Cruise a country that boasts the longest
(1,740 miles plus) coastline in the Caribbean Sea and
is peppered with more than 70 islands and numberless beaches.
Just a three and a half hour flight from Miami, Venezuela
offers superb cruising, deserted anchorages, mangrove
islands and lagoons with a wealth of bird
life and crystal clear waters with pleasant temperatures.
From west to east, Venezuela offers several
cruising areas starting with Morrocoy
National Park, that can be toured by sailboat or catamaran.
Many tiny islands, Keys, await and Morrocoy makes an excellent
starting point for longer trips to Las Aves and even Bonaire.
Access to the sailing and yachting mecca of Venezuela,
Los
Roques Archipelago National Park, is possible by plane
from Caracas
or from Margarita Island and by sail or motor boat from
Venezuela's central coast near Caracas. Farther north
Las
Aves is reachable by sailboat from Los Roques and
Morrocoy. Isolated La
Tortuga can be visited from Higuerote, a two hour
drive from Caracas, from Puerto La Cruz and from Margarita
Island. Puerto La Cruz and Cumana are the gateways to
the idyllic Mochima
National Park's islands, bays, coral reefs and sandy
beaches. The seldom visited Golfo de Cariaco is also worth
considering. Venezuela's biggest island, Margarita,
offers a wealth of possibilities with navigation to nearby
islands and small archipelagos such as Coche,
Cubagua,
La Tortuga, Los
Frailes, Los
Testigos and La
Blanquilla.
Lost World Adventures
handles the most complete range of all inclusive, crewed
sailboats along Venezuela's coasts and islands and will
help arrange sailing and yachting travel experiences from
a day tour to a whole week or more of live aboard. Related
activities such as snorkeling,
scuba diving,
windsurfing
and fishing
are available in most places.
Venezuela's
rivers offer some hidden treasures as well. Discover spectacular
landscapes and indigenous tribes as you cruise the rivers
of the Amazon
to the Autana Tepui or follow the route Alexander von
Humboldt explored in 1799 through the Casiquiare and Yanomami
land to the border with Brazil. Navigate the Carrao in
the tepui dotted Lost
World region to meet Angel
Falls, the world's highest, also possible from Kavak,
or the Caura up to the seldom visited Para Falls. A stay
at the Orinoco
Delta Lodge in the Orinoco
Delta region allows to cruise numberless rivers and
streams in search of an almost untouched fauna and flora
in one of the biggest deltas of the world.
Contact
us to include cruising
in a customized itinerary of travel to Venezuela.
