Venezuela expedition

Find out about our Gap Year Expedition in Venezuela

A Venezuela expedition offers the potential for some of the most thrilling travel in South America. One of the things that's particularly exciting about a Venezuela expedition is the incredible diversity of the landscapes you visit. On a Venezuela expedition you can enjoy more idyllic Caribbean coastline than in any other country in the world whilst, inland, it is possible to do anything from exploring the rainforests and wildlife of the Amazon to mountain trekking in the amazing Gran Sabana region.

Real Gap's most comprehensive and intrepid Venezuela expedition is our ‘ Gap Year Expedition - Venezuela' programme. This Venezuela expedition has been carefully designed and constructed to combine Venezuela's main sights with other travel experiences few travellers to the region ever experience. The ethos of this Venezuela expedition is to enable travellers to experience the ‘real' Venezuela - and not just all the usual places the guidebooks tell you to go to. An important aspect of the Venezuela expedition is the fact that travellers on the programme ‘give something back' by doing some worthwhile voluntary work. As well as providing a huge sense of personal achievement volunteering on a Venezuela expedition is also the best way to immerse yourself in local culture and fully integrate with the local community.

For full details on Real Gap's Venezuela expedition click on the above link or speak to one of our experienced team of travel advisers. However here, in brief, are some of the highlights of this exhilarating Venezuela expedition…   

Venezuela expedition - Learn Spanish

Travellers who make the effort to speak Spanish to the people they meet on a Venezuela expedition get so much more out of the experience than those who don't bother. On a practical level, speaking Spanish makes your Venezuela expedition far easier but, more importantly, making the effort to speak Spanish on a Venezuela expedition is also greatly appreciated by the local people you meet. Real Gap's Venezuela expedition includes Spanish tuition and the emphasis is very much on having fun while you learn and simply ‘giving it a go.'

Venezuela expedition - Explore the jungle

One of the major reasons many people visit South America is to enjoy the thrill of travelling through jungle - and Real Gap's Venezuela expedition definitely doesn't disappoint in this respect. One of the highlights of the Venezuela expedition is a journey down the Orinoco Delta by canoe. The wildlife you might see at this stage on your Venezuela expedition includes river dolphins, parrots, caimans, piranhas and anaconda snakes! On land the Venezuela expedition visits the indigenous Warao Indian tribes-people who live in traditional wooden stilt-raised houses right on the river.

Venezuela expedition - Caribbean beaches

Adventure travel is all about experiencing new things and pushing yourself to the limit at times. However it's also important to have some fun and relax and one of the great things about the Venezuela expedition is the fact that plenty of time is spent beside the beautiful waters of the Caribbean. The base for Real Gap's Venezuela expedition is in the village of Chichiriviche on the northwest Venezuelan Caribbean coastline. This area is part of the protected Morrocoy National Park and is a fantastic location either for simply lazing on a beach or exploring the region's wildlife. There's ample opportunity for snorkelling, scuba diving and sea kayaking on the Venezuela expedition and it's also possible to try your hand at some deep sea fishing (with blue marlin, swordfish and shark being just a few of the possible ‘big catches').

Venezuela expedition - Angel Falls

No Venezuela expedition would be complete without a visit to the incredible Angel Falls - the world's highest waterfall and 16 times higher than Niagara!

Venezuela expedition - The Lost World

Adrenaline junkies on the Venezuela expedition will also enjoy the six-day trek to the summit of Roraima Mountain, which is shaped like a tabletop and is said to have inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyles's ‘Lost World.'

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