Commewijne Dolphin & Plantation Boat Tour

Program: Dolphin spotting - Museum - Plantations by boat From the center of Paramaribo you have to reach by own occasion at Leonsberg where the boat is ready at 9 am. The first and most important rules are putting on the life jackets. Then we sail in a covered tent boat to the mouth of the Suriname river. Along the way we will spot dolphins in their natural environment. It’s the brackish river dolphins (pink belly dolphins). This river dolphin is called “Profosu” in Suriname. It is a small gray dolphin with a usually pink and sometimes white belly. After seeing this we sail into the Commewijne River and visit the old Johan Margaretha, Rust en Werk, and Frederiksdorp plantations. Frederiksdorp is an old coffee plantation and to 1907 headquarter of the District governance. Then remained the seat of a doctor and there was a police station located with a prison. Nowadays the historical heritage of Frederiksdorp consists of a police post with seven houses, all of which are furnished as modern guest accommodation. The prison has been transformed into a restaurant and kitchen. On the plantation Frederiksdorp you can enjoy a lunch (lunch is not included in the price) We end the tour with a visit to the Open Air Museum Nieuw Amsterdam. The former Fort New Amsterdam was built after the French invasion in defense of enemy incursions. Then it was used as a prison for long sentences. In the 19-century the fort furnished as an open air museum. In this museum are historic buildings (such as Gunpowder houses), cannons, a light ship and an old sluice to visit.