Discover Venezuela

Get drenched by nearly 1km of cascading water beneath the world's highest waterfall.

Sink your toes into sugar-white sands on an uninhabited island in Archipelago Los Roques.

Crunch on chocolate-coated hormigas culonas - deep-fried Amazonian ants with big, juicy rear ends.

Hear howler monkeys roar as you cruise the wildlife-rich channels of the Delta del Orinoco.

In This Guide:

Five authors, 187 days of in-country research, 495 arepas, 52 detailed maps, one paragliding accident.

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