Venezuela Travel Guide
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 Venezuela |
Top 5 Destinations in Venezuela |
 Angel Falls |
 Choroni |
 Margarita Island |
 La Gran Sabana |
 Caracas |
Top 5 Nature Destinations |
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Other Destinations |
Angel Falls: the world’s highest waterfall with a height of 979m.
Caracas: the capital of Venezuela, and one of the most dangerous and violent cities in the world.
Choroni: a beautiful and popular beach 50 kilometres from Maracay.
La Gran Sabana: pools, waterfalls
Margarita Island
National Parks |
Venezuela has 43 national parks. Let me help by separating the best from the rest.
BEST:
Archipiélago Los Roques: a collection of approximately 350 islands, cays, and islets.
Canaima: home to Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, at 1002 metres!
Cueva del Guácharo: a ten kilometre long limestone cave system.
Jaua-Sarisariñama: notable for three huge sinkholes.
Médanos de Coro: desert, sand dunes, and salt marshes.
Mochima: a marine area with gorgeous beaches.
Morrocoy: spectacular white sand beaches.
Península de Paria: a large peninsula with some beautiful coastline.
Sierra Nevada: home to Venezuela’s highest mountain range.
REST:
Aguaro-Guariquito: estuaries, seasonal lagoons, rainforests, banks, shallows, and dunes.
Cerro El Copey: an ecosystem with the only permanent water sources on Margarita.
Cerro Saroche: rolling hills, plains, and mountains ranging between 300-1300 metres.
Chorro El Indio: a waterfall in a small mountain range.
Ciénagas de Juan Manuel: a large boggy swamp, also covering a small stretch of coast.
Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro: an active river cave.
Delta del Orinoco: the vast river delta of the Orinoco River.
Dinira: home to the stepped waterfall, Cascada del Vino.
Duida-Marahuaca: home to a very peculiar shaped mountain.
El Ávila: a mountain range above the city of Caracas.
El Guache: a mountain range at the beginning of the Andes.
El Tamá: constituted for its natural sanctuary of flora, fauna and scenic beauties.
General Cruz Carrillo en Guaramacal: an area protected for its rich flora varieties.
General Juan Pablo Peñaloza: a mountain range with over 130 lagoons.
Guatopo: guarantor of the water of Caracas.
Henri Pittier
Laguna de la Restinga
Laguna de Tacarigua
Macarao
Parima Tapirapecó
Río Viejo San Camillo
San Esteban
Santos Luzardo
Serranía de la Neblina
Sierra de Perijá
Sierra de San Luis
Sierra La Culata
Tapo-Caparo
Terepaima
Tirgua General Manuel Manrique
Turuépano
Yacambú
Yapacana
Yurubí
UNESCO Sites |
Cultural (2)
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas (2000)
Coro and its Port (1993)
Natural (1)
Canaima National Park (1994)
Typical Costs |
Accommodation
Hostels: USD$4-25
Hotels: in Caracas USD$20+, elsewhere USD$10+
Activity Costs
Eat/Drink
Beer: USD$1
Coffee: USD$1
Sitdown Meal: USD$4+
Tipping:
Transportation
Caracas San Cristóbal by bus: USD$3, 12h
Caracus Maracaibo by bus: USD$1, 12h
Budget
Tight: USD$20
Relaxed: USD$30
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