All Travel Suriname: Your Local Passport to the Amazon
Small-group jungle, river, and Maroon-village trips run by guides who actually grew up here.
Why Go
Suriname is one of the last corners of the Amazon that still feels genuinely off-grid, and All Travel Suriname (also trading as All Suriname Tours) has been quietly stitching together the kind of itineraries you can't build from a hotel lobby brochure. Based in a low-key office on Tibitistraat, a short taxi from the historic inner city, they've been running trips since 2012 with dual bases in Paramaribo and the Netherlands, which means Dutch- and English-speaking travelers get the same level of hand-holding without the mark-up of an overseas middleman.
The Experience
Walk in and you'll find something closer to a planning studio than a ticket counter: maps of the interior, laminated route sheets for the Upper Suriname River, and staff who will happily rework a three-day Maroon stay into a two-week jungle-plus-coast loop over coffee. Their sweet spot is the multi-day trip, from short Paramaribo bike loops through the UNESCO wooden-town center out to serious 15-20 day expeditions that stitch together Brownsberg's cloud forest, the Voltzberg granite dome, Blanche Marie waterfalls, and the leatherback-turtle beaches at Galibi. Groups stay small, transfers use their own drivers and boatmen, and pricing is transparent (no last-minute fuel surcharges once you're upriver).
What to Try
For a first-timer with only a weekend, the Paramaribo bike tour is the cheapest way to get your bearings and photograph the Dutch colonial architecture without frying in the midday sun. If you have three days, the 'Living with the Maroons in Jaw Jaw' trip on the Upper Suriname River is the single most memorable thing on their menu: you sleep in a village lodge, learn to pole a korjaal dugout, and eat pom and cassava cooked over open fire. Travelers with a week-plus should look at the Suriname Jungle Experience, which layers Brownsberg, Raleighvallen, and Voltzberg into one trip, or the Apiapaati Island add-on for river-island downtime.
Insider Tip
Book directly with the Tibitistraat office (or their Dutch line) rather than through a resale platform ΓÇö you'll typically pay 10-20% less and, more importantly, you can pay in a mix of cash EUR/USD and local transfer, which matters once you're past mobile-money range in the interior. Ask specifically for a guide who speaks Sranan Tongo if you're heading to a Maroon or Indigenous village; the welcome you get is on a different level. And bring twice the insect repellent you think you need ΓÇö the shop next door doesn't stock DEET.
The Practical Stuff
Address: Tibitistraat 7, Paramaribo (about a 10-minute walk or 5-minute taxi from the Waterkant / Palmentuin area). Office hours: Monday-Saturday, 09:00-19:00; closed Sunday. Languages: Dutch, English, and Sranan Tongo. Payment: cash (SRD, EUR, USD), bank transfer, and online payment for multi-day bookings. Best season: the long dry season (mid-August to early December) for jungle and river trips; February-April for Galibi turtle nesting. Prices range from around Γé¼35 for the city bike tour to Γé¼1,800-3,800 for full round-trip packages including domestic flights and lodging.
Pair It With
- Fort Zeelandia — Anchor your Paramaribo day with the 17th-century Dutch fort and its museum before or after the bike tour ΓÇö it sets the colonial context for everything you'll see upriver.
- 'T Vat Sidewalk Cafe Guide — The go-to post-tour meeting spot two blocks over for a Parbo beer, roti, and debriefing your day with other travelers on the same jungle circuit.
- Palmentuin (Palm Garden) — A five-minute stroll from the office, ideal for a shaded pre-tour walk to spot squirrel monkeys and green parrots without leaving the city.
- Central Market / Waterkant — Perfect complement to the cultural tours ΓÇö pick up Javanese-Surinamese snacks and river views the morning you fly out to the interior.