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Andes
Adventure
To
truly experience a country, one must walk or horseback ride.
Our tailor-made hikes to remote and delightful places will
show you the magic of the Andes and the charm of its people,
As you ride or walk, you will experience the real Venezuela
few tourists ever get to see, catching glimpses of authentic
traditions and lifestyles of these mountainous people forgotten
by the course of time.
Day
1: Arrive early to Merida and then head to the hamlet
of San Jose, one of the prettiest in the Venezuelan Andes.
Begin to acclimatize with an easy hike near the village
and finish your day fishing a trout for your dinner. (L,
D)
Day
2: Horseback ride or hike downhill to the beautiful
Tos Tos River passing by typical Andean homesteads, then
uphill to about 11,000 feet through high tropical mountain
plateaus known as "Paramos" to end downhill to
the village of Acequias. (B, L, D)
Day
3 : Hike out of Acequias passing by old spanish colonial
ruins of a village built in the 1600's, then down to the
Nuestra Señora River followed by a jeep transfer
to El Morro village. Hike or jeep all the way to the village
of Los Nevados (B, L, D)
Day
4 : Horseback ride from Los Nevados over the Alto
de La Cruz pass at 13,944 feet, then down to Loma Redonda
for a ride on the world's highest and longest cable car
system back to Merida (B, L, D)
Day
5 : Spend morning in Merida visiting its museums,
historic plazas, the impressive cathedral and the principal
market before embarking on your journey elsewhere (B, L)
Closed on certain days, there is usually
an option to ride on the world's longest and highest aerial
cable car system. From bottom to top, in about one hour,
scenery and vegetation remarkably change along the way.
From the summit, see a wonderful panorama of snowcapped
mountains, as well as glaciers and lakes.
Contact
us to include this tour in
the Andes
as a part of a customized itinerary of travel to Venezuela.
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Trip
length:
5 days and 4 nights
Accommodations:
Basic but comfortable inns at san jose, acequias and los
nevados (3 nights)
good
hotel twin bedroom with private facilities in merida (1
night)
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