Los Llanos

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

Regions

Map of Los Llanos (Venezuela)

Apure

Cojedes

Guárico

Barinas

Portuguesa

Cities

7.894-67.4731 San Fernando de Apure
9.65-68.5833332 San Carlos
9.886403-67.34483 San Juan de los Morros

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

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).

Splurge

Drink

Stay safe

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