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Montagne des Singes

by leolenoir

La pancarte dit : "circuit de 3,5km". Comptez le double ! Les distances sont toujours très approximatives en Guyane. Jardin botanique créé par les élèves du collège de Kourou qui ont repéré les essences et mis des pancartes. C'st un tour en forêt impressionnant. Ne surtout pas sortir du chemin (attention : le chemin de grande randonnée n'a strictement rien à voir avec ce que nous connaissons en métropole). Prévoir : de l'eau, d'être couvert (on traverse des nuages de moustiques), une lampe de poche si vous partez tard dans l'après midi. A partir de 17h45, la nuit tombe et lorsqu'elle est tombée, il fait vraiment noir ! La frondaison masque les étoiles. Une seule solution : le 18 qui vous met en relation avec la gendarmerie de Cayenne à laquelle vous annoncez que vous êtes le 18500° imbécile qui s'est fait surprendre par la nuit. Ils transmettent à la gendarmerie de Kourou qui veut bien...

Wildlife

by johnkebab

Its probably one of the reasons you want to come here.From taking a Pirogue down the Maroni to the Sacred Mountain, or going off into the jungle on an expedition, to watching the scarlet Ibis at the mouth of the Sinnamary river or looking for Caimans at night at Kaw nature reserve, the wildlife in French Guyana is stunning and unique.You don't have to look hard to find wild animals here, book yourself on a tour to go out into the forest and see it, at the rate we're going, there won't be much left of it in the future......

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Saint Laurent (Camp de Transportation)

by worldtraveler55

Camp de TransportationAt about 1848, it was decided that penal settlements in Guiana would reduce the cost of prisons in France and contribute to the development of the colony. Some 70,000 prisoners - including Alfred Dreyfus and Henri Papillon Charriere - arrived between 1852 and 1939. It was formerly the arrival point for these prisoners, who arrived at the Camp de Transportation (established 1857) for transfer to various penal camps throughout the country; like Ile du Diable (Devils Island).Those who survived their initial sentence were forced to remain in Guiana as exiles for an equal period of time, but as 90% of them died of malaria or yellow fever, the policy did little for population growth.In 1951 the French closed the penal settlements.

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Saint Laurent du Maroni

by worldtraveler55

Saint Laurent du MaroniIt is a border town in north-west French Guiana. It is located on the Maroni River (Marowijne), opposite the town of Albina in Suriname which can be reached by ferry.It has many colonial buildings, a church, town hall and a rainforets information centre.

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Space Center

by Dutch_Uncle

The space center conducts launches for the Europeans, and there is a visitor center. Call for reservations since part of the trip, for which there is a charge, takes place within a bus which goes to the launch pads.

Visit Devil's Island

by Dutch_Uncle

The boat departs from Kourou and goest to the only island which can be visisted. Some of the buildings have been converted into a lodge and cafe. The former cells can be visited and a good tour, in Frnch, was available.

Visit Laotian-Thai Refugee...

by Dutch_Uncle

Visit Laotian-Thai Refugee Village at CacaoThis is an Asian transplant, with food and market, to South America. The drive from Cayenne to Cacao goes through true jungle and provides an opportunity to see undistrubed rain forest.

Departmental Museum Cayenne.

by Dutch_Uncle

This is a collection of geological exhibits, original prisoner art work from the prison days, wildlife exhibits, and a very large buterfly collection, which is the only part of the exhibit which is in airconditoned space.

One cannot go to Guyane...

by pjallittle

One cannot go to Guyane without understanding the history of Devil's Island, the maximum security of the three Islands utilized by the French as a penal colony.Isn't island living supposed to be wonderful?Read the book or see the movie. PAPILLON

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If your are up to it, try to...

by pjallittle

If your are up to it, try to tie a trip like this in to an ecotourism package or get to know some of the locals and create one of your own. Just as a matter of personal opinion, I think that many travelers are just plain too lazy to use their own heads. Self reliance is becoming a lost art in an ever increasing dependence upon others to make things easy. We never leave home without our copy of LONELY PLANET and while there are numerous travel guides and granted, LP is outdated on the very day that it is printed, especially prices, it is still a handy tool which should be studied before you get out there into the jungle. In the mid-19th century, the French government set out to reduce prison costs at home by sloughing off undesirables by way of their colonies. Searching for their most forsaken frontier outpost to drop the luckless cons, they came up with Guiana. Though its last penal...

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Q:  I will be travelling through French Giuana in Decemeber 2006 and would like to travel to Brazil to see the Amazon. Can anybody... 

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A: Overland is out as far I as I know. And the only air link that I am aware of is Air Surinam, they did have connecting flights from Cayenne to Belem and Macapa, Brazil.... 

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