Let me introduce to CARIPE, known as "EL JARDÍN DE ORIENTE". The garden of the east/ EL GUACHARO NATIONAL PARK.

HELLO FRIENDS !!

I hope you are spending a great time!

Trips, although short, are always good for both physical and mental health, and even more so when they are traveling through a nature as beautiful as ours.
Today I will tell you about Caripe

On my way

CARIPE means river of squirrels, in indigenous language. In its vicinity is the cave of Guácharo with abundant flora and fauna that bring beauty to the town. It presents a rich mountainous climate, with fresh aroma and spectacular temperature for those who love cold weather. For this reason it is called, with justice, the garden of the East. The distance from the capital of the country (Caracas) to Maturin state where it is located, is 554 km (access by road).

WELCOME. NATURAL MONUMENT ALEJANDRO DE HUMBOLT. GUACHARO CAVE

It exhibits some beautiful natural formations such as Cerro Negro, Cueva Clara, among others. We can also find natural monuments such as El Alejandro Humboldt located in the Cueva del Guácharo National Park. The first natural monument decreed in the country. It is the largest natural cavern in Venezuela and among the most important in the world. It has an extension of 10.2 km. The only known entrance is 1,065 meters high, with a large mouth 23 m high by 28 m wide. Tourists are only allowed to enter up to 1500 m in the company of a tour guide.

Thought written in stone THE VOICE OF THE CAVE

Cheers, whoever you are, traveler
Are you perhaps from a strange region?
I am the wonder of the path
that resists the mountain on its back
Are you afraid of cold and severe blackness?
I don't keep the vermin inside me
neither the hirsute lion nor the fierce wolf
not the hellish angel that the soul tarnishes
Penetrates without trembling to my bottom
where the soul of silence hide
and although the mystery the heart amazes you
Do as Humbolt, the brave Baron
that sculpted his name in my gut
and with my lymphs he signed on his forehead

This is a satellite view of El Guácharo National Park

BEFORE ENTERING THE CAVE AND DURING THE VISIT

Before entering, you must put on special boots, because inside, you find yourself with a lot of bird poop (pupú) and of course, your shoes would be for history. When you enter, the first thing you feel is a peculiar smell of moisture and when you look up you notice some pointed, hanging formations. These are called stalactites. They have been forming millennia and are found throughout the cave. Note that they do not allow you to use the camera inside the cave because of the Guácharos, which by the use of the flash, could be frightened and cause a flight in a flock of birds. The Guácharos, are nocturnal birds and have an amazing song (It is impressive to see them go out at night and return in the morning making a deafening noise).
If you want to visit this spectacular site, the right hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

And in this way we return to the reality that corresponds to us. I say goodbye not without first inviting you to visit this beautiful place in Venezuela !!