Tour Overview
Venezuela has epic proportions: it has South America's largest lake and third-longest river, the highest waterfall in the world, and the longest of all snakes. It also has jaguars, armadillos and some of the most spectacular landscapes you'll ever see. There are the snowcapped peaks of the Andes in the west; steamy Amazonian jungles in the south; the hauntingly beautiful Gran Sabana plateau, with its strange flat-topped mountains, in the east; and miles of white-sand beaches fringed with coconut palms on the Caribbean coast.Day by Day Itinerary
Day 01: Caracas, VenezuelaArrive Caracas International Airport. Upon clearing Customs and Immigration, you are met and transferred to your accommodation for check-in and overnight.
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Hotel Gran Melia Day 02: Caracas - Los Roques Archipelago National Park
Transfer to the Caracas airport, for domestic 40-minute flight to Los Roques (flights depart at 6am or 8am, depending on availability). Situated just 160 kilometers north of Caracas, the Archipelago of Los Roques is one of the largest national parks in the Caribbean, with expansive white sand beaches, warm azure waters and an abundance of marine flora and fauna. You are met at the airstrip and transferred directly to the beach to board your catamaran for a full-day cruise around the beautiful islands of Los Roques. Baggage will be transferred directly to the Posada Aerotuy. Enjoy lunch on board, relax on one of the beautiful white sandy beaches or try snorkeling in amazing coral reefs. This evening, return to Gran Roque and enjoy a buffet dinner at the Posada.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Posada Aerotuy Day 03: Los Roques Archipelago National Park
Enjoy a second full day of island-hopping onboard the hotel catamaran. Lunch onboard and buffet dinner at the Posada. The archipelago of Los Roques is comprised of 22.120 hectares of sea, strewn with 50 islands, islets and reefs ringing a central lagoon of mangrove and coral. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Posada Aerotuy Day 04: Los Roques - Orinoco Delta
Transfer to Los Roques airport for your domestic flight to Maturín (via Margarita Island), gateway to the Orinoco Delta. The Orinoco Delta is a vast, intricate labyrinth of waterways weaving through a simmering jungle to carry the waters of the Orinoco to the Atlantic Ocean. From Maturín airport, you are transferred to the port of Morichal Largo, where you board a boat to your jungle lodge. This afternoon, enjoy a boat excursion from the lodge.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Boral Camp Day 05: Orinoco Delta
Continue exploring the Orinoco Delta, including survival training in the jungle, piranha fishing, and visit to the Warao Indian communities. The Warao Indians – literally the “Canoe People” - are the native inhabitants of the Delta. With a population of 24.000, the Warao constitute the second largest indigenous tribe in the country. Family groups reside in palafitos (wooden houses raised on stilts) along the banks of the river, and spend most of their daily lives in canoes fishing the nearby caños and hunting and gathering in the surrounding forests.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Boral Camp
Day 06: Orinoco Delta - Canaima & Angel Falls - Arekuna
After breakfast transfer to Maturín airport for flight to Arekuna Lodge in the middle of Canaima National Park. Between the rainforest of the Amazon Basin and the watershed of the Orinoco River is a rugged wall of remote mountains and deep, heavily forested canyons. Many of the mountains have precipitous rock walls that rise thousands of meters where they end in an almost perfectly flat top. These formations are known by their Indian name: Tepuis. From one of these Tepuis plummets the world's highest waterfall: Angel Falls. After lunch explore the area surrounding Arekuna.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Arekuna Lodge Day 07: Arekuna
Morning and afternoon excursions in Canaima National Park. These may vary depending on the season. Excursions include: boat excursion along the Antabares river to Guariche Falls; hiking to the Nonoy Tepui, featuring great views of the Tepuis El Venado, La Vieja, El Zamuro and the famous Auyan-Tepui; boat excursion and hiking to Las Babas falls; visit to the Pemon Indians. Over time erosion has carved steep-walled valleys and crevices into the plateau leaving fragments of the plateau completely isolated. The region remains one of the most thinly settled and one of the most beautiful of all natural areas in South America.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Arekuna Lodge Day 08: Arekuna - Caracas - Margarita Island
Enjoy your morning at leisure. Later fly back to Caracas, make a flight over Angel Falls (weather permitting.) With its 979 meters this is the world's highest waterfall - more than twice as high as the Empire State Building and three times higher than the Eiffel Tower! Land in Canaima village and take an excursion to Sapo or Hacha Falls, where you can walk behind the curtain of water. After lunch, spend time at leisure exploring local shops or relaxing at Canaima lagoon before departing for Margarita Island. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel and enjoy the day at leisure. Only a 25-minute flight away from Caracas, the colorful Margarita Island is located in the Southern Caribbean Sea. Margarita has 244 kilometers of sea-coast, two national parks and three nature reserves, several castles, fortresses, cathedrals and churches, and beautiful beaches for every taste: quiet crystalline beaches where you can only hear the rolling of the waves; beaches like Playa El Agua bordered by small restaurants and offering a variety of water sports; Playa El Yaque, the best beach for windsurfing; and many more. Margarita also offers a lively nightlife and great duty-free shopping.
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Hotel Costa Linda Beach Day 09: Margarita Island - Caracas - Depart
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Caracas. Connect with your onward international flight.
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