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Travel to Surinam

Flying to Surinam

The national airline is Surinam Airways (PY) (website: www.slm.nl).

Flight times:

From London to Paramaribo is 10 hours, excluding stopover time in Amsterdam or Miami.

Departure tax:

None.

Getting to Surinam by boat

Main portParamaribo .

Ferry operators:

There are occasional commercial sailings from Mexico, New Orleans and Amsterdam with limited passenger accommodation.

There are regular car ferry services across the Surinam River and Marowijne River from Albina to St Laurent de Maroni (French Guiana), from Southdrain (Surinam) to Moleson Creek (Guyana), and across the Corantijn River from Nieuw Nickerie to Springlands (Guyana).

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