Medanos La Soledad for the holidays:

Edith Parra sent us to quebellaesvenezuela@gmail.com her beautiful review of Medanos La Soledad:

For lovers of nature and adventure in the southwest of Venezuela amid the great of the Apure plains,


a huge dunes filled with wonder residents and visitors visiting Santos Luzardo National Park, also known as National Park Cinaruco - Capanaparo or Los Medanos de Soledad, this name is for its resemblance with the dunes in Coro, Los Medanos de Coro. Its immense shoals of sand move steadily through the intervention of the wind and qualify the place to be in the middle of a sheet full of vegetation and nearby rivers, such as Cinaruco and Capanaparo .

 The lower reaches of these streams allow the abundance of fish Pavon, Arrau turtles, and the Orinoco crocodile, endangered. Also, you can see some endemic bird species, more than twenty migratory, such as herons, overcoats, storks and imposing Jabiru. Among the mammals there are jaguars, capybaras and camerudo deer. This allows diverse wildlife allows the contemplating tourism, as the place has become a kind of station of interest not only for tourists but also for scientists and bird experts who have the opportunity to study behaviors of Venezuelan species.

 A beach in the Venezuelan plains 

 Los Medanos La Soledad has become a space to enjoy the sun and sand in the middle of the Venezuelan plains, as they are at the edge of the road.

 In rainy season, between May and December, these dunes are fill with water in the lower part making a kind of natural spa. There people can enjoy a swim in a freshwater beach along the mountains of sand this is also known as Playa Llanera, bringing visitors at this time of year.

 Dunes that inspire

 Tourists that are destined to go to Medanos La Soledad, may stroll through the Cinaruco River, the plains and also enjoy " La Ruta de Gallegos ", a historically known path in the region thanks to the novel " Dona Barbara " written by Don Rómulo Gallegos who was inspired by this area when writing the book.

 This wonder of nature is located in La Soledad, Pedro Camejo town, on the road leading from San Fernando de Apure to Puerto Paez, a journey of about two and a half hours. For this holiday season, you cannot miss visiting Los Medanos La Soledad. Walk and glide from its high mountains of fine sand, together with the enjoyment of the evening will be a unique experience that cannot pass by.