Getting from Johan Adolf Pengel Airport to Paramaribo
45 km, about an hour, and no metered taxis. Transfer prices we could verify, the car rental desks, and what to do about a SIM and cash on arrival.
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Car rental · Centrum
Hertz is represented in Suriname by independent licensee Realcar N.V., which runs a car rental and leasing operation in Paramaribo and is listed by Hertz under the Paramaribo city station. A separate Hertz station code is listed for Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.
Best for self-drive travellers, business travellers.
Hertz does not operate directly in Suriname. Its business here runs through an independent licensee, Realcar N.V., listed by Hertz under the Paramaribo city station code PBMC60. The address on file is Van 't Hogerhuysstraat 19, Paramaribo, with the numbers 400409 and 8830588.
This is worth understanding before you rent: a Hertz booking made abroad is fulfilled by a local company, so international loyalty terms, damage policies and roadside assistance may not work the way they do elsewhere. Ask what applies before you sign.
The address and phone numbers come from a Suriname business directory rather than from Hertz. Hertz's own station page renders its contact details with JavaScript that we could not read on 21 August 2026, and the directory listing is old enough to be worth confirming by phone before you rely on it.
45 km, about an hour, and no metered taxis. Transfer prices we could verify, the car rental desks, and what to do about a SIM and cash on arrival.
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Information on this page is sourced from SurinamYP business directory, Hertz.
Avis operates a car rental counter inside the terminal at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, the main international gateway roughly 45 km south of Paramaribo. The Avis site lists the desk as open 24 hours every day with an after-hours drop-off facility.
Corrections from owners are welcome and are treated as a source like any other: checked, dated and credited.