Fort Zeelandia & Stichting Surinaams Museum
A 17th-century Dutch pentagonal fortress on the Suriname River bank in central Paramaribo, now housing the Stichting Surinaams Museum with colonial-period collections and period rooms.
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Things to see and do in Paramaribo
The UNESCO-listed inner city, museums, river trips and the forest beyond.
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- Historic sites10
- Museums5
- Architecture—
- Religious sites3
- Parks2
- Plantations5
- Nature8
- River tours5
- Tours—
- Multi-day tours7
- Cycling3
The number after each category is how many places are published in it today.
All 26 places
Peperpot Nature Park
A nature park of about 820 hectares on a former coffee and cocoa plantation in Commewijne, a short drive from Paramaribo, with walking trails through regrown forest and old plantation planting still visible.
Access Suriname Travel
Paramaribo destination management company offering day excursions, cultural and nature tours, expeditions and boat trips. It owns the Danpaati River Lodge on the Upper Suriname River and the Mi Gudu river cruiser.
Brownsberg Nature Park
A nature park of roughly 12,000 hectares on a plateau in Brokopondo district south of Paramaribo, with rainforest trails, waterfalls and views over the Brokopondo reservoir.
Cardy Adventures
Paramaribo operator specialising in guided bicycle tours through the former plantation belt of Commewijne, plus Peperpot and boat variants. Tours run as full days with bikes, guide and meals included.
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (UNESCO World Heritage site)
The historic centre of Paramaribo is a UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 2002, covering a former Dutch colonial town of the 17th and 18th centuries whose original street plan and over 250 monuments survive.
Jenny Tours Suriname
Paramaribo tour operator on the Waterkant selling a large catalogue of day trips, multi-day tours and round trips, including Commewijne plantation and Frederiksdorp bicycle tours, dolphin spotting, Brownsberg and sea turtle trips. States it operates most tours with its own guides.
METS Travel & Tours
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.
Mosque Keizerstraat (Moskee Keizerstraat)
A large mosque on Keizerstraat in central Paramaribo, in its present form dating from 1984, standing immediately next to the Neveh Shalom Synagogue.
Neveh Shalom Synagogue
A synagogue on Keizerstraat in central Paramaribo whose congregation dates to 1665; it stands directly beside the Keizerstraat Mosque, a pairing often cited as a symbol of Suriname's religious coexistence.
Numismatisch Museum van de Centrale Bank van Suriname
A money museum run by the Centrale Bank van Suriname in the bank's building in central Paramaribo, presenting coins, banknotes and medals used in Suriname past and present.
Openluchtmuseum Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
An open-air museum inside the walls of Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam in Commewijne, at the confluence of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers opposite Paramaribo, with former prison cells and wartime artillery on the grounds.
Palmentuin
A public park in central Paramaribo planted with palms, next to the Presidential Palace, holding heritage status as a historic park in the city.
Plantage Resort Frederiksdorp
A restored 18th-century coffee and later cocoa plantation on the Commewijne River, designated a monument in 2004 and now operating as a resort with a small district story museum and a heritage walking trail.
Presidentieel Paleis & Onafhankelijkheidsplein
The Presidential Palace of Suriname, a building dating to around 1700, faces Onafhankelijkheidsplein (Independence Square) in the historic centre of Paramaribo; both sit inside the UNESCO-inscribed historic inner city.
Readytex Art Gallery
Commercial art gallery in central Paramaribo representing contemporary Surinamese visual artists, with works for sale across several floors. It also stocks craft items and locally designed goods that visitors buy as souvenirs.
Sint-Petrus-en-Paulusbasiliek (Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral Basilica)
The Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Paramaribo, built of wood between 1883 and 1887 and raised to the rank of minor basilica in 2014; it is among the largest timber-built churches in South America.
Waterproof Tours Suriname
Paramaribo-based destination management company and tour operator running day trips and multi-day tours in Suriname, including river trips, sea turtle tours and cultural excursions to Moengo. It also handles film and media logistics and expat services.
Colakreek Recreatiepark
Recreation park around a tannin-dark blackwater creek near Zanderij in the Para district — a longtime favourite swimming and picnic spot, with holiday cabins at the forest edge and a savannah education centre.
Commewijne Plantation Bike Tour (Cardy Adventures)
Guided cycling day trip across the Suriname River into Commewijne, riding between former coffee, cocoa and sugar plantations and along the polder dams. Sold as a one-day version and a two-day version with an overnight in the plantation area.
Orange Travel Suriname
Suriname tour operator with a large online catalogue of day trips and multi-day packages, including Commewijne river cruises, Brownsberg day trips, Galibi sea turtle trips and stays at interior jungle lodges. Also arranges transport and custom itineraries.
STINASU (Foundation for Nature Conservation in Suriname)
State-linked nature conservation foundation that manages five protected areas and handles visitor accommodation and reservations at Brownsberg Nature Park and Raleighvallen in the Central Suriname Nature Reserve. Bookings are made at its Paramaribo office and cover lodging only.
Surinaamsch Rumhuis
Rum house, museum and tasting room on the bank of the Suriname River in Paramaribo, run by Suriname Alcoholic Beverages, offering guided tours of the distillery and museum followed by tastings of Borgoe, Black Cat and Marienburg rums.
Galibi Sea Turtle Nesting Tour
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.