A country · 26 places · 6 regions
Suriname, all of it.
26 curated places across 6 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Paramaribo District, Sipaliwini District, Brokopondo District and Commewijne District — read below as chapters, with 2 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Paramaribo District · 9 places
Paramaribo District
A colonial-era fort on the Suriname River at the edge of Paramaribo, now housing a museum. Its brick bastions date to the era of Dutch and English rule.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Sipaliwini District · 3 places
Sipaliwini District
Deep in west-central Suriname, 1.6 million hectares of primary rainforest form one of the most pristine tropical wildernesses left on Earth. The reserve safeguards the Coppename River's upper watershed, where over 5,000 vascular plant species have been recorded and jaguars, giant river otters, tapirs, harpy eagles and eight kinds of primate live beneath an unbroken canopy. UNESCO inscribed it as World Heritage in 2000, a benchmark for intact lowland and montane tropical forest.
✦ December–April · $$
Chapter III · Brokopondo District · 2 places
Brokopondo District
A rainforest reserve on a plateau overlooking the Brokopondo reservoir, with trails to waterfalls and lookouts over the flooded valley. Its accessible forest is a good place to see monkeys, toucans, and other Amazonian wildlife.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Commewijne District · 2 places
Commewijne District
A colonial fortress town at the junction of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers. Its open-air museum preserves Dutch military structures and old plantation history.
✦ August to November · $
Regions of Suriname
Every place in Suriname
