Taxis, buses, car rental, river boats and domestic flights.
The number after each category is how many places are published in it today.
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.
Best for self-drive travellers, arriving international passengers
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Gum Air N.V. is a Surinamese airline based at Zorg en Hoop Airport in Paramaribo, flying scheduled and charter services to airstrips in the interior of Suriname as well as international charters to Guyana and French Guiana. Its fleet is made up of Cessna 206, Cessna 208B, Twin Otter and Beechcraft 1900D aircraft.
Best for interior and jungle-lodge travel, charter groups
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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
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NVB (Nationaal Vervoer Bedrijf), Havenlaan West 2, is Suriname's state bus and boat company: more than sixty bus routes across eight districts, boat services in Marowijne, Commewijne and Brokopondo, daytime buses and a night bus 21:00–02:00 from Heiligenweg. Route timetables are not published online; nvbnv.sr.
Best for budget travellers, long-stay visitors
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Tourtonne's is a Paramaribo taxi dispatch company offering city rides, airport transfers and organised trips into the surrounding districts. It advertises round-the-clock dispatch and more than twenty-five years of operation.
Best for airport transfers, travellers without a car
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Ride is a Surinamese ride-hailing platform that matches passengers in Greater Paramaribo with screened private drivers and licensed taxi drivers through separate passenger and driver mobile apps. Fares are shown before a trip is confirmed and both sides rate each other afterwards.
Best for app-based booking, travellers used to ride-hailing
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