Highlights of Venezuela
- Discover diverse wildlife in the Los Llanos region
- The vast wetlands area in the southwest of Venezuela is home to a plethora of wildlife, including caimans, crocodiles, capybaras, birds and even large cats. A great way to explore this diverse region is by staying on a working cattle ranch, known locally as a hato.
- Discover diverse wildlife in the Los Llanos region
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- Enjoy the great outdoors at Merida
- Despite no longer being home to the world's longest cable car, Merida still offers great outdoor activities in the surrounding Andean countryside including trekking, mountain biking, paragliding and birdwatching.
- Enjoy the great outdoors at Merida
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- Explore Conan Doyle's 'Lost World' at Gran Sabana
- The vast table top mountain landscape of the Gran Sabana was inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous book 'The Lost World'. This unique region is best explored through a jeep safari and camping in the wilderness.
- Explore Conan Doyle's 'Lost World' at Gran Sabana
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- Learn about native culture in the Orinoco Delta
- The vast Orinoco Delta is a wonderful destination to gain an insight into the traditional ways of life of the Warao Indians. Wildlife opportunities do exist but are not abundant.
- Learn about native culture in the Orinoco Delta
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- Relax and unwind in Los Roques National Park
- The largest Marine National Park in the Caribbean, Los Roques is an archipelago of stunning white sandy beaches and simple Mediterranean Posadas, infused with a laid-back Caribbean feel.
- Relax and unwind in Los Roques National Park
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- See the magnificent Angel Falls
- The highest waterfall in the world with a single drop of 978m, the Angel Falls is located in the stunning Canaima National Park in southeast Venezuela.
- See the magnificent Angel Falls
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Our country specialists have travelled the length and breadth of Venezuela - here are a few of their favourite things to do
Vast and little-visited, Venezuela stretches from the snow-capped Andes of the west down to the vast jungles of the Orinoco Delta, from the flat-topped ‘Lost World’ mountains of the south to palm-fringed beaches along its Caribbean coast.
Natural highlights
The north of the country is where the majority of the population lives, most of the rest of the country sees nature in charge. Venezuela has South America’s largest lake, third-largest river, the world’s highest waterfall and the world’s longest snake.
Culture
Overlaying this magical land are the Venezuelans themselves: a vibrant, exciting people, warm and friendly, unused to visitors but delighted by the attention.
This country of beauty queens and beautiful beaches, tabletop mountains and remote jungle tribes, never fails to enchant.
Popular Places to visit in Venezuela
Flanked by the wooded peaks of the Avila National Park lies the city of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital and gateway to the country.
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The great flat-topped mountains of the Gran Sabana lie amongst nearly 12,000 square miles of protected national park. It says much about this region’s remoteness that the world’s highest waterfall (Angel Falls) was only found in the 1930s.
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The vast Llanos region lie at the heart of Venezuela and cover an area of 300,000 sq km. It is an area of wide skies, slow rivers and plains stretching to every horizon.
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A marvellous place for wildlife spotting, the Llanos is a vast seasonally flooded savannah that spreads across Venezuela’s heartland towards the Colombian border, rivalling Brazil’s Pantanal for biodiversity but with far fewer visitors.
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The Caribbean’s only coral archipelago and largest marine national park, the tranquil islands of Los Roques are excellent for diving, snorkelling, sailing and windsurfing.
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Surrounded by Venezuela’s highest snow-capped peaks, the lively university town of Mérida is at the centre of Venezuela’s Andean region.
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Rivalling the biodiversity of the Amazon and sustaining the region’s indigenous people, the great Orinoco River, from rainforest to delta, threads through Venezuela and spills out into the Atlantic through a vast, jungled delta.
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Stretching out towards Trinidad and Tobago and reachable by road from Caracas, the Paría Peninsula is an unspoilt and lush area of palm forested hills that tumble down to long, sheltered golden beaches.
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Puerto Ordaz is the small new town and port of Ciudad Guayana on the banks of the Caroni river.
It is famous for it's Cerro Bolivar open-cast iron mine and the town...
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Practical Info
Flight time from UK
12 1/4 hours (Caracas, via Paris)
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