Get into the holiday mood for a trip to Suriname and read our blog articles. The blogs are written by Suriname Holidays and guest bloggers such as Dick Spijker, known for 'The Look of Dick', and occasionally a colleague from Suriname.
Suriname has a rich and multifaceted culture. The country tells stories of indigenous peoples, African slaves, plantation workers from Asia, and colonial influences. You can see and taste that mix everywhere. In this blog, you will read which cultural highlights you shouldn't miss and how you can truly experience the history of Suriname. Here’s how to plan a…
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If you would like to read more about the face behind the company Suriname Holidays, read the interview on the vakantie-rondreizen.nl website.
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Suriname Culture and History: Highlights of Your Trip Suriname has a rich culture and a complex history. Here you will find influences from Europe, Africa, India, Indonesia, and indigenous peoples. During your trip, you will discover forts, plantations, museums, and vibrant city districts. These are the places you shouldn't miss and ways to learn more…
Learn more!Culture and History in Suriname: A Journey Through Time Discover Suriname: enrich your trip with culture and history Suriname is a unique destination brimming with culture and history. For companies and government organizations seeking unique experiences, a tailor-made tour of Suriname offers countless opportunities to explore the rich past of this…
Learn more!Individual tour of Suriname: Your personal adventure begins here. A trip to Suriname is always special, but an individual tour of Suriname makes your vacation truly unique. More and more travelers are consciously choosing a tailor-made experience, because it allows you to fully align with your preferences and travel pace. Do you want to seek out adventure, enjoy culture and history, or perhaps…
Learn more!Jungle Tours in Suriname: An Unforgettable Experience. Suriname is a country known for its pristine nature, rich culture, and impressive wildlife. Yet, it is primarily the lush jungle that attracts visitors from home and abroad. Are you looking for an adventurous and unique way to discover Suriname? Then choose a tour…
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32-year-old Dick Lock is one of the contestants in the new season of B&B Vol Liefde. He's looking for an adventurous woman to share his Surinamese jungle adventure with.
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In March 2025, I paid a working visit to the new jungle lodge, Amatopo Rainforest Retreat. Read about my own experiences at this magical place deep in the interior of West Suriname.
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The permanent exhibition about Anton de Kom can be viewed from March 23, 2025 in the open-air museum Fort Nieuw Amsterdam in Commewijne.
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A home-brewed specialty beer is served at Guesthouse La Ressource in Boxel (Wanica district).
The manager took up this hobby again in 2020 after having started earlier in the Netherlands.
There are no ingredients available in Suriname, so everything has to be brought in from the Netherlands.
Their first visit to Suriname ten years ago, planted the seed for a major change in the lives of Jan and Marga from South Holland. They fell in love with the country and after several follow-up visits they got the increasingly serious idea of growing old here together.
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Bird lovers can visit the Bigi Pan Nature Reserve again from June 2024 after seven months of extreme drought.
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In this last week I would like to look back on 2023. This year I was also able to organize many special trips. Suriname is still a unique nature destination where you can really travel off the beaten track, which appeals to many people.
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Bird lovers, the Suriname Holidays photo album is up-to-date with the latest bird photos from Suriname Holidays travelers.
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This year, the Paramaribo Four Day Walking Event will be organized from September 6 to 9, 2023. Would you like to attend this event and participate yourself? Which can! We organize a 10-day group trip for hikers.
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Minister of Transport, Communications and Tourism: Albert Jubitana opened the Suriname stand during the trade day at the 2023 holiday fair. He personally came over with a group of my colleagues to promote Suriname as a travel destination.
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In 2022, Suriname Holidays donated € 150,00 in CO2 compensation to Trees for All for all travel documents sent by post.
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In June 2022 I visited the Maratakka camp with the Kasidi family. What heart-warming people these are. I would like other people to also be able to enjoy their hospitality during their holiday in Suriname.
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Tips to travel safely to Suriname. This epic guide, found on the internet, helps you out and give lots of tips when you want to travel to Suriname. Prepare a safe trip to this intriguing nation.
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During the new Bird Splendor exhibition in the Teylers Museum you can gain plenty of inspiration for your own birding trip to Suriname. Then stop by Suriname Holidays to admire the display window with birds from Suriname!
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The Snake Patrol Suriname Foundation was established in 2020. The foundation's team collects snakes from places where they cause a nuisance and provides education to people in Suriname to increase knowledge about snakes so that fear and misunderstanding can decrease.
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The trade association VvKR plants at least 100 trees per year on behalf of all members. In addition, as a customer of a VvKR travel organization, you can also compensate for CO2 emissions by planting trees. You can make donations via the handy online tool on the Trees for All website.
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We have already inspired many bird lovers with a beautiful birding trip through Suriname. These customers have already come from Denmark twice. Marianne Petersen spotted the Hoatzin and took beautiful photos. You can read more interesting information about this special bird that is on the list of many bird watchers in the article. For inspiration for your own birding trip to Suriname.
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Columbus Travel has made several reports about the exciting interior of Suriname. The individual editions of the magazines can be ordered online!
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Original dishes to surprise your family with during Christmas and New Year's Eve can be found in the Surimams Feest cookbook! Especially for the holidays, we saw a nice movie together in Haarlem.
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Gallery De Kus has a pop-up store in Haarlem in the Suriname Holidays office. You can find original, handmade and sustainable gifts and art from Suriname made by children of the Matoekoe Foundation.
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The sisters Moreen, Aretha and Martha from SuriMam Cooking were visiting Suriname Holidays! About passion for Surinamese cuisine, cooking with attention and love for nature.
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During the visit of my customers from Belgium, I organized a fun cycling day in the Haarlem area.
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Ronny Bhoelai initiates restoration work in Brownsberg Nature Park through a donation campaign.
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Guest blogger Michelle Peeters gives useful tips for better photography in the jungle with a focus on nature and wildlife photography.
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Make the Moksi Alesi Masoesa recipe at home now and participate in a cooking workshop during your holiday in Suriname!
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Have you ever heard of Noni fruit, Monki Monki cherry or Kasjoe? Get to know the lesser known Surinamese fruit varieties from Dronica's garden.
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The complete reference work with all the stories about the memory heritage of Paramaribo.
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Get to know the special plants and animals that grow in Erik and Neeta's garden at their guesthouse Little Paradise in Domburg.
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Dick Lock works as a wildlife guide in the jungle of Suriname, but his work has come to a standstill due to the coronavirus. In the meantime, he is committed to the reintroduction project of the black spider monkeys and discovers new animal species in the jungle.
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Every year we organize the study trip to Suriname for the Hogeschool de Kempel. The PABO students travel through the country for two weeks, discovering the culture and visiting local primary schools.
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The Bigi Pan Nature Reserve in the North-West of Suriname offers a fantastic experience for bird and nature lovers. Now you can enjoy more privacy in one of the comfortable lodges in the newly built accommodation on the lake.
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Open Monument Day is organized annually in Paramaribo on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of November. On this day you can visit many monumental buildings in the morning hours that are normally not accessible to the public.
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Sinkel's shop 'We live in the forest, through the forest, with the forest, from the forest.' We hear this from everyone we have contact with domestically. They could probably name more prepositions. 'For us, the forest is a supermarket, drugstore, vegetable garden, pharmacy, hardware store, greengrocer, butcher and fishmonger.' That's why…
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Sailing 'Of the thirty days we were only without a boat for four days!' We noticed this when we sorted out the photos and the diary at home after our first trip through Suriname. In Groningen we had sailed on the Saramacca River; we had made several boat trips in Bigi Pan; On the way to Frederiksdorp we were…
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Paramaribo Apparently the whole of Suriname knows our itinerary. When we return our bicycles after returning from Frederiksdorp, the cheerful employee of FIS bicycle rental says that he has received a call from Judith from Jungle Resort Pingpe. Would we like to contact her? After a Greek salad and a hamburger at the adjacent diner, I call her. 'Guests…
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Surinamese don't shower Please forgive me: I'm not saying that Surinamese don't wash. On the contrary! But they don't shower, they bathe. For example, more words are used here that have not been common in the Netherlands for a long time, words whose meaning you sometimes have to guess. It's the same the other way around. Language simply develops...
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A car with wings Apparently the whole of Suriname knows our itinerary. When we return our bicycles after returning from Frederiksdorp, the cheerful employee of FIS bicycle rental says that he has received a call from Judith from Jungle Resort Pingpe. Would we like to contact her? After a Greek salad and a hamburger at the adjacent restaurant, I call…
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This year we're going! Suriname has been high on our wish list for about twenty years. Because of the nature, because we would love to see the Amazon rainforest and the mangrove forests; because of history, because we want to get to know the close interrelationship between Suriname and the Netherlands better; all our Surinamese acquaintances and colleagues are from…
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I see my daughter laughing and sailing across the river in a canoe while she is being hit by a typical Surinamese tropical rain shower. In the afternoon she then goes fishing with a girl from the local village. Rain and fishing are two things to which she reacts a lot less enthusiastically at home.
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This week I bought a beautiful pineapple plant at our flower shop around the corner. When I see pineapple plants, I immediately get a summer feeling. With this tropical week ahead, I couldn't resist. The pineapple plant immediately brought me back in my mind to the climb of the Ananasberg in Suriname.
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During one of the last days we took an exciting boat trip to the island of Klein Curaçao…
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Klein St. Michiel is a perfect base for all the beautiful, quiet bays towards Westpunt…
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In the tropical garden there is a swimming pool with sunbeds and sun loungers…
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We slept with the family in three separate so-called palapas (houses with canopy roofs)…
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The attractive and small-scale accommodation is about a 10-minute drive from the airport…
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Not everyone knows that Suriname has beautiful palm trees, but no azure blue sea and white beaches...
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Of course, a visit to Willemstad is highly recommended, preferably go early in the morning, for example on a Sunday when it is quiet…
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Together with our representative I visit the central market on the last morning...
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On to the next highlight (literally and figuratively) namely the Voltzberg and Raleigh Falls…
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I feel such a lucky person! I can celebrate Easter at the Danpaati River Lodge in the 'Upper Suriname area'….
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After breakfast at the Eco Resort Inn, we also visited the other hotels from the Torarica group…
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Of course, you only really get to know a country well by visiting it often yourself. We go out ourselves at least once a year
Learn more!The office is closed through August 11.
My office in Haarlem will be closed from August 8 to August 11. During this period, I will not be reachable at 023-5334028.
For less urgent matters, please contact us via email at info@surinamehoidays.nl.
Are you already in Suriname? For urgent matters, please contact my local representative, Dronica Debi Tewari, and her colleagues at +597-870 3674.
For emergencies, I can be reached via WhatsApp on my mobile number +31 6 – 3126 5014.
Less urgent matters and new quotation requests will be processed again starting August 12.
Suzette Eeltink – Suriname Holidays
E-MAIL: info@surinameholidays.nl
website: www.surinameholidays.nl
tel (WhatsApp): 06 – 3126 5014
