About 2.5% of the Amazon rainforest is found in Suriname, a country criss-crossed by some 3,000 miles of rivers and waterways, like the gently flowing Suriname River
Tucked away between French Guiana in the east, Guyana in the west, and Brazil in the south, Suriname is home to countless beguiling species of flora and fauna that live in its wilderness, and to Indigenous Peoples who carefully preserve their magnificent rainforest, which covers some 90% of the country. About 2.5% of the Amazon rainforest is found in Suriname — and all of this is part of what makes the country so special. It’s criss-crossed by some 3,000 miles of rivers and waterways, like the gently flowing Suriname River (pictured). For 300 miles, it laces through communities across Suriname — including the capital city Paramaribo — in a north-easterly direction before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.