Explore the beautiful nature and culture of upper Suriname by kayak! Upper Suriname is known for all the Maroon villages next to the Suriname river. In this trip we will kayak from Sintiadam to Kumalu with a culture stop in Kosindo, a village in between Sintiadam en Kumalu. 

It's an impressive route! We will pass many rapids along the way and of course we have the chance spot some beautiful wildlife such as caiman, anaconda's, giant otters, tapirs, macaws... And maybe if we're lucky we will see a jaguar and/or harpy eagle!

Due to high water levels, this expedition is most likely not feasible during the months of May-July and December-January.

Make sure to check with us for availability during these periods. 

Early in the morning we will leave Paramaribo by car to Atjoni! Atjoni is a village at the end of the road. To go further into upper Suriname you need to take a boat. So from here we will take a boat to Kumalu. We will have several beautiful hours on the boat where we will pass a lot of Maroon villages, jungle and even some rapids until we reach Kumalu. Kumalu is also knows as 'the dream island'. 

As transportation will take us all day we will have a relaxed night. We will sleep in Kumalu. 

Accomodation: lodge with beds

As we spend the night in one of the last Maroon village, Kumalu, we continue our journey up the Gran Rio. Once you have passed the very last villages you enter a real untouched rainforest. Here you can spot all kinds of things along the river, caimans, monkeys and with luck maybe even a giant anaconda or a jaguar! The journey there not only takes you past beautiful villages and untouched rainforest, but it is also a real adventure itself. You have to cross several rapids where you have to get out and tow the boat! Of course, a number of experienced and fit Saramacan boatmen will come along to help you!

The journey goes all the way to Sintiadam, a large rapid that spreads over the entire river. You spend the night here in hammocks on an island with a beautiful view of the river. 

We will wake up before the sun rises so we can start our kayak adventure with the beautiful sunrise!

From now we will paddle back to Kamalu, the village where we started our journey.  

We will paddle the whole day. Along the way we will of course try to spot as many wildlife as we can! 

We will also cross some challenging rapids which we have to navigate trough. 

Accommodation: we'll make our own camp alongside the river where we will hang our hammocks + tarps. 

We will wake up early again to have a great start for a whole day paddling again! Let's hope we'll see some amazing wildlife!

We will end this day in the last maroon village, Kosindo. 

Accommodation: lodge with beds

Today we will wake up in the beautiful village Kosindo. Kosindo is the last Maroon village in Upper Suriname (for us the first we come across since we are going down on the river). 

We will have a local guide show us around in Kosindo to teach us all about the Maroon culture in Kosindo! We will learn everything about the history, way of living etc. 

Tonight we will also stay the night in Kosindo. 

Accommodation: lodge with beds

After a break from paddling, to learn something about the Maroon culture, we will again wake up early today and continue our journey again back to Kumalu! 

Accommodation: B2B along side the river

The last day of paddling is here! We made it! 

Accommodation: lodge with beds

We have come to the last day of this trip. We will take the boat back from Kumalu to Atjoni. When we arrive at Atjoni a car will take us back to Paramaribo and we will drop you of at your hotel.