over Peperpot drive to New Amsterdam where we leave putting back to Leopoldsburg and thence back to our apartment. This is a flat route of about 40 kilometers.
Today breakfast included.
Day 15: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 free and transfer to Zanderij
A couple of hours enjoying what Paramaribo offers you so soon may still buy some souvenirs or just enjoy the waterfront and then the time comes to leave. In the after noon, the bus will take you to the airport where we check in for the night flight to the Netherlands.
Breakfast included.
Day 16: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 at home
Arrival at Schiphol, home sweet home !.
Minimum number of participants 6.
Maximum number of participants 12.
Is included in the fare:
- Flight, surcharges and taxes.
- Travel by air-conditioned bus.
- Shower / toilet.
- Accommodation in 2-pers.kamers.
- Arrangements Half Board with breakfast in the morning (including continental breakfast) and dinner buffet.
- 14 x breakfast. 9 x lunch, dinner 6 x.
Not included:
- Tips (Making a tip jar is preferred, ± 25 euros p /p).
- Lunches and dinners during the holidays.
- Optional excursions.
- Tourist Map 30 euros.