Venezuela Tours and Travel

DAY 1

• Arrival at your own leisure in Caracas and transfer to our centrally-located hotel
• Some free time to relax, or explore by yourself
• For early arrivers we will have a pre-tour meeting at 12 in our hotel, before heading out for lunch and our first city tour.
• We head for the historical centre of Caracas. Once a favourite for tourists admiring the old colonial architecture, now it’s mainly Venezuelans hanging out, so a great place for people watching.
• Visit the birthplace of Simon Bolivar and the National Pantheon, where the hero of Bolivarianism is buried.
• During the rest of the walking tour we will check out Plaza Bolivar, the national assembly, as well as just people watching
• We head out for dinner and drinks in the vibrant capital
• Overnight at Pestana Suites Hotel, Caracas.

DAY 2

• Up early for breakfast and then transfer to the airport for our flight to Canaima National Park
• 8:30 AM we take a flight from Caracas to Canaima National Park.
• Upon arrival we’ll meet our local guide and head directly to the national park
• TROP HIGHLIGHT -: After a short drive we take our motorised canoe for the trip to Angel Falls. On the way we sail through the Carrao and the Churún river while we have a beautiful landscape in the background. The boat trip will take around 4/5 hours, but we’ll break it up with a lunch stop at a beautiful waterfall
• After a last stop on a pink beach we’ll take the final stretch to our camp, next to Angel Falls,  flowing from the top of Mount Auyán-Tepuy. With a height of approx. 1 km the waterfall is the highest in the world.
• Our meal will then be cooked and served by our local guides, with rim optional
• At night we’ll sleep in hammock, from which you’ll have a view of the falls

DAY 3

• After breakfast we cross the river and start the hike through the jungle (around 1.5h) to Angel Falls.
• Our first stop is the Mirador Salto Angel, from where you’ll have a picture-perfect view of the falls.
• Next is another hour trek to the Japanese viewpoint (named after the Japanese citizen who often came here to take pictures). Here you’ll see the falls from the side.
• Time for a swim! We descend to the Angel Falls pool, where you can swim in the water coming directly from the top.
• We return to our camp where a freshly prepared lunch will be waiting for us.
• After lunch we take our motorised canoe again and we return to the start of Canaima National Park.
• We’ll stop this time at Mayupa Village, a small village where we can sample the simple, but traditional lifestyle of the village people
• It’s camping time again as we get a meal cooked for us and stay in hammocks, with the sounds of nature rocking us to sleep.

DAY 4

• Breakfast in the village,
• We now head back to the main village of Canaima.
• Highlight: After a short boat ride and hike we arrive at Sapo Falls. First we’ll see it from the top and afterwards we descend down and take a walk behind the falls. An incredible experience as the waterfall is extremely powerful and intimidating. You will return completely soaked, but also full with adrenaline!
• Highlight: We’ll take a short hike towards the beach at Canaima Lagoon. Take a dip in the water before we head to the Hacha Falls. Due to the enormous power of the water we can only watch it from our boat, rather than take a swim!
• When we arrive in Canaima village we’ll head to the Posada where we’ll stay for the night. Here we will stay in a traditional house, with a bed rather than a hammock
• We will go to explore the village of Canaima or we can arrange a trip to the beach for some serious R and R
• We will have our dinner at a local school where the residents have prepared for us a local feast.
• Overnight in Canaima village.

DAY 5 

• Breakfast in the village
• Head to the airport to catch our 9.30 AM flight back to Caracas.
• On arrival in Caracas we are met by our local guides before we head to the socialist and Chavez heartlands of Caracas, there are beautiful murals here and a great place to talk to people about Bolivarianism
• #TRIP HIGHLIGHT#: We will visit the Mausoleum of Hugo Chavez at Cuartel de la Montaña. His mausoleum is located in one of the main socialist districts of the city; 23 Onero.
• We take a short walk through the 23 Onero neighbourhood. This socialist neighbourhood was a stronghold of socialism during the Chavez era and remains so today under Maduro. Our guide will talk to us about the changes in the country brought about by the Chavez era, as well as the problems
• We’ll take the car and head for Próceres. The street is heavily controlled by the military, as this is the street where all the military parades take place.
• Next to it is the Monumento a los Próceres, two giant walls with images of the most important figures of Venezuelan history.
• Last night dinner and drinks in Caracas, with us heading to the trendy bar area, a truly perfect way to say goodbye to Venezuela
• Overnight at Pestana Suites Hotel, Caracas

DAY 6 

• End of tour/airport drop off