Apoera
Suriname · Sipaliwini · 20 m
Description
Apoera sits on the Surinamese bank of the Corantijn with Guyana on the far side, a village of under a thousand people founded around 1920 by the Gordon family and still mainly Lokono Arawak. In the mid 1970s a seventy kilometre railway was laid from here into the Bakhuis mountains to bring bauxite to a deep water quay. Test trains ran and then the project was abandoned, and the line has never carried a commercial load. The track and the port works are still there in the bush. Washabo and Section are the neighbouring villages. The Corantijn is the border with Guyana, and the two countries still dispute its southern headwaters.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 2 days (optimal 1 day)
Travel season
Best time to visit: February – April or September – November
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Highlights
- Corantijn riverfront and the Guyanese bank
- Abandoned Bakhuis railway and its port works
- Lokono Arawak village life
- Boat trips on the Corantijn
- Washabo and Section villages
- Lokono basketry and cassava bread
- Birdlife along the river and the savanna edge
- Fishing in the river channels
- Blanche Marie falls south along the road(Day trip)
Getting there
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry