Le Planeur Bleu

French Guiana


A fun museum featuring lots of insects, dead and alive. Myriad species of butterflies flutter around the butterfly garden, and you can even hold a live tarantula if you care to.


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1. Grand Matoury Nature Reserve

21.67 MILES

This 234m hill rises steeply behind Matoury and is covered with thick primal forest. Two well-marked walking routes take you up to the top and make for a…

2. Fort Diamant

25.92 MILES

The renovated historical ruins at Fort Diamant, an old coastal battery dating from the early 19th century, are along the main beach road.

3. Central Market

26.8 MILES

Inside Cayenne's market, shoppers will find a vibrant jumble of Amerindian basketry, African-style paintings and carvings, piles of spices at great prices…

4. Fort Cépérou

26.86 MILES

Off the gardened Place Léopold Héder are the remains of Fort Cépérou, perched on land bought in 1643 from the Galibi people by the first French colonists…

5. Musée Départemental

26.97 MILES

The Musée Départemental features a frighteningly large stuffed black caiman, as well as other preserved local critters, an ethno-botanical display and an…

6. Musée des Cultures Guyanaises

27.32 MILES

The small and unexceptional Musée des Cultures Guyanaises is devoted to Guiana's early history, from its geologic formation through precolonial,…

7. Botanical Gardens

27.38 MILES

The sizable Botanical Gardens, built in 1879 and renovated in 2009, today flourish with tropical Guianese flora, including many species of palms.

8. Plage Montjoly

27.95 MILES

The best beach in the area gets busy on weekends and holidays but is otherwise empty. The water is shallow and murky but there are a few deeper areas that…