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Republic of Suriname - former Dutch Guyana on the Northeast coast of South America.

Districts in Suriname : Brokopondo, Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Sipaliwini, Wanica

Suriname is located between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the Atlantic coast.

The most southern parts of the borders with Guyana and French Guiana are disputed.

The people are a multi-cultural blend and the land has many beautiful natural resources that make it unique

Capital City of Suriname : Paramaribo


car hire, hotels, travel agencies, travel guides, transportation / traveling to surinam

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Car Rental Suriname

 Hertz

Holiday Homes

 Palma Rina Appartments

Hotels in Surinam

 All-hotels.com 
 Expedia.com

National Parks

 Central Surinam Nature Reserve - Raleigh Falls
 Galibi Nature Reserve
 Nature Park Brownsberg - 130km from Paramaribo

Tour Operators / Travel Agents



   Inbound

 Dagron Tours
 Mets Travel & Tours - located in Paramaribo
Tours, hotel-, transportation- and other travel arrangements for both holiday and business travelers who wish to visit Suriname or the neighboring countries Guyana and French Guiana and the Caribbean.

Travel Guides Suriname / Related Books

Books about Suriname

Surinam - Switi Sranan - Toon Fey
Hardcover 160 pages (January 1, 2003); Publisher: Koninklijk Instituut Voor de Tropen; Language: English; ISBN: 9068325302

Transportation / How do I travel to Suriname

Suriname is reachable by plane from Amsterdam [ The Netherlands ], Curacao [ Dutch Antilles ], Miami [ Florida , USA ], Port of Spain [ Trinidad ], Cayenne [ French Guiana ] and sporadically from some cities in Brasil [ e.g. Belem ].

 Parimaribo J.A. Pengel International Airport

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Roads in Surinam

 Online maps of Surinam [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]
Surinam and the Guianas Map 
International Travel Maps
Unbound (January 1, 2003); Publisher: ITMB Publishing; ISBN: 1553414152


Links 

 Travel Insurance - online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Suriname online Tourist Guide 
Places to Stay, Things to Do & See, General Information, Tour Operators, Photo Gallery, Map, Weather, Links

 Paramaribo - capital city of Suriname
Paramaribo, the 17th-century capital, is graced with attractive Dutch, French, Spanish and British colonial architecture. Imposing brick buildings overlook grassy squares and wooden houses crowd narrow streets. Towering palms shade some areas and mangroves still hug the riverside. Mosques and synagogues sit side by side, while Javanese vendors peddle satay and Dutch-speaking Creoles guzzle beer at sidewalk cafés. Central Paramaribo's focus is the Onafhankelijksplein (Unity Square), fronting the Presidential Palace. Immediately behind the palace is the Palmentuin, an attractive park with tall palms inhabited by tropical birds. To the east is Fort Zeelandia, a 17-century riverside fortification. The main market is found on the riverside boulevard, Waterkrant.

 Brokopondo District
 Commewijne - Commewijne.net [ dutch only ]
 Coronie - Coronie.nl
 Marowijne
 Nickerie
 Para
 Paramaribo Distrikt
 Saramacca
 Sipaliwini
 Wanica

 Awarradam - a small island
 Frederiksdorp - Plantagendorf am Suriname River
 Julianatop - Highest point in Suriname [ 1280 m ]
 Kajana -  Saramaccaner Village [ largest if the Maroon Tribe ]

 Birds in Surinam
It shares many of its 680 bird species with its neighbouring countries [ Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana and French Guiana ]. Its is still for the most part covered with tropical rainforest. A watershed in the south, covered with savanna and rainforest, separates it from the Amazon Bassin. The west and east frontiers are formed by rivers and to the north is the Atlantic ocean.
 Chamber of Commerce
 Kirpalani - Department Store in Paramaribo
 Press - Dagblad Suriname - popular daily
 Press - Guyana Chronicle 
 Press - Parbo Daily - online news ???
 Press - Stabroek News
 Radio - ABC Suriname
 Saramaccan
 Sranan - Language of Surinam
 STINASU - Foundation for Nature Conservation in Suriname
Leading and authoritive nature protection organization.
 TV - ATV

Cuisine - Suriname foods - Suriname recipes

Javanese, Creole, Chinese and Hindustani cuisine plus favorite Dutch influences are popular. Beer and rum are popular alcoholic drinks.

 Recipes from the Surinam Kitchen
Suriname is a blending of cultures; immigrants from all parts of the world settled in this country and brought with them their ethnic food customs. They also brought native seeds and after harvesting the crops, reproduced their favorite recipes. This all developed into Suriname's traditional cooking so all recipes have a typical touch, resulting in a unique cultural blending of flavors. From the wide array they have chosen a sampler of favorites from the Dutch, Indian, West African, Creole, Indonesian, Chinese, Libanese and Jewish kitchen

History of Suriname

Arawak and Carib tribes lived in the region before Columbus sighted the coast in 1498. Spain officially claimed the area in 1593, but Portuguese and Spanish explorers of the time gave the area little attention. Dutch settlement began in 1616 at the mouths of several rivers between present-day Georgetown, Guyana, and Cayenne, French Guiana. Suriname became a Dutch colony in 1667. See for more: Surinam.net

 Suriname's History - Wikipedia
The history of Suriname dates from 3000 BCE, when Native Americans first inhabited the area. Present-day Suriname was the home to many distinct indigenous cultures. The largest tribes were the Arawaks, a nomadic coastal tribe that lived from hunting and fishing, and the Caribs...
Suriname 
Noelle Blackmer Beatty
Library Binding 94 pages (October 1997); Publisher: Chelsea House Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 0791047482
 Amerindians of Suriname
Stedman's Surinam: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Slave Society. An Abridged, Modernized Edition of Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam 
John Gabriel Stedman, Richard Price (Editor), Sally Price (Editor)
This abridgement of the Prices' acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on Stedman's original, handwritten manuscript, which offers a portrait at considerable variance with the 1796 classic. The unexpurgated text, presented here with extensive notes and commentary, constitutes one of the richest and most evocative accounts ever written of flourishing slave society.
Paperback 432 pages (July 1992); Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0801842603
The Trouble in Suriname, 1975-1993 - Edward M. Dew
A study of events, their origins, and their consequences since the Caribbean country of Suriname located on the South American continent achieved its independence from the Netherlands in 1975. The 18 years covered witnessed the crippling experience of ethnic polarization, an unexpected coup by young military officers, an experiment in Cuban- or Grenada.
Hardcover 264 pages (January 1995); Publisher: Greenwood Press; Language: English; ISBN: 027594834X 

Music [ creole winti music / hindi music ]

Two Evenings in Saramaka: Afro-American Tale-telling in the Surinam Rain Forest 
Richard Price, Sally Price
Paperback 432 pages (March 1, 1991); Publisher: University of Chicago Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0226680622
 Music of Suriname - kaseko music.

Web Portal / Suriname Search Engine / Directory

 Surigids.com - search engine of Surinam [ dutch language ]
 Escape Artist -  Guide to a Little Known Nation
 Moengoe Online
 Surinam.us - with links to all websites related to Surinam
 Telesur - Surinam Telephone Guide

 Absolute Caribbean
Sight seeing tours, Scuba dive packages, Boat trips, Horseback riding and much more - handled by experienced, reliable and multi-lingual personal. Even on the more adventurous unique tours, deep down into the Surinam rain forest, you will be in the best company with our native guides.


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