Suriname

A 14,000-hectare coastal rainforest reserve on the Brownsberg Plateau in Suriname's interior, reached by a scenic unpaved road from Paranam, offering wildlife encounters, a waterfall and panoramic views over the Brokopondo Reservoir below.

A 1.6-million-hectare UNESCO World Heritage reserve covering the headwaters of six major Surinamese rivers in the heart of the Guiana Shield, protecting one of the largest untouched tropical rainforest areas remaining on earth.

A historic river in Commewijne District, Suriname, lined with abandoned Dutch colonial plantations and the ruins of sugar, cocoa and coffee estates that once formed the backbone of Suriname's enslaved labour economy, now overgrown and accessible by boat from Nieuw Amsterdam.

A star-shaped Dutch colonial fort on the Suriname River, built in the 17th century and restored as a museum complex that charts Suriname's Atlantic slavery and plantation history.

The Maroni River forms the western border between Suriname and French Guiana, flowing through remote rainforest and past maroon villages, and serving as a vital transport corridor into the interior for communities that have no road access.

A grand all-wood presidential palace in central Paramaribo, built in 1730 as the residence of the Dutch governor and now the working office of Suriname's president, notable for its white neoclassical portico and mint-green exterior.