Venezuela
now has a broad network of inner air links and in some
cases is not longer necessary to pass by the main airport
of Caracas
to reach your next destination. Small planes are used
to serve the remote camps and spots of the Amazon
and the Lost
World. An overflight of Angel
Falls, the world’s highest waterfall and the Auyantepui
is a not to be missed experience, as it is the very scenic
flight from Ciudad Bolivar to Santa Elena de Uairen or
the over fly by plane or helicopter of the Roraima
and the Kukenan Tepuys.
The
only ferry connections link the mainland with Margarita,
Venezuela’s biggest island. Boats depart from La Guaira,
on the coast close to Caracas,
Puerto
La Cruz and Cumana. The infinite river systems of
the Amazon
and the Lost
World are constantly cruised by indigenous dugout
canoes (Curiaras), wooden bongos and boats. From Canaima,
journey up the Carrao River for a trip to Angel
Falls, or fly to Kavak
and go downriver the Akanan and the Carrao to Canaima,
also visiting Angel Falls. Upriver the Caura, which is
encircled by the country’s biggest forest reserve, the
seldom-visited Para Falls await. From Puerto Ayacucho,
tour indigenous communities, natural monuments, petroglyphs
and sacred mountains in our Autana
Tepuy or Cuao
Hill River Ventures, or for a total insight to the
Venezuelan Amazon,
retrace the steps of naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt.
Land
transportation is the most popular due to the very cheap
gas and the extensive network of paved roads, one of the
best in Latin America. Worth mentioning is the Gran
Sabana road, which starts in Ciudad Bolivar and traverse
an ample variety of landscapes, including farmlands, mining
towns and unique savannah and tabletop mountain scenery
before ending in the Venezuelan-Brazil border. The road
from Maracay to Choroni
traverses the rain and cloud forests teeming with birds
and wildlife
of the Henri Pittier National Park, while the Andes
roads are very picturesque as well, taking visitors through
quaint towns, high paramos, cultivated slopes and snow-capped
peaks.
Contact
us to include various modes
of transportation in a customized itinerary of travel
to Venezuela.
