Matoury is a southern suburb of Cayenne, the préfecture and largest city of French Guiana.

[3] Matoury is located in French Guiana situated in South America.

It is home to Amerindians (located in Sainte-Rose-de-Lima, Cécilia and Petit-la-Chaumière), to Afro–French Guianans, Metropolitans, Haïtians, Brazilians, Surinamese, Javanese, Chinese, Maroon and people from British West Indies such as Saint Lucia.

Matoury is also home to remains of the past: Gabriel Serville was Mayor of the city between 2014 and 2020, and deputy to the French National Assembly since 2012.

The trail gives access to the Mont Grand Matoury Nature Reserve on the eponymous mountain.