Many
attractive, white sand, palm-packed beaches await sun
worshippers in Margarita,
Venezuela's largest island. Playa El Agua, on the east
coast, is the most famous beach on the island. The almost
3 miles of palm-covered, white sand stretch is ideal for
sunbathing and strolling, has a wide range of hotels,
restaurants and food stands and every known kind of water
sport is available, plus parasailing, bungee jumping and
ultralight flights. The picturesque bay of Juangriego,
on the north coast, is very well known for the incredible
sunsets while the shallow, safe waters of El Yaque, on
the south coast, is one of the five top spots in the world
for windsurfing.
The
lush and rarely visited Paria Peninsula in Sucre
hides beautiful, isolated and not very easy to access
beaches, famous throughout Venezuela because of their
clear crystal waters and gold sands. Located on a former
coconut plantation and boasting good snorkeling, the irresistible
bay of Playa Medina is said to be Venezuela's most beautiful
beach. Adjacent Playa Pui Puy is rougher and good for
windsurf. The tiny and delightful, yet to be discovered
by the mainstream village of San Juan de Las Galdonas
is surrounded by endless white sand, palm-fringed, crystal
clear water beaches in this forgotten stretch of the Caribbean
Sea.
Easily
reachable thanks to its closeness to Puerto La Cruz and
Cumana, beach goers will be highly rewarded by one of
Venezuela's most beautiful landscape in the Mochima
National Park. The numberless islands, sandy coves
and protected bays teem with outstanding above and underwater
marine life (playful dolphins included) and contain lovely
white and red sands beaches excellent for a myriad of
watersports, particularly scuba
diving and snorkeling, but also for sailing,
yachting and kayaking.
North of Caracas, the coral islands of
Los
Roques Archipelago National Park offers pristine,
white sand beaches of turquoise and emerald waters, the
cleanest in the nation. Complement your stay with a wide
range of activities like scuba
diving, snorkeling, sailing,
yachting, fishing
and kayaking.
Traverse
the bio diverse cloudforests of Venezuela's first national
park, the Henri Pittier, thanks to a spectacular 28 mile
road to reach one of the country's most beautiful colonial
towns, Choroni,
and the fishing village of Puerto Colombia, from where
it is possible to visit unspoiled, white sand, very attractive
bays like Cepe and Chuao surrounded by coconut palms and
lush hills, most of them only accessible by boat in this
cocoa-growing area in which there are still haciendas
and where it is still possible to experience expressions
of the African-Venezuelan culture like the heart beating
drums or "Tambores". Scuba
diving and snorkeling tours are available. Hotel
Hacienda El Portete is our preferred guesthouse.
The
beautiful Morrocoy
National Park, with its palm-packed coral keys, secluded
beaches and calm, shallow turquoise waters is a not to
be missed place in Venezuela. The sheltered waters are
excellent for all things "ING": Swimming, scuba
diving, snorkeling, yachting, sailing,
kayaking
and water skiing. The adjacent Cuare Wildlife Sanctuary
is a birdwatching
paradise.
The
quiet and laid-back Adicora, in the east face of the Paraguana
Peninsula, is world renowned for its windsurfing
and kite surfing and also a good starting point for excursions
to the 2,674 feet high Santa Ana Hill, the only one in
the peninsula, and to the Cabo (Cape) de San Roman, Venezuela's
northernmost point.
Contact
us to include beaches in
a customized itinerary of travel to Venezuela.
