Maroni River and the West Travel Guide

Explore Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni A frontier town on the Maroni River, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni attracts visitors for its penal colony ruins, riverboat travel into Suriname, Creole markets and wooden colonial buildings - a launch point for jungle lodges and Indigenous communities upriver. Explore Apatou River town on the Maroni, Apatou acts as a launch point for river transport, inland forestry tracks and visits to Maroon and Wayana communities. Explore Grand-Santi On the Maroni River, Grand-Santi is a river-port for Maroon communities; visitors come for pirogue trips, rainforest guides, birdwatching and markets selling smoked fish and cassava staples. Explore Maripasoula City in Guyane, French Guiana Explore Georgetown Georgetown keeps colonial wooden cathedrals, the Botanical Gardens and a busy Stabroek Market; visitors take river launches to Essequibo plantations and hunt local dishes like pepperpot and roti. Explore Paramaribo Dutch wooden buildings and a tangled riverfront define Paramaribo; tourists wander Fort Zeelandia, sample Javanese roti and Creole stews at Central Market, and take boat trips upriver into rainforest. Explore Linden Linden grew as a bauxite town on the Demerara, now a jump-off for rainforest lodges, river trips and learning about gold- and mining-era architecture. Explore New Amsterdam At the Berbice River mouth, New Amsterdam showcases Dutch-era layouts, a sleepy waterfront, colonial warehouses and boat tours upriver to old plantations and village markets.