A country · 115 places · 19 regions
Venezuela, all of it.
115 curated places across 19 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Mérida, Capital District, Bolívar and Nueva Esparta — read below as chapters, with 15 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Mérida · 21 places
Mérida
The highest and longest cable-car system in the world, climbing from the city of Mérida toward Pico Espejo in the Andes. It ascends through several ecological zones to nearly 4,800 meters.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Capital District · 19 places
Capital District
A roadside waterfall along the Gran Sabana route where a river drops into a forested gorge. It is one of several cascades that punctuate the drive across the savanna.
✦ December to April · $
Chapter III · Bolívar · 14 places
Bolívar
A frontier town in the far south serving as the gateway to the Gran Sabana and Roraima. It sits near the Brazilian border amid tepui-studded grasslands.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Nueva Esparta · 7 places
Nueva Esparta
Venezuela's largest island and its traditional beach playground, with long strands like Playa El Agua and Playa Parguito, a windsurfing mecca at El Yaque, and the twin colonial forts of Pampatar and La Asunción. Two mountainous halves are joined by the lagoon-threaded La Restinga isthmus.
✦ December to April, dry season · $$
Regions of Venezuela
Every place in Venezuela
115 places, one country.
Los Roques Archipelago
Federal Dependencies, Venezuela
✦ September to December, calm and uncrowded; January to April for wind sports · $$$
El Ávila National Park
Miranda, Venezuela
✦ December to April, clearest views · $
Los Llanos
Apure / Barinas / Guárico, Venezuela
✦ December to April, when wildlife concentrates at shrinking waterholes · $$
Guácharo Cave
Monagas, Venezuela
✦ December to April, dry season · $
Teleférico de Mérida
Mérida, Venezuela
✦ December to April · $$
Quebrada Pacheco
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December to April · $
Santa Elena de Uairén
Bolívar, Venezuela
✦ December to April · $
Playa Medina
Anzoátegui, Venezuela
✦ December to April · $$
Panteón Nacional de Venezuela
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Caracas Cathedral
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Plaza Bolívar, Caracas
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Casa Natal del Libertador
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Parque Los Caobos
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ Year-round · $
Galería de Arte Nacional
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ Year-round · $
Iglesia de San Francisco, Caracas
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Parque del Este (Parque Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda)
Capital District, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Paseo Los Próceres
Caracas, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $
Coro and its Port
Falcón, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $$
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
San Pedro, Venezuela
✦ December–April · $$
Angel Falls
Bolívar, Venezuela
✦ June to November, when water volume peaks
Canaima National Park
Bolívar, Venezuela
✦ June to November for full waterfalls; December to April for trekking
Mount Roraima
Bolívar, Venezuela
✦ December to April, dry season
Kukenán-tepui
Bolívar, Venezuela
✦ December to April for trekking views; rainy season for the falls