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Top 10 Things to do in Suriname
Suriname from South America region, is best know for Churches & Cathedrals. Discover best things to do in Suriname with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
Restaurants in Suriname
1. Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 426 reviews
Reviewed By ceg51 - Naples, FL
Beautiful basilica inside and out. Worth a visit for seeing the wood work inside and out. When we arrived a service was in process but it ended in 10 minutes so we were able to see the beauty of the inside.
2. Warappa Kreek
Overall Ratings
5 based on 18 reviews
Bakkie offers plantation museum, restaurant-bar, tropical garden, a trip down Warappa Kreek past an old sugar factory to a unique Surinamese beach, famous for its shifting sands and rare birds. Easily accessible via public boat from Paramaribo, Bakkie is a great day out, weekend of good food and nature or week of intense birdwatching.
Reviewed By boerekampsj - Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands
You can stay in three houses in Bakkie, where they have a small museum, good lunch and dinner and a nice little authentic village, you take the boat to Warappa creek into extensive nice mangroves and to the beach (good for birds, not for swimming), the only real drawback are the mosquitos.
3. Fort Nieuw Amsterdam
Overall Ratings
4 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By OceanWanderer - Brisbane
This fort, which is still not fully preserved, contains a number of interesting old buildings and fortifications. There is a walking trail around. Of particular interest is the gunpowder magazine, which looks like a church and is carefully designed not to allow sparks to enter if it came under fire. There is also an old lightship which used to mark the entrance to the Paramaribo river. It is in a state of bad disrepair - you can get on board but need to be very careful - there are holes and rotten planks. Unless something is done it won't last much longer. There are also whimsical artistic objects made out of scrap which are quite entertaining, though nothing to do with the fort. All in all, definitely worth a visit.
4. Commewijne River
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 153 reviews
Reviewed By Poleinahole - Chicago, Illinois
If you haven't seen the pink Amazon river dolphins in Manaus, Brazil up close, you will enjoy seeing them here. The river is very brown but they do come close to the boat but are hard to photograph up close (easier just to video and hope they come up when your video is on).
The river is not very scenic except close to the mangroves. There is plantation where you can see a baby cayman croc and turtle that is normally included in a dolphin tour. Tours cost about $37 per person and include a coconut at the plantation and water and fruit on the boat.
Bring sunscreen and insect repellant (for the mangrove and plantation).
5. Fort Zeelandia
Overall Ratings
4 based on 451 reviews
Reviewed By jettag1950 - Denver, Colorado
It is easy to spend a couple hours just walking and viewing the old buildings and grounds. Well keep!
6. Waterkant (Riverside Boulevard)
Overall Ratings
4 based on 251 reviews
Reviewed By Poleinahole - Chicago, Illinois
You really understand why Paramaribo is on the UNESCO Heritage Site walking along this street and the ones running parallel to it. There are some ladies selling natural soaps, syrups, medicines and oils (very pricey) and some snack outlets overlooking the river where you can also see the ruins of the German wreck in the middle of the river.
Be aware of pick pockets.
I spent an hour walking around the streets to get photos of the old colonials buildings and it as very hot, so try and go early in the morning. The best time is on Sunday morning as traffic is virtually non existent in Paramaribo then.
7. Neveh Shalom Jewish Synagogue
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By scotworldtraveller - Scotland
as the Synagogue was burnt down by unattended candles the current one has a sand floor to catch the melted wax.
8. Peperpot Nature Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 107 reviews
Reviewed By Erik K - Domburg, Suriname
Peperpot is is nice nature sanctuary. Great for birding or just a lovely hike trough a forestry area of a former neglected plantation. The recently build Cafeteria offers cool drinks and some snack. A souvenir shop with unique Items, like hand mad percussion instruments, Made by artist Bongo Charley.
9. Suriname City Mosque
Overall Ratings
4 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By SE s
You will not miss if you are in town..You will go past many times.This mosque can be visited if like.If you have time have a lookaround
10. Independence Square (Onafhankelijksplein)
Overall Ratings
4 based on 105 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
Before independence in 1975 the 'Onafhankeliijksplein' was called by the Dutch the 'Gouvernementsplein'. The big open square is surrounded by the country's most important buildings: the Presidential Palace - all in white, the Parliament (De Nationale Assemblee) - a modern construction and the Ministry of Finance, built of red brick, but with four white columns in front and a white Clock Tower.
In the middle are poles with the flags of all members of the Caribbean Community (Caricom). There are also some statues like the one for Jagernath Lachmon, mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest serving parlamentarian in the world. In front of the Ministry of Finance is the bronze statue of rather corpulent Johan Adolf Pengel, a former primi minister, after whom Paramaribo's International Airport is named.
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