Catatumbo lightning
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- Best time to go
- September to November, peak storm activity
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A near-nightly lightning storm over the mouth of the Catatumbo River at Lake Maracaibo, flickering up to 260 nights a year and visible from far across the water. Tours from Mérida overnight in stilt-house villages such as Congo Mirador to watch the horizon strobe for hours.