This full-day tour explores Saint-Laurent du Marowijne, French Guiana's western border town and the former administrative center of France's penal colony system from 1852 to 1953. The town, across the Marowijne River from Albina in Suriname, can be visited as a day trip with full border crossing logistics handled.

The tour focuses on the Camp de la Transportation, the central penal colony processing facility where approximately 70,000 prisoners were received during the colony's century of operation, alongside the town's contemporary character as a multicultural border community.

• Camp de la Transportation, main penal colony transit facility, original cell blocks, punishment quarters and isolation cells preserved as historic site

• Border town character, crossing the Marowijne by ferry or pirogue from Suriname into France's overseas department

• Local market, vibrant market with French Guianese, Surinamese, Brazilian and Haitian vendors, opportunity to observe cross-border commerce

• Marowijne River setting, view of Surinamese villages across the river, traditional Maroon pirogues transporting goods and passengers

• Penal colony history, context on the approximately 70,000 prisoners sent here between 1852 and 1953, including political prisoners and common convicts

• Round-trip transportation from Paramaribo to Saint-Laurent

• Border crossing logistics and assistance

• English-speaking guide throughout

• Entry fee to Camp de la Transportation

• Ferry and pirogue river crossing both ways

• Bottled water

• Lunch in Saint-Laurent

• Personal purchases

• Gratuities for guide

• Travel insurance