Nature · Commewijne district, mouth of the Suriname River
A sand spit on the east bank of the mouth of the Suriname River, about 15 km from Paramaribo, where leatherback, green and olive ridley turtles nest between roughly February and August. Reached by boat from the Leonsberg jetty; the beach is eroding fast.
Best for turtle nesting close to the city, evening boat trips.
| Seller | Product | Published price | Duration | Departure | Joining | Checked | Source |
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| Jenny Tours Suriname | Braamspunt zeeschildpadden nachttour | EUR 60 pp | full day | Not stated | Not stated | September 2026 | official |
| SUforYou | Braamspunt (zeeschildpaddentour) | Not published | full day | Not stated | Not stated | September 2026 | official |
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Braamspunt is a sand spit on the east bank of the mouth of the Suriname River, about 15 km from Paramaribo, and the closest place to the city where sea turtles nest. Three threatened species come ashore there, leatherback, green and olive ridley, in a season that runs roughly from February to August. WWF Guianas runs a monitoring station on the beach, with patrols alongside government agencies from February to July, and relocates nests that the sea threatens. That threat is real: the beach has eroded severely, from several hundred metres wide to a strip of ten to twelve metres in places by 2024, after years of sand mining that ended in late 2017.
Travellers reach Braamspunt by boat from the Leonsberg jetty in northern Paramaribo, either on a night tour sold by an operator (Jenny Tours listed one at EUR 60 per person on 6 September 2026, and SUforYou lists a turtle tour whose price is not shown) or, according to community sources only, with a boatman hired on the spot. Go with a guide in season. Turtles nest at night, the beach is patrolled, and the rules on light and distance exist for the animals' sake; follow the guide's instructions. No sighting is ever guaranteed, on any night, by anyone.
For the larger nesting beaches, and the leatherbacks in particular, the trip is Galibi on the Marowijne, an overnight rather than an evening.
Four river trips leave Paramaribo and they are not versions of one another: the sunset dolphin boat, the Commewijne plantation day, Jodensavanne by water and the Braamspunt turtle night. Published prices, departure points and what the river does not promise.
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Which animal you want decides the trip, the season and the price. Dolphins in the estuary, sloths at Peperpot, turtles at Braamspunt and Galibi, birds at Bigi Pan, forest at Brownsberg and Fredberg, with the published prices and the things nobody can promise.
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Guiana dolphins live in the Suriname River estuary between Leonsberg and Braamspunt, twenty minutes by boat from the city. Six operators sell an afternoon trip from EUR 27.50 to EUR 60, leaving around 16:00 and back after sunset. Sightings are never guaranteed.
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Commewijne, Jodensavanne, Overbridge, Colakreek, Peperpot, Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam, the dolphin boat, Braamspunt, Brownsberg, Galibi, Bigi Pan and Fredberg in one table: how far, how long, what every seller charges, how many people a departure needs, and which ones are not day trips at all. Read 6 September 2026.
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Information on this page is sourced from Wikipedia, WWF Guianas (2019 WIDECAST presentation), Jenny Tours Suriname, Mongabay.
A three- to five-hour afternoon boat trip from the Leonsberg jetty down the Suriname River to the estuary where Guiana dolphins live, returning at sunset. Sold by at least five Paramaribo operators from EUR 27.50 to EUR 60 per person as of September 2026; sightings are never guaranteed.
Seasonal overnight trip to the Galibi Nature Reserve at the mouth of the Marowijne River to watch sea turtles come ashore to nest. Reached by road to Albina and then about an hour by boat, with accommodation in or near the indigenous villages.
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