Los Andes Merida - Los Llanos - Angel Falls - Delta del Orinoco

12 Days / 11 nights.

DAY 1. CARACAS
UPON YOUR ARRIVAL YOU WILL BE ASSISTED AT MAIQUETIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TRANSFER TO THE AVILA HOTEL LOCATED AT THE FEET OF THE AVILA MOUNTAIN. ACCOMMODATION AT THE HOTEL. OVERNIGHT.

DAY 2. CARACAS-MATURIN
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT. FLIGHT TO MATURIN. WELCOME AT THE AIRPORT. TRANSFER TO THE RANCH. ENTRANCE TO THE RANCH WELCOME COCKTAIL. BRIEF RECOGNITION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. HORSE RIDE BY THE CLUSTURE OR PASTURE. OBSERVATION AND PARTICIPATION ON THE REGROUPING OF THE ANIMALS AND THE TECHNIQUE OF THE LASSO AND IMMOBILIZATION MADE FOR THE COWBOYS. FREE TIME TO ENJOY THE AMENITIES OF THE CAMP.

DAY 3. ORINOCO DELTA EXPERIENCE
BREAKFAST. EARLY DEPARTURE TO THE EXCURSION ON THE ORINOCO RIVER, A VAST, INTRICATE LABYRINTH OF WATERWAYS WEAVING THROUGH A SIMMERING JUNGLE TO CARRY THE WATERS OF THE ORINOCO TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE ORINOCO DELTA – THE LANDMASS NOW KNOWN AS DELTA AMACURO STATE – HAS FORMED OVER THE COURSE OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS AS THE MIGHTY RIVER HAS DEPOSITED MILLIONS OF TONS OF SEDIMENT INTO THE OCEAN. THE WILDLIFE IS ALSO EXTREMELY RICH AND VARIED. JAGUAR, PUMA AND CAPUCHIN MONKEYS, GIANT OTTER, MANATEE AND DOLPHINS ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF THE COUNTLESS SPECIES OF MAMMAL THAT CAN BE OBSERVED IN THEIR NATURAL HABITATS. AMONG THE EXTENSIVE BIRD POPULATION ARE HOATZIN, MACAWS, PARROTS, TOUCANS, FALCONS, HAWKS. THERE ARE ALSO AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES AND FISH SPECIES, WITH A POPULATION OF 24,000, THE WARAO CONSTITUTE THE SECOND LARGEST INDIGENOUS TRIBE IN THE COUNTRY. FAMILY GROUPS RESIDE IN PALAFITOS (WOODEN HOUSES RAISED ON STILTS) ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER, AND SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAILY LIVES IN CANOES FISHING IN THE NEARBY CAÑOS AND HUNTING AND GATHERING IN THE SURROUNDING FORESTS. SKILLED CRAFTSPEOPLE, THE WARAO BUILD THEIR PALAFITOS AND CANOES FROM FOREST WOOD USING TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES, AND, OWING TO INCREASED CONTACT WITH TOURISTS, HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO CARVE FIGURINES FROM BALSA WOOD AND TO MAKE NECKLACES, BASKETS AND HAMMOCKS FROM THE LEAVES AND SEEDS OF THE UBIQUITOUS MORICHE PALM. THE MORICHE PALM, HOWEVER, SUPPLIES MORE THAN JUST THE BASIS FOR ARTESANIA. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘TREE OF LIFE’, THE MORICHE PROVIDES THE INDIANS WITH FRUIT, JUICES AND A SWEET PULP THAT CAN BE MADE INTO A TYPE OF BREAD. MOREOVER, THE TRUNK OF THE PALM IS USED TO CULTIVATE A THUMB-SIZED BEETLE GRUB, THE MORICHE WORM, A NUTRITIOUS DIETARY SUPPLEMENT. VISIT THE INDIANS AND TAKE A GLIMPSE OF THEIR WAY OF LIVING AND A JUNGLE WALK WITH EXPERIENCED GUIDES TO VENTURE INTO THIS MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF THE WARAO INDIANS. GET IN TOUCH WITH THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST. RETURN TO THE CAMP. OVERNIGHT.

DAY 4. ORINOCO DELTA-CIUDAD BOLIVAR
BREAKFAST. FREE TIME UNTIL TRANSFER TO CIUDAD BOLIVAR. CIUDAD BOLIVAR IS THE ANCIENT CITY OF THE AMAZONS.FREE TIME IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR, TO VISIT ITS ANCIENT MUSEUMS, COLONIAL HOUSES AND GOLD BOUTIQUES. OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL.

DAY 5. CIUDAD BOLIVAR- CANAIMA
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT. FLIGHT TO CANAIMA. ARRIVAL TO THE CAMP. WELCOME COCKTAIL. PROMENADE IN THE LAGOON TO SEE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL THE GOLONDRINA, WADAMA AND HACHA FALLS. AFTER IT EXCURSION TO THE SAPO FALLS, ENJOY THE 20 MINUTES WALK THAT WILL TAKE YOU THE BASE OF THIS AMAZING WATERFALL. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CROSS BENEATH THE WATER CURTAIN FORMED BY THE WATERFALL IN ITS WAY DOWN. RETURN TO THE CAMP. FREE TIME TO ENJOY A BATH ON CANAIMA’S LAGOON PINK SANDED BEACH. OVERNIGHT IN HAMMOCKS

DAY 6. ANGEL FALLS EXPERIENCE
DEPARTURE TO RATONCITO ISLAND AND BEGIN THE RIVER EXCURSION THROUGH CARRAO AND CHURUN RIVER. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED BY THE INDIAN CUSTOMS, YOU WILL ENJOY A GOOD KIND OF MEAT OR CHICKEN COOKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST BY THE INDIANS. AFTER A QUICK STOP AT THE CAMP, YOU WILL BEGIN THE TREKKING THAT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FOREST AND WILL END AT THE BASE OF THE HIGHEST WATERFALL IN THE WORLD: THE ANGEL FALLS. YOU WILL NAVIGATE ALONGSIDE THE AUYANTEPUY, THIS FANTASTIC AND MYSTERIOUS FORMATION WILL DRAG YOUR ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THE TRIP. THE MOUNTAIN CHANGES RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES, TAKING SHAPES THAT WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY IS KNOWN AS THE DEVIL’S MOUNTAIN, ‘CAUSE IT DISGUISES TAKING AMAZING FIGURES. THROUGHOUT THE TRIP YOU WILL BE AMAZED BY NATURE AND ITS GLORIOUS WAY OF PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER SO IT SEEMS THAT SOME MAGIC HAND PUT ROCKS ON THIS PLACE, ROCK PILES THAT SEEM TO BE HANGING BY THEMSELVES UP ON THE AIR, GIVING YOU THE FEELING THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO FALL. ARRIVE TO RATONCITO ISLAND WHERE YOU WILL SPEND YOUR NIGHT. ONE HOUR WALK ON THE JUNGLE WILL TAKE TO THE BASE OF THE ANGEL FALLS, ONCE YOU ARRIVED THERE THE WATERFALLS WILL DAZZLE YOU IN ALL ITS GLORY, AND YOU WILL HAVE FREE TIME TO TAKE A RELAXING BATH AT THE POOL THAT IS FORMED BY THE WATER ON HIS WAY DOWN. ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE CAMP FACING THE WATERFALL, GIVING YOU A SIGHT UNCOMPARED TO ANYTHING EVER SEEN.

DAY 7. CARACAS
BREAKFAST. FLIGHT TO CARACAS VIA PUERTO ORDAZ.. TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL. ACCOMMODATION. OVERNIGHT.

DAY 8. CARACAS-MERIDA
TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT. FLIGHT TO MERIDA. TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL. ACCOMMODATION. FULL DAY CITY TOUR. BE AMAZED DURING YOUR TRIP ON BOARD THE HIGHEST AND LONGEST CABLE CAR IN THE WORLD. RIDE UP THE MOUNTAINS UP TO PICO ESPEJO, THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN OF SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK (4765 ABOVE SEA LEVEL) FROM THERE THE VIEW OF MAGICAL MOUNTAINS, AND TROPICAL ANDEAN MEADOWS WILL LEAVE BREATHLESS. UPON DESCESION HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR AROUND MERIDA COLONIAL HOUSES AND STREETS, SINCE ALL HISTORY AND FLAVOR OF VENEZUELAN TRADITIONS AND CULTURE ARE BEING BEAUTIFULLY KEPT BY THE ANDEAN PEOPLE. GET CLOSE TO THE WARMTH FLAVOUR OF TYPICAL ANDEAN VILLAGES WITH A MARVELOUS TRADITION OR HARVEST AND GASTRONOMY. THE ENVIRONMENT OF CALM AND BUCOLIC LIFE WILL TAKE YOU AWAY FROM YOUR EVERY DAY ROUTINE. BEFORE RETURNING TO YOUR HOTEL MAKE A BRIEF STOP AT THE TYPICAL MARKET PLACE IN ORDER TO GET YOU A SOUVENIR FROM ANDEAN PLACES. RETURN TO YOUR HOTEL. OVERNIGHT.

DAY 9. MERIDA
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE PARAMO. DURIG YOUR TRANSFER PASS BY ALL THE HIDDEN LAGOONS AND PICTURESQUE TOWND THE ANDES HAS TO OFFER. MUCUBAJI, PARAMO DE LA NEGRA, ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS YOU WILL VISIT ON YOUR WAY. ARRIVAL TO SANTO DOMINGO TYPICAL TOWN FOR ACCOMMODATION IN AN ANCIENT MONASTERY TURNED INTO HOTEL. OVERNIGHT.

DAY 10. MERIDA- THE PLAINS
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE PLAINS. ON THE ROUTE YOU WILL OBSERVE THE CHANGING LANDSCAPES AND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMIRE THE BIRDS. ARRIVAL TO THE PLAINS AFTER LUNCH. PREPARE TO TAKE THE FIRST EXCURSION ON THE PLAINS GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE WILDLIFE OF THE PLACE. THE PLAINS OFFERS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ECOLOGICAL RESERVES OF THE WORLD. THE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN HATO PINERO.

DAY 11. THE PLAINS
JEEP SAFARI ON THE PLAINS TO VISIT RIVERS AND TO WITNESS THE WILD LIFE OF

DAY 12. THE PLAINS-CARACAS
AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO CARACAS. CONNECTING FLIGHT HOME

INCLUDES:
ROUND TRIP TRANSFERS IN CARACAS
2 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION IN CARACAS, WITH TAXES AND SERVICES
FLIGHTS CARACAS-MATURIN/ CIUDAD BOLIVAR-CANAIMA/ CANAIMA-PUERTO ORDAZ/ PUERTO ORDAZ-CARACAS/CARACAS-MERIDA
TRANSFER MATURIN-RANCH SAN ANDRES CAMP-CIUDAD BOLIVAR
3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS WARAO EXCURSION IN THE ORINOCO DELTA, FULL BOARD, EXCURSIONS, TAXES AND SERVICES
1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR, BREAKFAST, TAXES AND SERVICES
TRANSFER HOTEL LA CUMBRE IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR-AIRPORT
3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS EXCURSION TO THE BASE OF THE ANGEL FALLS, EXCURSIONS, TAXES AND SERVICES
AIRPORT ASSISTANCE
1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION IN MERIDA, BREAKFAST, TAXES AND SERVICES
1 NIGHT ACCOMMODATION IN SANTO DOMINGO, BREAKFAST, TAXES AND SERVICES
FULL DAY CITY AND CABLE CAR TOUR, LUNCH, TAXES AND SERVICES
TRANSFER TO THE PLAINS
3 DAYS/2 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION AT THE PLAINS, FULL BOARD, DAILY EXCURSIONS, TAXES AND SERVICES
TRANSFER TO CARACAS

NOT INCLUDED:
DOMESTIC TAXES 5$ P/PERSON P/FLIGHT
ENTRANCE TAX TO CANAIMA NATIONAL PARK 10$ P/PERSON

PRICE P/PERSON IN DBL: 1699$

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