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Isadou

Saramaccan-owned island lodge near the Jaw Jaw rapids on the Upper Suriname River, built up since 2000 to about nineteen lodges; one of the longer-running community lodges on the river.

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  • community tourism
  • budget-friendly interior

Isadou is a Saramaccan-owned island in the Upper Suriname River near the Jaw Jaw rapids, and it has been there longer than most of its neighbours. Selientje Adipi and André Kaise, both Saramaccan, started building on pure jungle in 1994 and opened the lodge in 2000. Wooden cabins with their own shower and toilet stand around a central lawn, and the rapids around the island make natural bathing pools.

Much of the day-to-day work is done by people from Jaw Jaw, the village opposite. The lodge's own site is unpolished and candid about what this is: a family operation rather than a resort, with reservations by email to info@isadou.com.

That site is http-only and sparse, which is worth knowing before you judge it — the lodge is more substantial than its web presence. It is also the reason the entry below leans on one independent account of the ownership alongside the lodge's own pages.

If community ownership is the thing you are looking for in a jungle stay, Isadou and Danpaati are the two on this site where it is documented rather than asserted.

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    Jungle lodges in Suriname compared

    Nine interior lodges compared on the things that actually decide the trip: how you get there, how comfortable it is, whether the community owns it, and who you book through.

    Updated 21 August 2026

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  • Anaula Nature Resort

    Accommodation

    Resort on a roughly 12-hectare island at the Ferulassi rapids in the Upper Suriname River, with 23 air-conditioned river-view lodges, a pool and Saramaccan villages nearby.

  • Danpaati River Lodge

    Accommodation

    Community-based lodge on an island in the Upper Suriname River near the Saramaccan village of Dan, with ten two-person cabins, a pool and a yoga deck; village visits and jungle walks are part of most stays.

  • Jungle Resort Pingpe

    Accommodation

    Small-scale resort on the Boven-Suriname river about three hours by boat from Atjoni, selling fully catered three- to six-day tours guided by people from the surrounding villages.

Sources and verification

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Information on this page is sourced from Isadou, My Travelworld.

  • Isadou · existence, history · read 21 August 2026
  • My Travelworld · ownership · read 21 August 2026