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Palumeu Jungle Lodge

Lodge at the indigenous village of Palumeu on the Upper Tapanahony River in deep-south Suriname, where stays revolve around Wayana and Trio village life; access is by light aircraft.

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Best for

  • indigenous culture
  • remote wilderness

Palumeu is the deepest-interior stay in our records. The lodge stands at the indigenous village of Palumeu on the Upper Tapanahony in southern Suriname, and METS Travel & Tours, which runs it, sells it as an all-inclusive package from €665.

Access is by light aircraft — about 75 minutes from Zorg en Hoop to the airstrip beside the village. What you go for is the village itself: the lodge sits among the Trio and Wayana communities, and the programme is built around the village, its crafts and the forest around it.

Two consequences follow from that. The first is practical: the flight schedule, not your calendar, sets the length of the stay, and there is no independent way in. The second is a matter of manners — this is somebody's home village, and the tours are sold on that basis.

Palumeu is also the usual starting point for treks to Kasikasima, which the same operator sells as a longer expedition.

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  • METS Travel & Tours

    Tour operator · Paramaribo North

    Long-established Paramaribo tour operator that runs its own jungle lodges in the Surinamese interior, including Awarradam, Palumeu and the Kasikasima base camp, plus day trips and city tours. Also books hotels, transfers and river cruises.

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Information on this page is sourced from All Suriname Tours, METS N.V..