ANGEL FALLS · TEPUIS · LOST WORLD
Venezuela Holidays
Angel Falls, Caribbean Islands & Andes
WHAT TO SEE
Venezuela highlights
Angel Falls
Stand at the base of Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall on Earth at 979 metres
Canaima by canoe
Travel by dugout canoe through the jungle rivers of Canaima National Park with Pemon guides
Los Roques
Snorkel and dive the coral reefs and turquoise lagoons of Los Roques Archipelago
The Mérida cable car
Ride the Teleferico de Merida cable car to over 4,700 metres in the Andes
El Sapo Falls
Walk behind the curtain of water at El Sapo Falls in Canaima Lagoon
Los Nevados
Trek to the remote village of Los Nevados by mule through Andean paramo
When to go
The best time to visit Venezuela
June to November
The rainy season, and the best time for Angel Falls. The rivers are high enough for the canoes and the falls are at full flow.
December to March
The dry season, and the best time for the trails in the Andes around Mérida. Angel Falls can thin to a trickle.
All year
Los Roques is 28 to 32°C in every month, with the calmest seas from May to November.
Where to go
The best places to visit in Venezuela
Venezuela is a country of extremes. It has the tallest waterfall on Earth, a Caribbean archipelago with some of the clearest water in the hemisphere, and Andean peaks that rise above 5,000 metres. It is also a country that has faced serious economic and political difficulties in recent years, which means it sits outside the mainstream tourist circuit. For those who do visit, usually on organised tours with experienced operators, the rewards are extraordinary. The landscapes are raw and uncrowded. The Pemon indigenous communities who guide visitors through Canaima National Park have been doing so for generations. And the lack of mass tourism means you often have these places largely to yourself. Venezuela is not a destination for everyone, but for adventurous travellers willing to plan carefully, it offers experiences that are genuinely hard to find elsewhere.
Holidays to Venezuela from the UK, planned with care. We book your flights with the trip, so the whole holiday is ATOL protected. The FCDO currently advises against all travel to parts of Venezuela, including Canaima and Angel Falls, Mount Roraima and the Orinoco Delta, and against all but essential travel to the rest of the country, and many UK travel insurance policies do not cover a trip against that advice. Read the FCDO advice first, then talk to us about what is possible before you plan anything.
THE LOST WORLD
Angel Falls and the lost world
In Venezuela's remote southeast, the flat-topped tepuis of the Gran Sabana rise like islands from the rainforest, the 'lost world' that inspired Conan Doyle. From the lagoon at Canaima, light aircraft and dugout canoes carry travellers toward Angel Falls, the highest waterfall on Earth, dropping almost a kilometre off the rim of Auyán-tepui.
Canaima's own lagoon is ringed by red-tinged cascades and palm-fringed beaches, a base camp for one of the continent's great wilderness journeys.
Reaching the falls takes effort and patience, but few sights in South America reward it so completely.
CARIBBEAN BLUE
A Caribbean archipelago
Ninety miles off the coast, Los Roques is a national park of some 350 cays, reefs and sandbars scattered across impossibly clear turquoise water. There are no big resorts here, just a single village, Gran Roque, with its sandy lanes and brightly painted posadas.
Days are spent island-hopping by boat to deserted sandbars, snorkelling over coral gardens, and bonefishing the flats. It is one of the Caribbean’s last genuinely unspoilt corners.
After the rainforest and the highlands, Los Roques is where Venezuela slows right down.
ANDEAN HEIGHTS
Into the high Andes
In the far west, the Sierra Nevada de Mérida lifts Venezuela above 4,000 metres. The university town of Mérida sits in a green valley beneath the peaks, the starting point for the Mukumbarí cable car, the highest and longest in the world, which climbs toward the snows of Pico Espejo.
Around it lie cloud forest, high páramo moorland and quiet mountain villages where the pace of life has barely changed in generations. It is cool, green and a world away from the Caribbean coast.
The Venezuelan Andes are the country’s adventurous heart, hiking, paragliding and mountain roads with views that run for miles.
One country, two worlds
The turquoise calm of Los Roques and the high Andes feel like two different countries. Tell us what draws you and we’ll shape a tailor-made Venezuelan journey around it.
Before you book
Your Venezuela holiday questions
UK citizens do not need a visa for tourist stays of up to 90 days. Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond your entry date. You should carry proof of onward travel and sufficient funds. The situation in Venezuela can change, so always check the latest FCDO advice close to your departure date.
Real reviews
What our customers say
From travellers who visited Venezuela with us
Venezuela surprised us at every turn. The Orinoco Delta wildlife, river dolphins, howler monkeys, toucans, rivalled anything we've seen in the Amazon. Mérida and the Andes were a completely different world with the cable car and páramo landscapes. The arepa street food was addictive. A genuinely adventurous trip and Travelfab handled the complexities brilliantly.
Gary & Sue M.
I'd wanted to see Angel Falls for years and Travelfab made it happen. The Canaima lagoon surrounded by waterfalls was spectacular, and sleeping in a hammock in a Pemon indigenous camp was a unique experience. Caracas requires sensible precautions but our guide was excellent and we felt safe throughout. Not a mainstream destination but that's part of the appeal.
Diane C.
Venezuela is one of the most beautiful countries we've visited. Angel Falls is beyond words, the helicopter flight over the tepuis and then the boat journey up the river to the base of the falls was a genuine once-in-a-lifetime experience. Los Roques archipelago afterwards felt like the Caribbean before tourism arrived. Fabian was honest about the logistics and everything went smoothly.
Mike & Alison Y.
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