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THE BEST OF VENEZUELA
1. Tourism at the Venezuela Andes.
2. Tourism at the Coast

• Caracas

• Los Roques

• Isla Margarita

3. Los Llanos (the Plains)
4. A dry tourism The Northwest desert
5. Canaima Tourism

• La Gran Sabana

• The Angel Fall

• The Tepuyes

• Canaima Lagoons

• 6. Food and Drink

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2. TOURISM AT THE COAST(Coast Tourism)

• CARACAS
• LOS ROQUES
• ISLA MARGARITA

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Caracas

• With a population around 4
  million,
  Caracas is the capital and
  more populated city in
  Venezuela.
  It is located close to the Coast
  
  (La Guaira Port), but at an
  altitude
  of 800 meters (2400 ft.),
  which gives it an unique climate.

• Caracas is also a cultural center
  (Cf.The Museum of modern art).
  It is known for
  the quality of its
  restaurants and its shopping centers

• The capital city of Venezuela

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Los Roques

• An archipelago in the Caribbean.
• It has more than 50 islands .
• It was declared national park in 1972.

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Los Roques

• What makes Los Roques such a wonderful place is
  the huge extension of peaceful waters, the
  presence of lagoons, small islands,
  

the corals under the water, and beaches with
white sand and crystalline waters with incredible
colors.
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Los Roques
To reach it you can take commercial flights from
Caracas. The arrival from the air is spectacular,
thanks to the variety of blues than you can see.

During the season (November to April) the lobster
become the more delicious plate. An unforgettable
experience to eat.
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Isla Margarita

• A Caribbean island.
• Its one of the most tourist places in Venezuela.
  
• Sport, beaches, nightclubs

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Isla Margarita

• Margarita is well known for the quality of its
  beaches. There is one for every taste with or
  without waves, large or small, crowded or not,
  cold or warm. Just select what you want, and
  you've got it.

• Margarita is a great to go around.
  There are castles,
  churches, forts.
• In Margarita you can enjoy all water
  sports, golf and you can even go
  horseback riding. Margarita by night is
  very attractive and elegant. You can eat
  in the very goods restaurants,dance and
  drink in the nightclubs...

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3. LOS LLANOS (The Plains)

• One of the most beautiful regions in Venezuela
• The big plains
• The vegetation and fauna are full of beauty.
• Two different seasons, where life changes
  completely Rainy and dry season.

• Different animals and birds species in their
  environment crocodiles , jaguars, foxes,
  monkeys...

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4. A DRY TOURISM The Northwest
desert

• Venezuela has also deserts and dunes. One of the
  most interesting trips you can make is to the
  Coro Dunes (Medanos de Coro). The Medanos are
  in the National Park especially created to
  preserve them. On this mini-desert the wind blows
  implacably, moving the dunes all around and
  covering up all the scarce vegetation.

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5. CANAIMA TOURISM
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La Gran Sabana

• La Gran Sabana is located in the South of
  Orinoco River, inside Venezuela's biggest
  national park Canaima. It is an unique place
  with views that you will not see anywhere else in
  the world.
• It is a surface with more of 100.000 Km2

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La Gran Sabana

• It has a wet tropical climate, a healthy
  vegetation and the leafy forest.

• It have the original charm of a virgin
  nature, the mystery of the untouched

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The Angel Fall
In 1937, Jimmy Angel an adventurous and treasure
hunter from his small airplane Ryan Flamingo
was surprised to see the beauty of this natural
wonder
...the highest waterfall in the world.
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The Angel Fall

• The Angel Fall is 979 meters high, its twenty
  times higher than the Niagaras waterfall.
• This visual impact was so huge for Jimmy Angel
  that he forgot the gold prospector and he devoted
  his live to the Waterfall.
• He called it the Angel Fall. However, the true
  discoverers were the Pemon. This local indians
  tribe already knew it and called it the Churún
  Merú.

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The Tepuyes

• The tepuy is a flat top mountain ending with
  vertical walls.
• The highest tepuy is Roraima, the Gran Verde
  Azulado.

  It is 2810 meters high. At the top is the
Triple Point, the landmark where meet the
borders of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana.
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The Tepuyes

• Auyantepuy is one of the largest and better
  known tepuy.From this tepuy is where the Angel
  Falls are formed. It is considered the Olympus
  of Arekunas (the gods of the Pemons). Its called
  the Mountain of the hell or the Devils
  mountain.
• When the weather is raining you can see a lot
  of impressive falls (from 200 to 300 meters high).

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Canaima lagoons
One of the most beautiful places in Venezuela is
Canaima lagoon and its surroundings.
The lagoon is fed by several small water falls.
Something really surprising is the colour of the
water and the sand. Due to the abundance of
minerals, the water takes
a red colour and the sand has a
beautiful
light pink, because of the presence of
quartz.
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Canaima lagoons

• With an aerial view you can appreciate how the
  Carrao river, after bording the Auyantepuy

and being fed by water coming from the Angel
Falls, splits in several streams, and forming
islands.
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6. FOOD and DRINKS from Venezuela
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6. FOOD and DRINKS from Venezuela
Mondongo
Arepa

• MEALS

Pizca Andina
Casabe
Hallacas Andinas
Sancocho
Tostones and Tajadas
Empanadas

• DRINKS

Papelón
Vitaminas
Chicha Andina

• SOME DESSERTS

Aliados
Mantecadas
Cocadas
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THE BEST OF VENEZUELA
by Manuel Martin Rodrigo
What are you waiting for? Come to Venezuela...!