French Guiana Border | Customs and Immigration

March 20th, 2024 by Hibiscus

as Europeans very easy entrance from Brasil. we do not have insurance and it was possible to buy it here. the insurance minimum is 14 days for € 53.

December 1st, 2023 by limitedairship10

Very easy and fast border crossing, came from the Brazilian Side with a Brazilian motorcycle and foreign passport (not EU passport)didn’t require a visa.
Got stamped at the office and then the officers at the border will take you to the Aduana (building on the back of the main building) to get an insurance
Paid 95€ for 15 days, not possible to do less / to get in without one - picture with price list of the insurance added to this comment

September 5th, 2023 by felixhagem

Entry French Guyana with a dog.
We drove up to the booth and handed them our passports and our insurance (our car is still registered and insured in Germany). As we are EU citizens it was a quick and easy process.
For the dog you have to show the paperwork to the customs. It seem like the guy did not really know, what to só. He looked into the EU pet passport and just said: all vaccines are up to date, so you're good to go. He even seemed a bit surprised that we showed him the documents.
We also went to a vet in brasil to get a health certificate. We did not get the official document from the Brasilian Agriculture ministry due to the fairly complicated process. It wasn't necessary, anyway.
Beware that we had a EU pet passport for a German dog. I don't know whether the process is stricter, if you have non EU paperwork.

June 2nd, 2023 by DutchWayDown.com

I crossed by motorbike today.
I’m a EU citizen, so passing was super easy. For my bike they just took me inside the office and had me pay €95 for 2 weeks insurance, the shortest period possible. Super friendly people.

December 6th, 2022 by wildastronomy01

Very quick exit from French side, checked papers briefly and said goodbye.

October 10th, 2022 by A very long Honeymoon

Bridge only open Mo-Fr 08.00-18.00 now! Rest of our border experience going to Brazil explained on Brazilian side border pin.

January 22nd, 2020 by It's not a slow car, it's a fast house

Bridge open every day 6 to 6 (even Sunday)

December 17th, 2018 by brigitta

Very efficient border post with friendly and helpful staff. As Swiss citizen we did not need to stamp the passport but we had to buy an insurance (3rd party) which is valid for French Guyana. The shortest period is 30 days (1 month), costs for a Toyota Landcruiser Euro 175. The personel of the Aduana filled out the insurance papers.

July 13th, 2017 by double dutch world safari

Customs Brasil side still done in town. Efficient and Fast on the French Guyana side. We had EU pasports and EU insurance all done in 5 minutes. were allowed to camp in custom carpark overlooking the river.

April 3rd, 2017 by Tucks' Truck

The bridge is now open and all (non-commercial) arrivals from Brazil come through here. No formalities for EU registered vehicles BUT it's not possible for EU vehicles to buy insurance here. Insurance is only available for "international vehicles" which we understood to mean any non-EU vehicle. After much discussion they let us into the country without insurance warning us that we are illegal on the road, we must go straight to Cayenne and must buy insurance immediately. This arrangement was only due to one friendly English speaking guard who persuaded the other guards to let us go; without him I think we are likely to have been refused entry to French Guiana. On the plus side... they told us we were the first Brits to cross the bridge :-)