Suriname

Country for adventurers, jungle lovers and gourmets

Beautiful Surinam is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Guyana, French Guyana and Brazil. With Paramaribo as its capital city (over 200.000 inhabitants) this country is a melting-pot of Creoles, Chinese, Hindi, Javanese, Lebanese and Europeans and of course the original inhabitants: the Indians.
With an estimate of about 450.000 inhabitants, Surinam is a relatively thinly populated country with an excess of nature, beautiful weather, delicious food, and an incredible warm-hearted population, which among other languages, speaks Dutch.
The hurried life hasn’t (yet) been introduced here. From skydiving to a jungle-expedition, from a cathedral visit to a disco and from a modern snack to a traditional dish like kousenband! Surinam has it all!!

Culture

Surinam is a South-American country with a Caribbean charisma, where Dutch is the official language. The country has been visited by many populations throughout the ages. The multiracial character is nowadays very well recognizable. Especially in a city as Paramaribo, where many people get together to do business. Paramaribo is very elongated because of the low-rise buildings and many individual houses. All areas have their own expression Because of the composition of the population there's a unique ambiance and a very special cuisine.

Contact

Skydive Suriname
Kloveniersburgwal 59
1011 JZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: 00.31.20.528.72.32
Cell phone: 00.31.6. 381 09 379
email:
Chamber of Commerce No.:
NL: 34255305

Bank details:
Rabo Amsterdam: 12.61.08.617
IBAN: NL74RABO0126108617
BIC: RABONL2U

Climate

Due to the fact that Surinam is so close to the equator, the country has a tropical climate with a very high air-humidity. The average daily temperature is about 27C and at night it almost doesn’t get any cooler. However take into account that in the tropics it becomes dark very quickly. Within half an hour after semi-darkness it is completely dark. Surinam has a lot of precipitation, even more than Holland.
Surinam has a short and a long rainy season; the short period from half December until mid February, and the long period from the end of April until mid August.
Apart from that Surinam has the northeast trade winds.

Adventure

Surinam is pre-eminently the country for the big adventures.
An enormous jungle with a diversity of plants, trees, animals, big rivers and the stretched-out Brokopondo lake. The rivers can create an impressive spectacle due to heavy rain showers, when you travel by boat through the inlands.
Fish lovers can eat their heart out. The real adventurer should live the “the solace”: the rapid currents that produce a natural bubble bath.
And what's more attractive than starting the day with a natural bubble bath, while the haze disappears and the sun rises.
Many places in the inlands are reachable by airplane. Many people use this type of transport to start a jungle trip by foot later on. And what about mountain “Tafelberg”, located in the south of Surinam. You’ll be needing permission of the Indian tribal chief to enter their territory.
In short, Surinam is the country with unknown possibilities for the real adventurers.

Surinam also offers numerous possibilities for those who want to take it easy.
A visit to a plantation at the waterside of the river for a lovely lunch and afterwards a nice guided tour.
There are also possibilities for beach lovers. Beaches with the necessary luxury facilities are to be found on different locations. The beach at Galibi for instance,where in certain periods, you’ll be able to admire the Big Sea Turtles. At night they come out of the water to lay their eggs in the sand, underneath a beautiful thousand star sky.