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Camp de la Transportation
Most of the creepy Camp de la Transportation, the processing area for arriving prisoners, can only be seen on a guided hour and half hour tour -pay at the tourist office. See the leg shackles, tiny cells, public execution areas and more - restored just enough to keep them dark and eerie.
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Center Spatial Guyanais
Satellite launching is big business and it's unlikely you'll ever come across a more interesting place to learn about it than here. Hop on a guided bus tour of the launchers and control room of the world's most active satellite rocket center. And check out the Space Museum, which takes the fun beyond satellites and into outer space.
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Emerald Jungle Village
This is one of the better places to organize an eco-excursion to eastern French Guiana. Joep Moonen, a biologist and conservationist of the Trésor Nature Reserve, and his wife, Marijke, run this dusty lodge and offer one of the warmest welcomes in the Guianas.
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Îles du Salut
The Îles du Salut (Salvation Islands) are best known for the notorious prison. Île Royale, once the administrative headquarters, now has the best restored prison buildings including the restaurant/auberge. Île St Joseph, with its creepy solitary-confinement cells, has been left to be eaten up by the jungle, which only makes its ghosts feel more alive.
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Musée Départemental
In central Cayenne, the fascinating Musée Départemental features a frighteningly large stuffed black caiman, as well as other preserved local critters, an ethnobotanical display, and an airconditioned 'butterfly room,' easily missed because it is poorly marked.
The upstairs area recaptures life in the old penal colony and displays some Amerindian handicrafts.
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Musée des Cultures Guyanaises
The Musée des Cultures Guyanaises devotes itself to Guiana's early history, from it's geologic formation through pre-colonial, Amerindian times. It houses a relaxing, air-conditioned library (upstairs) with publications in French, English and various other languages.
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Réserve Animalière Macourienne
What starts out looking like a few depressing caged snakes and birds, leads into a Heart-of-Darkness-like jungle with huge jaguar enclosures, harpy eagles, caimans and sloths. Further on there's a 2km (1.2mi) nature trail where wild monkeys abound; apparently there's a jaguar that frequents the area.
Don't miss the feeding of the spectacled caimans at and the jaguars at on Sundays.
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Trésor & Kaw Nature Reserves
The Trésor Nature Reserve is one of French Guiana's most accessible primary rainforest areas. Wander Trésor's 1.75km (1mi) botanical trail to experience its rich diversity and protected wildlife. Trésor borders the mysterious forests and swamps of the Kaw Nature Reserve, an excellent place to observe caiman and spectacular water birds like the scarlet ibis.
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