THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL LANDSCAPES OF VENEZUELA - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The natural landscapes of Venezuela include arid, jungle, savannah, mountains, sand dunes, snow - capped peaks, rivers and beaches. This variety is due to the fact that it is one of the 17 megadiverse countries in the world.

In addition, 63% of its territory is made up of the so-called Areas Under Special Administration Regime, which represent the largest group of protected areas in Latin America.

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Venezuela is a South American country with more than 916 thousand square kilometers, out of the 159 542 km² that it has disputed with Guayana Esequiba since colonial times. In addition, this nation exercises sovereignty over 71,295 km² of territorial sea.

It has just over 30 million inhabitants, according to the 2011 census of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

The oil boom brought among its consequences that the highest population density is located in the north and west of the country.

However, even in these areas you can see natural beauties. Venezuela is divided into 23 states and a capital district.

The 10 main natural landscapes of Venezuela

1- Los Roques

The Archipelago de Los Roques National Park is located in the Caribbean Sea and is made up of about 50 islands and 292 cays and banks, approximately.

This park was founded in 1972 and offers a passage of very white sands and crystal clear waters that show a turquoise blue on the horizon. Its average temperature is 27.8 ° C and it rains little during the year.

It has corals, mangroves and guanos. Red mangrove and tannin are also abundant. It is also home to at least 92 species of birds.

Among its islands are the Francisqui, the Nordisqui, the Madrisqui and the Gran Roque. The latter is the only inhabited one and is where the archipelago's airport is located. Among its keys, the following stand out: Rasquí, Cayo de Agua and Lower Fabián.

According to the results of various archaeological expeditions, Los Roques was the home of nomadic aboriginal ethnic groups from north-central Venezuela.

Similarly, it is known that around the fourteenth century several groups came to Los Roques from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. They were mainly fishermen, salt extractors and turtle hunters.

Its name comes from the fact that the first visitors called it “The Rock”.

2- The Great Savannah

Considered a World Heritage Site since 1994, the Gran Sabana is a national park located on the border of southeastern Venezuela. In this you can see jungle landscapes, rivers, tepuis and waterfalls.

The 18 thousand square kilometers of this park are made up of the Guyanas massif.

The climate of La Gran Sabana is tropical humid and has herbaceous vegetation and lush forests.

The Pemons call this territory Wek-Tá, which means "place of hills", and it has been known in the rest of the country as the Gran Sabana since 1930, approximately.

3- Angel Falls

The Angel Falls belongs to the Canaima National Park of Bolívar State in Venezuela. It is born on a plateau called Auyantepuy.

It became better known after an American aviator named James C. Angel landed there looking for gold in 1937.

It is the highest jump in the world (one thousand meters of free fall) and it has also been a Natural Heritage of Humanity since 1994.

The Angel Falls offers an impressive landscape with very dense vegetation that includes more than 500 species of orchids and bromeliads; and reddish rivers.

4- Roraima

It is the highest and best known tepui in the Gran Sabana. In its structure there are quartzites, sandstones and some slate.

It is the highest in the chain of plateaus of the Sierra de Pacaraima, in South America. At its summit there is an area delimited in 1931 in which the borders of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana converge. Its age is estimated at 2000 million years.

The Roraima hill, or Roroima, is home to endemic plant species such as some species of orchids, lichens and bromeliads. Some unique animal species coexist there, such as the vulnerable Roraima mouse.

5- Mochima National Park

It is a national park located 600 meters above sea level that borders the northeast coast of Venezuela.

It is made up of multiple beaches with crystal clear waters and very white sand. These beaches are sheltered by mountains of tropical vegetation with ferns, orchids, mangroves, beach batatillas and cardones. There are sea turtles, dolphins and herring whales.

6- Médanos de Coro National Park

Another national park constitutes a landscape that breaks with the tropical aspect of most of Venezuela: the desert of the dunes of Coro.

It is an isthmus 30 kilometers long by 5 kilometers wide, with an average height of 20 meters above sea level.

Its appearance is changeable because the trade winds blow from east to west, changing the disposition of the sand.

Its dunes exceed 8 meters above sea level and have herbaceous vegetation, although it also has shrub mangroves, prickly pears and cardones. Its temperature is more or less constant throughout the year and ranges between 26 and 35 ° C.

7- The Bolívar Peak

Another extreme landscape in Venezuela is Pico Bolívar, a rocky peak with freezing temperatures.

At its summit (the highest in the country) is one of the three glaciers that exist in Venezuela: the north glacier.

It is within the Pico Bolívar National Park in the Cordillera de Mérida, and has a height of 4978 meters above sea level.

8- The Black Lagoon

The Black Lagoon is another of the natural attractions of the Sierra Nevada National Park, in the state of Mérida.

It is located at a height of 3480 meters above sea level and its depth is estimated at 24 meters, which makes it the deepest lagoon in Venezuela.

It has a dark color that makes it an object of myths and legends. It is in the middle of a wasteland and is difficult to access, which makes it an exotic place.

9- Henri Pittier National Park

It has more than 107 thousand hectares and was the first national park in Venezuela. It is located between the north of Aragua state and the northeast of Carabobo state.

This Venezuelan natural space offers a “double-sided” landscape: a mountainous side with some 500 different species of birds, rivers, and exuberant tropical vegetation and flora.

The second side consists of a coastal strip that has bays and beaches. The Henri Pittier National Park is a fundamental source of water for the adjacent cities.

10- Margarita Island

The island of Margarita or the "Pearl of the Caribbean", as it is also known, is located in northeastern Venezuela and is the only island state in Venezuela: Nueva Esparta. Margarita is the largest of the islands of the Venezuelan Caribbean, with its 1,072 square kilometers.

Its most outstanding characteristic is the presence of two mountain ranges: the Macanao Peninsula, in the west; and Paraguachoa, to the east. These are joined by a low relief isthmus. Its temperature ranges between 27 and 34 ° C.

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