Country Info
- Caracas
- Capital
- Bolivar (VEB)
- Currency
- 23,916,810
- Population
- VE
- Country Code
Venezuela Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Venezuela
Bit nervous in Caracas
This is a top pick! Last night arrived in Caracas, huge sprawling city with lots of slums and not a square inch of space. Feel a bit nervous here but are staying in a safe area. Only have one day here before we head north east again to enjoy more of the coast (feel like ...
Back In Time.......
This is a top pick! This morning we arrived at Tabule and eventually got off on our Delta tour by around 2 pm....although we were on a small boat, we were stocked up with food, beer and cuba libras!! Within 30 mins of being on board, the drinks were flowing and lunch was ...
The Final Leg!!
This is a top pick! Bienvenidos Venezuela! Crossed the border into Venezuela via Santa Elena after the night bus to Boa Vista. First thing to see was the Gran Sabana (a vast rolling grassy highland dominated by Tepuis) so we booked a two day trip which would allow us to ...
Carribean Coast
This is a top pick! Leaving Caracas was not difficult to do, and I don´t see me returning there too soon! We took a 6 hr bus journey along the coast, and the final leg of the journey to Santa Fe was by Taxi, they were old big American cars that should have been scrapped ...
Searching the Orinoco Delta
This is a top pick! Tuesday morning up and out leaving our lovely home. Even got used to the hammocks although Dave prefers sleeping on the floor. Had a long drive day ahead of us with a few brief stops for lunch etc. Landscape went from hilly bendy roads to dead ...
Adrenaline Rush!
This is a top pick! Arrived back in Caracas just in time to hop onto the night bus to Merida which is THE adventure-sports capital in South America and also boasts the Worlds highest and longest cable car system. so it had to be amazing....and it was!! Spent the first day ...
The Angel Falls - Tallest in the world!
This is a top pick! Day 1: 3hrs in the back of another bloody 4WD, followed by a 1hr wait at the crappiest airport in the world, followed by a 30min flight, followed by lunch, followed by 3hrs on another bloody wooden board on a boat to get to Camp #1, followed by dinner, ...
Lost World of the Gran Sábana
This is a top pick! ... the world at 973m (18 times higher than Niagara Falls) - and, we were to discover, the top tourist attraction in Venezuela. The falls - locally known as 'Rorowakupaí Merú' by the indigenous Permön people of the area - were only belatedly discovered on ...
Sun, Sea, Sand and......Diving!
This is a top pick! ... - only £3.50 per night with en-suite air con & TV! This was to be our base for my remaining time in Venezuela to explore the beautiful archipelago of Los Roques and the adventure sports capital of the Continent Merida. Los Roques consists of around 40 ...
Keeping Safe In Caracas.
This is a top pick! ... was pleased and proud to have some foreigners wanting to see the University. So our first impressions of Venezuela, and Caracas in particular, were good. There is another little matter to talk about in regard to Venezuela, ...
Cruzing along the coast
This is a top pick! Heading off first thing in the morning - hoping to get the taste of Caracas out of our mouths - we hit a hurdle straight away. We'd planned to ride the fantastic new underground Metro out to the interstate bus terminal, but arriving at the station it ...
Times flies
This is a top pick! A week left for us here in Venezuela... will it be enough time to pack, try to sell Tristan's house, learn how to manage a blog, continue my weekly letter in Spanish to Norma (my Mexican friend), correct Biology exams, attend last parties and then.... fly ...
Damn Christians.
This is a top pick! ... the city, and then I´ll head back to the bus station to wait for my 8:30pm departure. Pretty blah day, all in all. Although Venezuela seems nice! It´s just my mood that is blah, not the country or the city! Costs for the day: Bus ticket 25$, juice ...
The Lost World
This is a top pick! ... dull....HA HA, just kidding...they have been fantastic, and I have been to possibly the most beautiful part of the world. To say Venezuela has been a surprise doesn´t quite sum it up. I guess I didn`t have any expectations, and so it has let me be ...
Our expectations for this trip
This is a top pick! 6 months ago, on New Year's eve, we sat down, the 6 of us, and each told the others what our expectations and fears were about this year off together. Here is the summary: Fabyan (16): I want to see the world to learn and see new and old things, have ...
Run for the border
This is a top pick! ... quite well actually, and despite some of the tensions between Colombia and Venezuala, the border crossings were impressively smooth and efficient. Venezuela seemed pretty nice and even though I was there for only 10 hours total, I can say this: there is ...
Arriving in a War Zone
This is a top pick! I will start with another airline gripe. Iberian Airlines is the worst airline in the world - initially they lost my bags for five hours on arrival to Madrid, then they realised my flight to Caracas was actually the next day and eventually the ...
Jungles, Speed boats and the Tallest Waterfall
This is a top pick! This is the kind of adventure that I travel for... Local night bus from Caracas to Cuadia Bolivar which arrived at 4am. Another "lowrider", potentially "pirate taxi" to the small deserted airport and more than a couple bervous moments waiting ...
World's Highest Waterfall - All 979 metres!
This is a top pick! ... we took a power boat trip right into the falls, experiencing the same feeling. Our time in the Canaima National Park in Venezuela has been astounding and so infinitely rewarding . So glad we didn't listen to all the people who said don't go to ...
So long Merry Merida
This is a top pick! ... in the same breath. Still reeling from the 13 past tenses found in the Spanish language, I offer a summary... A lot of people write Venezuela off, but it does have a lot to offer. Honestly? Most of the good stuff is natural beauty, and it's slowly ...
Climbing Pico Pan De Azucar is a silly idea
This is a top pick! Things happen to you when faced with a decent amount of time spent solo - I don't just mean talking to myself and committing hate crimes against mosquitoes. I'm not even talking about getting stuck into Santa Teresa's Gran Reserva Rum at 9am in the ...
Tres Gringos getting ready
This is a top pick! ... house in Cannes, France.... and we will try to keep up with the tan that never left us since we have been in Venezuela ! ahah I'm adding a few pictures of our time here...luckily, we were reunited with our 3 kids and Peggy during the Xmas holidays. ...
'Chill Out' Margarita
This is a top pick! ... . The island is the country's main Caribbean holiday destination, larger than Los Roque, is about 40km off the coast on Venezuela, where the Andes meets the Caribbean, and a much larger island than we thought. It is popular with both Venezuelans and ...
Time for a holiday!
This is a top pick! ... anyone could wish to find. The turquoise and emerald lagoons and dazzling white coral sands of the Archipelago make up Venezuela's loveliest natural park. Ideal for lazing about, diving and snorkeling or just doing nothing (something at ...
BUY NOW! WORLD'S BEST AREPAS
This is a top pick! ... put it on the stove. My hands weren't so quick, though, and my arepas came out rather - as they say in Venezuela - "quadrangular." Nevertheless, when we finished eating our arepa sandwiches with cheese and ham or eggs, I declared, "Yo tengo manos ...
DIARY OF A NICE GUY'S LOSING
This is a top pick! From time to time, during my last week of travel, spent in Caracas, Venezuela, someone would get surprised by my Spanish-speaking abilities and say about me, "El habla igual como un venezolano." (He speaks just as if he was Venezuelan.) At which ...
THEY WERE THE BEST OF TIMES
This is a top pick! ... can't leave saying the main thing I've learned was: "All girls are evil." There were too many good times. Even in Venezuela, I still had a good time, with my "panas" (pals), David and Gerardo. One nice thing about Venezuelan friends is that they ...
Wonderful Waterfalls
This is a top pick! ... cannot get anywhere or do anything without some sort of pay-out. We catch a plane from Margarita to Canaima in Southern Venezuela which requires another payout (departure tax), excess baggage – we were only allowed 10kgs each!!! and arrival tax to ...
Trouble abrewing!
This is a top pick! The whole flying malarkey around Venezuela is shrouded in mystery. Since leaving Caracas any previous flying experience has gone out of the window. Our next flight from Canaima to Santa Elena, further south on the Brazilian border was no different. And we ...