Ton and Marianne arrange boat trips (e.g., caiman, dolphin, and sea turtle spotting. Trails lead to nearby plantations such as Margaretha, Rust en Werk, and Kroonenburg. Part of the plantation is a guesthouse that consists of six houses, each sleeping up to four guests. The owners, Ton and Marianne Hagemeijer, are proud of having been able to preserve the only ancient cacao-drying floor in Suriname, a project which was the first outside Paramaribo to be put on Suriname’s List of Monuments.
The white clapboard houses on stilts with dark-green painted windowsills and shutters, red roofs, and verandas running the entire widths of the structures have been beautifully restored, giving a strong impression of what a prosperous Surinamese plantation looked like. Plantation Frederiksdorp dates from 1760. We strolled the grounds, buying local products such as dried shrimp, and Cynthia showed us to the graves of the former plantation owners. Plantation Rust en Werk has been transformed into a profitable farm with 4,000 cows and ponds for raising fish and shrimp. At the plantation of Rust and Werk you can admire young caimans up close
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