Thé toilet and shower are modern and in great condition. Once you have the keys, it’s easy to enter and leave the property. The host wants to please her guests and will go out of her way to do so, but there are some areas of improvement that hopefully will be made before future guests book. The property is located about a 30 min walk to the city centre and very walkable, but beware that in the evening there are prostitutes that line the main road near the property which can be a safety issue.

The property wasn’t easy to find when I arrived in Kourou. What was listed on Booking.com was just an avenue, no unit number. This made it difficult for the taxi driver and when we asked locals, they said there were no hotels around our location. This listing isn’t identified as a private residence. To help find the property, Multiple calls were made to the host, but continued to get declined which raised some initial suspicion, but they eventually answered and provided me with an inaccurate unit number. Unit number 4 in Google Maps lead me to a completely different property. The room amenities weren’t exactly as listed. The electric kettle is outside the room, but there isn’t anywhere to sit and enjoy your tea as there are no tables upstairs. The room also has no electrical sockets save the one for the air conditioner. You have to make the choice of sleeping comfortably or charging your phone/laptop. The host had explained that she had an extension cord and that guests had to ask for it. Understanding the shortcomings of the room from the perspective of the lack of sockets, I would have expected this from Day 1. Overall I paid over 230€ for two nights of which there are comparable hotels near the city centre for the same price point.