Los Llanos

Los Llanos is the vast plains region covering much of central and southwestern Venezuela.

Los Llanos, Venezuela

Regions

Apure

Cojedes

Guárico

Barinas

Portuguesa

Cities

• 1 San Fernando de Apure
• 2 San Carlos
• 3 San Juan de los Morros

Understand

Venezuela's Llanos is sparsely populated, mostly by tough farmers and cowboys living off the region's main activity, extensive cattle-ranching.

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

Mid-range

• 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).