The Maracaibo Lake region is one of the least known to ecotourists. With an amazing variety of landscapes, human cultures, and unique flora and fauna, it is a promising destination for those who are in search of the exotic and the new.

It was at Lake Maracaibo that Christopher Columbus found the inspiration for the country’s name: the locals’ houses on stilts above the water evoked a “little Venice” which is what Venezuela means. There are still houses on stilts on the lake.

The major attraction for most visitors is the spectacular but stil... Read More.