Visit French Guiana for the absolutely novel experience of travelling right into the interior to where the thick rainforests open up a whole new, exotic world of nature. Imagine yourself at the beach in Les Hattes where you can see gigantic leatherback turtles laying their eggs! And for a different kind of experience, visit the space centre and the Iles du Salut. The magic of the Carnaval in Cayenne is something you’ll carry back with you for years to come.

French Guiana is the smallest of the Guianas. Part of the South American continent, it is about the size of Portugal. It was earlier a colony under the French, and is now administered as an overseas department of France. It is officially a part of France and a member of the EU. The urban areas of Cayenne and Kourou are comparable to rural France. They have excellent facilities and a solid infrastructure. The hinterland is not populated as much and development is also slow in this area. Guiana is known especially as the place from where the Ariane rockets of the European space agency are launched.