Galibi is a tribal area inhabited by an indigenous population[1] of Kalina Amerindians.

The Dutch West India Company was given 500 hectares to grow coconuts; but, because of their mistreatment of the workers, the town was abandoned.

The name is a mix of Dutch and Sranan Tongo and means "Long man's village" because the chief was very tall.

Its females migrate here from all over the world (including places as distant as Costa Rica, to lay their eggs in Suriname.

The journey across the water takes about 1.5 hrs, and boats land near the villages of Christiaankondre and Langamankondre.

There is a road connection to some parts of the resort Galibi, but not to the two main villages near the nature reserve.