Nickerie & Bigi Pan

Are you a bird lover who enjoys open landscapes, beautiful nature, rice fields and history?
Then the tour to Nickerie, also known as the rice barn of Suriname, and Bigi Pan, a stunning swampy nature reserve, is the tour for you.

Highlights of this tour:

• Vast landscapes and beautiful rice fields in Nickerie.
• Bigi Pan nature reserve: a true paradise for bird lovers.
• Wageningen, the old historic centre of rice cultivation.
• Get to know Suriname's second city: Nieuw Nickerie.
• Groningen and the history of the Boers.
• Many tour operators work with taxi companies to cut costs, at the expense of explanation.
  We bring a guide along who has lots to tell about the area.

Day 1

Paramaribo – Nieuw Nickerie – Bigi Pan
We leave the city heading west. The first stop is Groningen, the capital of the Saramacca district, on the river of the same name. There was once a fort here, and a leprosy colony on the opposite bank.
Later a group of Dutch farmers from the area around Groningen (Netherlands) tried, in vain, to settle here.
In 1945 a monument was placed here in memory of the farmers.
The Boers (boeroes) are still a small population group in Suriname.

Via the coconut district of Coronie, with its swaying palms along the road, wooden houses and small white churches, we drive on towards Nieuw Nickerie.

On arrival we visit the market and the sea dyke if there is time; if not, we save these for the next day.
Then we go to the departure point, where the boat is waiting to take us to Bigi Pan, where we spend the night in the accommodation on the water.

Day 2

Bigi Pan – Wageningen – Paramaribo. We have breakfast and lunch on Bigi Pan, and in the morning there is more programme and time to relax.
Around 2:00 pm we are back at the car.
Anything of Nickerie we haven't yet seen, we visit now.
Around 7:00 pm we are back in Paramaribo.

Daily departures possible from 4 people, subject to availability.

Otherwise you may be able to join a group; please contact us.