Venezuela

Our Top Picks For Venezuela

• 1 Coro

  Venezuela's colonial past endures in the gorgeous architecture of this coastal town

• 2 Mérida State

  A top area for outdoor adventure in South America, everything from trekking to mountain biking to whitewater rafting to paragliding is at one's fingertips

• 3 Parque Nacional Henri Pittier

  The country's first national park is still one of the best, with stunning beaches and excellent bird-watching opportunities

• 4 Los Llanos

  These grassy wetlands are Venezuela's prime wildlife-watching territory, teeming with giant anacondas, birds and caimans

• 5 Amazonas

  Explore some of the Amazon's least visited stretches in Venezuela's wild south

• 6 Roraima

  This world-famous, flat-topped mountain has inspired legends, religions and novels and still inspires many to hike to its lunaresque plateau

• 7 Isla de Margarita

  Venezuela's world-class island retreat is a blitz of resorts, shopping and natural splendor

• 8 Parque Nacional Mochima

  Drift away in this idyllic park of islands, deep bays, coral reefs and white-sand beaches

• 9 Delta del Orinoco

  One of the world's great river deltas, this is a vast marshland crisscrossed by water channels and populated by indigenous communities and rare birds

• 10 Angel Falls

  With a drop of nearly 1km, the world's highest waterfall is rivaled only by its spectacular setting

• 11 Archipiélago Los Roques

  A lost corner of the Caribbean, these hundreds of islands and tiny islets are a paradise for fishing, snorkeling and scuba diving

• 12 Río Caura

  Flowing into the depths of the rainforest, this river is adorned with beaches, wildlife, islands and waterfalls

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