This is the graceful land that captivated Christopher Columbus in his third voyage. It is the place he told his kings about because he drank sea water that tasted like honey!

The Mochima National Park lies between the towns of Puerto La Cruz and Cumaná. It covers 94.935 hectares of sea coast which include 53 islands/islets (of which some are still virgin) and mountains with exuberant vegetation which plunge into the sea. The mountains lush vegetation offers various species of orchid and many species of cactus (dividivi, sweet acacia and broom) and the possibility of se... Read More.