Venezuela In a Nut Shell

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VenezuelaIn a Nut Shell

• By
• Brandon Stratton

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Why go there

• Has South America's largest lake
• Third-longest river
• Highest waterfall in the world
• The longest of all snakes
• There are the snowcapped peaks of the Andes in
  the west

• Steamy Amazonian jungles in the south
• The beautiful Gran Sabana plateau
• Miles of white-sand beaches fringed with coconut
  palms on the Caribbean coast.

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Quick Gen. Info

• Full country name República Bolivariana de
  VenezuelaArea 916,445 sq kmPopulation 25
  millionCapital City Caracas (pop
  4,608,934)People 67 mestizo, 21 European
  descent, 10 African descent, 2 indigenous.
  Language SpanishReligion Roman Catholic (96),
  ProtestantGovernment federal republicHead of
  State President Hugo Chávez

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MONEY!!!

• GDP US194.5 billion GDP per capita
  US8,500Annual Growth -0.9Inflation
  29.9Major Industries Petroleum, iron ore,
  cereals, fruit, sugar and coffee.Major Trading
  Partners USA, Germany, Japan, Colombia, Brazil,
  Italy

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When should I go?

• The tourist season in Venezuela runs year-round
• dry season is more pleasant for traveling
• Angel Falls - are certainly more impressive in
  the wet season.
• Christmas, Carnaval (several days before Ash
  Wednesday) and Semana Santa (Holy Week the week
  before Easter Sunday). you have to plan ahead and
  do a little more legwork before you find a place
  to stay.

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Public Holidays

• January 1 - New Year's DayBefore Easter Sunday
  - Monday Thursday Good FridayApril 19 -
  Declaration of IndependenceMay 1 - Labor
  DayJune 24 - Battle of CaraboboJuly 5 -
  Independence DayJuly 24 - Bolívar's
  BirthdayOctober 12 - Discovery of
  AmericaDecember 25 - Christmas

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Caracas

• The capital of Venezuela is a huge, vibrant,
  South American city. Tremendously wealthy and
  desperately poor. In Caracas, the greatest
  attractions are the city's skyscrapers and the
  teetering shantytowns that cover the hills around
  it. Cities are very different then ours here. He
  wealthy live down town, and the very poor live
  around the city.

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Amazon Jungle

• The Amazon region in the south of the country is
  thick with tropical rain forest, with rivers
  crisscrossing through out the land, and home to a
  number of isolated Indian tribes. Tours up the
  Orinoco, Sipapo or Autana rivers and deep into
  the Venezuelan Amazon can be arranged.

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Caribbean Coast (Venezuela)

• The northeast coast is the place to go for
  outdoor activities such as snorkeling, scuba
  diving, fishing, sailing or just lying around and
  enjoying the sun. The county's beaches are the
  best here, long beaches with white sand lapped
  by turquoise waters and lined with coconut palms.
  Isla de Margarita, 40km (25mi) from the mainland,
  is a favorite for beach-lovers and a popular
  holiday destination for Venezuelans. It is easily
  accessible by ferry from Cumaná and Puerto La
  Cruz on the mainland.

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Conclusion

• Alright, this is a very fun country with many
  festive quarks in there culture. I have been
  through many sites and they all say that if you
  like to party to all hours of the night, or want
  to shop during the day and sit and relax every
  night on the beaches, this is the place to go.
  The only downfall is the political circumstances
  right now, they just finished a moderately
  violent coup of the Gov. so if you can avoid and
  of these situations then you should have the time
  of your life.