French Guiana - Comité du Tourisme de la Guyane
French Guiana - Comité du Tourisme de la Guyane
French Guiana - Comité du Tourisme de la Guyane
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tours<br />
River-based tours<br />
In view of the distances, tourism in <strong>French</strong> <strong>Guiana</strong><br />
often involves a fair bit of travelling.<br />
It’s a <strong>la</strong>nd of forests and rivers, and your discovery<br />
trip will take you on a journey through rivers<br />
(in pirogue), up in the air or on coastal roads.<br />
The Maroni<br />
Type: 520 km long, it’s the essential route for a<br />
tourist trip on an inhabited Amazonian river.<br />
Interests: the chance the meet local popu<strong>la</strong>tions<br />
(Businengués and Amerindians).<br />
Accommodation is provi<strong>de</strong>d in carbets in vil<strong>la</strong>ges<br />
along the river’s path and meals are in the form<br />
of bivouac.<br />
On the Inini, 20 min by pirogue from Maripasou<strong>la</strong>,<br />
Amazonia lodges (gîtes d’Amazonie) offer comfortable<br />
accommodation in the natural environment.<br />
Suggested excursions:<br />
• travel upriver in 5 days, travel back down in 4.<br />
Difficulty: none.<br />
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Mana<br />
Type: the wil<strong>de</strong>st river in <strong>French</strong> <strong>Guiana</strong>, with rich<br />
and luxuriant nature, totally uninhabited.<br />
Interests: total immersion in an environment rich<br />
in wildlife. Accommodation is provi<strong>de</strong>d in forest<br />
carbets (simple wood structures supporting a<br />
canvas sheet and with hammocks).<br />
Throughout the river’s 430 km, travel up rapids<br />
and discover some exceptional forest sites (learn<br />
to i<strong>de</strong>ntify p<strong>la</strong>nts, wildlife observation, initiation in<br />
bivouac techniques).<br />
The Basse Mana is also an exceptional p<strong>la</strong>ce for<br />
a 1 to 2 days trip to discover a varied forest, rich in<br />
specific biotopes (Amana nature reserve).<br />
Suggested excursions:<br />
• 1 to 2 day circuit on the Basse Mana.<br />
• From Mana or Saut Sabbat to Saut Fracas:<br />
round trip in 6 days.<br />
• 10 to 12 day complete Mana trip, on <strong>de</strong>mand.<br />
Difficulty: travelling up the river and its estuary at<br />
Saut Fracas in 1 to 6 days is accessible to all; travelling<br />
up the whole river is reserved for the more<br />
athletic tourist who is not afraid to put in some<br />
effort and who has a solid team spirit, because<br />
the participation of each passenger is required to<br />
tow the boat over falls.
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