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Travel Venezuela

Fabulous trip to Parque Nacional Morrocoy and Tucacas

Lovely beaches and beautiful landscapes

By Gonzalo Etcheverry

It was not only polo in Venezuela. The Campeonato Abierto de Polo Agualinda Victor Vargas Santaella included a fabulous trip to the Parque Nacional Morrocoy, sorrounded by spectacular white sand beaches. All the guests enjoyed a fantastic day on the beach, diving, followed by a lunch on the boat and giving a look at many of the cays at the Parque Nacional Morrocoy.   
 

TUCACAS


Tucacas is located in the coastal Falcon State, in Venezuela, the capital city of the Municipio José Laurencio Silva. The current population is 30.403.


The 32.90 hectares Parque National Morrocoy is situated on the west side of the Estado de Falcón, and north west of Golfo Triste; it's on the centre-west coast in Venezuela, close to the villages Boca de Aroa, Tucacas, Sanara, Chichiriviche, Flamenco and Tocuyo de la Costa. It was declared a national park on May 26, 1974


The park extends thoroghout terrestrial and aquatic areas of Golfo Triste, and has a mangrove swamp area as well as many cays or islands, sorrounded by spectacular white-sandy beaches, such as Sombrero, Cayo de Pescadores and Los Juanes.


Corals and fishes offer a beautiful entourage to all the fans of diving, an activity well enjoyed by all the, something that all the polo players as well as PoloLine, did during the fantastic trip.


The park's fauna has many species, around 266. The mangrove swamps are fabulous refugees for birds, mostly on the Isla de Pájaros, which is a mangrove swamp covered cay, located in the central area of the park.


There are also many marine repitles, being the most important ones the marine turtles. There are also dauphins whales, and terrestrial species like deers, bears, monkeys, among others. Many species of fishes also reproduce in the park, such as drums (croakers), groupers, shads, sardines, etc, as well as fishes that live in coral reefs between mollusc and crustaceans.