Venezuela Travel Guide

Venezuela is bounded to the north by the Caribbean, to the east by Guyana and the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Brazil, and to the west and south west by Colombia. The country consists of four distinctive regions: the Venezuelan Highlands in the west; the Maracaibo Lowlands in the north; the vast central plain of the Llanos around the Orinoco; and the Guiana Highlands which take up about half of the country.

With Andean peaks, the longest stretch of Caribbean coastline to be found in any single nation, tranquil offshore islands, the steamy Amazon and rolling savanna punctuated by flat-topped mountains called tepuis, Venezuela has no shortage of tourist draw cards. If that wasn't enough, the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls (Salto Ángel), plummets 979m from the top of a tepui in Parque Nacional Canaima is often regarded as the crowning jewel of this diverse country. Those looking for adventure will find hiking, snorkeling, scuba diving, kitesurfing, windsurfing, paragliding and more. Even better, most of these attractions lie within a one-day bus trip or a short flight from each other.

Those looking for a little culture can embroil themselves in the pulsating salsa clubs of the nation’s capital, Caracas, explore various festivals, seek out the arts and crafts in the bucolic towns of the interior, or check out some of the world’s best up-and-coming baseball players hit a few innings in a local stadium. The President Hugo Chávez and his socialist ‘Bolivarian Revolution’ have become a national attraction and have started to draw spectators, aspiring documentarians and volunteers to the country.

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