Los Llanos
Los Llanos is the vast plains region covering much of central and southwestern Venezuela.
Regions
Map of Los Llanos (Venezuela)
Cities
Other destinations
Understand
Venezuela's Llanos is sparsely populated, mostly by tough farmers and cowboys living off the region's main activity, extensive cattle-ranching.
Get in
Get around
See
- Amazing wildlife including anacondas, the ubiquitous capybaras and caimans, hundreds of bird species, and the much rarer jaguars and anteaters. This is also the last stronghold of the Orinoco Crocodile.
- Stunning flat landscapes.
Do
- Go on a plains safari from at one of the ranches in the region.
- Dance to joropo - the traditional Llanos music.
Eat
- Chiguire, or capybara, meat.
- Venezuela's best beef
Sleep
Budget
Mid-range
- [dead link] Hato La Fe, At km 51 of the Calabozo-San Fernando de Apure national highway, right at the entrance to the town of Corozopando, Guarico state, ☏ +58 414 3254188, +58 414 468874, info@posadahatolafe.com.
- Posada Doña Bárbara, On the San Silvestre-San Rafael de Canaguá road in Barinas state, 60 minutes from the state capital., ☏ +58 251 269-2304 (Reservations), +58 273 552-3208 (Posada).
- [formerly dead link] Hato el Frío (180km west of San Fernando), ☏ +58 240 8083662, +58 416 5409420, elfriolosllanos@cantv.net. An excellent ranch and biological station
- Hato El Cedral, Near Mantecal, in the lower Llanos of Apure (A 3-hour drive from San Fernando, head towards Mantecal/Elorza. After passing through Mantecal take a left to Elorza and the ranch entrance is 15 mins down on the left), ☏ +58 212 7818995, info@elcedral.com.
- [formerly dead link] Hato Piñero, In the central Llanos, southwestern Cojedes, ☏ +58 212 991-8935, +58 212 9910079, hatopinero@branger.com.
- Hato Araguaquén, in Cunaviche.