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Palumeu Travel Guide
Palumeu is an ideal place for adventure. By water, trips to destinations are ruled by repeated rides of the dug-out canoe along turbulent, adrenaline-pumping rapids. By land, it will be walking past Mammoth stones towards Amerindian villages is the de rigueur. After a little exercise, however, nature will give everyone a warm hug.
Situated 270 km. south of Paramaribo, Palumeu can be reached in 65 minutes by aircraft from the capital or for daredevils, eight to 12 days via river rapids. The flight to the village offers virtual treats such as the Brownsberg nature park and its Brokopondo hydro-lake, the world's biggest manmade lake. As clouds reveal a sharp view of the Roosevelt Peak and the Kasikasima Mountain, visitors know that the airplane is about to land.
A rough trip by dug-out canoe takes one to a chip of the vast Amazon Rainforest, and from there, the climb to Poti Hill commences with a chorus of birds and howler monkeys. As if giving a tour of the Amazon's open-air natural museum, a guide fills the 75-minute hike to the village with stories about Poti Hill's flora and fauna and the plants' medicinal boons to the tribes. These stories come to life in surroundings filled with unique views of the rivers and southern Suriname's mountain tops.
Upon arrival at the riverbanks of the Tapanahoni, strangers brush with a shy Amerindian people, about 200 of whom comprise the tribes of Trio and Wajana, the stewards of Palumeu. These tribes live peacefully despite a language barrier. Although entertaining guests is not their cup of tea, they are hospitable and willing to take the visitors with them through their everyday lifestyle like hunting for poultry and fish and digging the soil for their main delicacy, manioc, a woody tuber akin to cassava. Archery is the natives' favorite pastime, and guests are welcomed to take part.
As the tribes started making some money out of tourism, they installed facilities such as toilets and showers into their jungle-style houses. Although they have their own arts and crafts to show, they have also ridden the technological wave and relied on Paramaribo for their supply of mundane things like kitchenware and clothing.
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