The most beautiful parks and gardens Venezuela

These lands were once administered by Hacienda Ibarra, which grows sugar cane at the beginning of the th century. The garden was created in 1944 by the doctor and botanist Tobías Tired in collaboration with a Horticulture Augusto Braun. It opened its doors in 1958. Today, vegetation comes from all horizons (both national and international). More than 100 species of palm trees, a arboretum where thousands of trees grow at different stages of evolution, 4 greenhouses for orchids, bromeliaceae and fat plants. The Botanical Institute, located inside the garden, has a laboratory, library and over 100 000 Venezuelan dried, pressed and identified Venezuelan plants. The only problem is that most of the facilities remain private: you can only see as a public the orchid collection.

A haven of peace in the middle of the city and traffic. Many students come to cram their courses in the shade of palm trees. If you didn't know that trees lose their leaves during dry periods to keep water, and on the contrary they fill leaves during wet periods to capture solar energy, then maybe you should join Venezuelan students!

On weekends, this green space is the classic rendezvous of the Caraqueños who come to the family. This very, very lively park - where you can find lizards, turtles, snakes, parrots and giant reeds, offers an excellent promenade. A small zoo where you can see Orinoco inlet and some monkeys. Don't miss the terrarium, especially. You can avoid going to the Humboldt Planetarium, of poor quality (meetings at on Saturdays and every hour on Sundays, from 14 am to 17 pm), unless you want to admire the reconstitution of Caracas sky, invisible at night due to pollution. In 2011, the government built a replica of the Leander, the boat with which Francisco de Miranda landed to the Vela de Coro. It is on this privileged site for a capital that the students of French Lycée come through the test of endurance bin (poor choux!).

The smallest park in Venezuela (43 ha only) bears the name of the famous geographer Augustín Codazzi and houses samanes trees as well as specimens of the vegetation of the valley. We can go on a picnic.

The road stops and there is a green road climbing in the freshness of the páramo, 4 737 m, where some try paragliding. In the woods, monkeys and toucans give the reply. Hiking from Mérida to Mucuchíes. It was declared a national park in 1989.

There is electricity, grills and an interesting trail for discovery. You can also see the beautiful pauji. Information and reservation required (by fax or mail, indicate date, number of persons and passport numbers) from Inparques to Barquisimeto (see above).

In week, contact the warden of the park. The huts, gently planted between wood and pasture, are large (capacity of 12 to 60 people) and well maintained (electrical and sanitary). From here, you can romp a waterfall or watch birds surprised at them! A bed in the dormitory costs 20 Bs. F.

You can bathe, so you can avoid the weekends where you will share the places with a crowd of children children. Unfortunately not very clean. Bring food, a picnic area is available. Beverage sales on site. Possibility of renting the services of a guide.

In the north of the city, the garden of the Faculty of Sciences, a true living museum, was created in 1991 by the University of the Andes (U.L.A.), which then yielded 44 hectares to its headquarters. You can see the Sierra Nevada. Its limits range from the northeast to the road leading to Los Chorros de Milla, by the south at Alberto Carnevali avenue and by the east at the Faculty of Forestry. At weekends you can enjoy the.

A few babas sympathiques dip into the lagoon. After many attacks inside the garden (not by the same crocodiles), the government has done a big job to enhance security inside. Today you can walk there in a day.

Large cities in the country are often equipped with beautiful parks so that families, sportsmen and couples can find themselves in a position to share moments of relaxation and practice. It was in the 1970 s that renovation work in a polluted and antiquated urban area began. At that time, the Ministry of Public Works decided to demolish the houses and imagine the construction of a park. But before that, the 39 ha of land are unfortunately used as an open pit by the population. The threatened environment, the government then takes the bull by the horns to speed up the construction of the park. Today, the metamorphosis is bluffante, the detritus has left room for the communal sports fields, to arrow paths of strolls, a park for the smaller, coffee, etc., and all this on the edge of the water. You will also find Casa de la Poesía Víctor Valera Mora and a large open-air amphitheatre where concerts are taking place. The park also pays tribute to Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, singers who are activists and advocates of peace, since two places with a statue are located in the park.