4 days · €200 per person in tours
Suriname with family and children: four days that work
Four days for Surinamese-Dutch visitors travelling with children: one day for family, one roots day at the National Archives, one swimming day at Colakreek and one cooking day. €200 per person in tours.
This plan is built for the visit that happens most often and is served least: Surinamese-Dutch travellers staying with relatives who want to show their children or partner where they come from.
The key design decision is the slack. There is one day on which we do nothing, deliberately, staying with family means things come up, and an over-planned programme works against you.
Children will not manage Brownsberg. Eleven hours and a climb to a waterfall is too much; Colakreek and Peperpot are fine.
Who it is for: Second- and third-generation Surinamese-Dutch visitors travelling with a partner or children.
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Day 1
Day 1: family
We plan nothing here. The first day belongs to the family, as it should. We start on day two.
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Day 2
Day 2: show them where it started
The roots day (€85 pp): a morning in the National Archives, an afternoon at whatever place that turns up. For children from about ten this is the day that sticks.
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Day 3
Day 3: water
Colakreek (€60 pp). Children swim, adults lie in a hammock, and nobody has to be anywhere. Usually the children’s favourite day.
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Day 4
Day 4: cook your grandmother’s recipe
Cooking class (€55 pp): the market, then making pom. For Surinamese-Dutch visitors this is often where the food at home and the food here finally line up.
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