Cities and Regions of Venezuela

Mérida is popular with climbers, paragliders, backpackers, wildlife lovers, birders, and sightseers who enjoy the variety of scenery from lush rainforest, abundant waterfalls to mountain peaks permanantly covered with snow, glacier lakes, and páramos, or highland moors reaching from about 3300 m to the snowline.

Venezuela's capital and largest city is the center of commerce, culture, economics and the base for touring the country's attractions. Caracas blends a modern cityscape and a colonial heritage with a lush, temperate climate. It's noisy as any large city with millions of inhabitants, yet it boasts a city park with a waterfall and hundreds of tropical plants.

Many people pass through Caracas, Venezuela on their way to other destinations, such as Angel Falls, Margarita Island or Los Roques. However, the sprawling city, a mix of modern highrises and development as well as a colonial and historic center around the Plaza Bolivar is well worth adding a day or two to your itinerary.

Venezuela's capital and largest city is the center of commerce, culture, economics and the base for touring the country's attractions, including Angel Falls and the llanos.

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Named La Margarita or pearl for the pearls the Spanish conquistadors found there, the island grouping has become a gem as a tourist destination. Beaches, extreme sports, duty free shopping, nightlife and family entertainment abound.

Isla Margarita is a mountainous Caribbean island paradise located off the north shore of Venezuela. Blessed with a temperate climate, over 320 days a year of sun, beautiful tropical beaches such as Playa el Agua and Playa Parguito, named La Margarita or pearl for the pearls the Spanish conquistadors found there, the island grouping has become a gem as a tourist destination and a favorite with windsurfers.

Cumaná is the first city founded on South American soil. Founded in 1521 by Gonzalo de Ocampo on the site of a Franciscan mission on Rio Manzanares, Cumaná today is a busy port and the gateway to Isla de Margarita, Cueva del Guacharo, Parque Nacional Mochima, and the Araya Peninsula.

Parque Nacional Los Roques offers superb diving, snorkeling, sailing and swimming in an ecologically preserved area - a favorite destination!

Until the Archipelago Los Roques was created a national park in 1972, the 40 named islands and 200 plus small islands, rocks and keys in the Caribbean were home to fishermen who lived in the only town on Grand Roque, the largest island.

Roraima tepui, in Parque Nacional Canaima, Venezuela's second largest national park along the borders with Guyana and Brazil. The tepui was for many years too isolated for more than the devout adventurer. In recent years, climbers and trekkers, make the six day, five night round trip trek to the summit of this 9,219-foot sandstone mesa.

Located in southeastern Venezuela, in Canaima National Park, Mount Roraima is a popular climb even for those not looking for the Lost World of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco river, is a fast growing city of the gran sabana and Orinoco plains. Founded in 1764, at the narrowest point of the Orinoco, it was originally a river town called Angosturas, then gained prominence during the time of Simon Bolivar and is now a commercial center for Guyanas state and the jumping off point for Angel Falls and Canaima National Park.

The Orinoco river system is one of the largest in South America, originating along the southern borders of Venezuela and Brazil, in the state of Amazonas. The exact length of the river is still undetermined, with estimates between 1,500 to 1,700 mi (2,410–2,735 km) long, making it among the world's largest river systems.

Over 1330 miles long, Venezuela's river runs the length of the country, and is home to most of the indigenous population as well as tourism and the country's largest growing economic sector.

Parque Nacional Canaima, Venezuela's second largest national park, sprawls over three million hectares in south-eastern Venezuela along the border between Guyana and Brazil.

Llaneros, the cowboys of Venezuela, display their skills in coleo competitions in which cowboys try to rope cows by grabbing their tails, colas, and dragging them to the ground.

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