Angel Falls
Tallest single drop waterfall in the world, Venezuela
A waterfall in Venezuela, the tallest unbroken waterfall on Earth: 979 metres (3,212 ft) high, with a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft).
Photo: Paulo Capiotti, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Venezuela: 10 places worth the journey
Angel Falls, Pico Bolívar, University City of Caracas and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
- Places
- 10
- World Heritage
- 1
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- VEF
What to see in Venezuela
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Venezuela and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets. One is on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
Pico Bolívar
Highest mountain in Venezuela
Venezuela's highest mountain, 4,978 metres (16,332 ft), in Mérida State.
Photo: Fernando Cuartero, CC BY-SA 3.0
World Heritage
University City of Caracas
Campus of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela
Known by the acronym CUC: the Central University of Venezuela's (UCV) main campus, in central Caracas. Carlos Raúl Villanueva, a Venezuelan architect, designed it, and in 2000 UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage Site.
Photo: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
Los Roques Archipelago
Federal dependency of Venezuela
Lying 128 km (80 mi) due north of La Guaira's port, in the Caribbean: a federal dependency of Venezuela made up of approximately 350 islands, cays and islets with a combined area of 40.61 km² (15.68 mi²).
Photo: Juan valero, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Pico da Neblina
Highest mountain in Brazil
Rising 2,995.30 metres (9,827 ft) above sea level, the tallest summit in Brazil, found in the Serra da Neblina, part of the Serra do Imeri, in the north-west of Amazonas state, close to where the Guiana Highlands end in the south.
Photo: Força Aérea do Brasil, CC BY 3.0
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Guri Dam
Dam in Necuima Canyon, Bolívar
Properly the Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant, and formerly the Raúl Leoni Hydroelectric Plant, a concrete gravity and embankment dam on the Caroni River in Venezuela's Bolívar State, built from 1963 to 1969, 7,426 metres long and 162 m high.
Photo: Fadi 12:54, 11. Feb. 2008 (CET)Fadi, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Lake Maracaibo
Body of water in Venezuela
A body of water in north-western Venezuela, bordered by Mérida, Trujillo and Zulia states. Usually called a lake, it may by its present hydrology be better described as an estuary or a semi-enclosed bay opening onto the Gulf of Venezuela.
Photo: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC, Public domain
Pico Humboldt
Mountain peak in Venezuela
Standing 4,925 meters above sea level in Mérida: the second-tallest summit of Venezuela.
Photo: Mario dos Reis, Public domain
Las Aves Archipelago
Federal Dependency of Venezuela
An untouched archipelago in the Caribbean, part of Venezuela's Federal Dependencies, north of Carabobo and Aragua states, between Bonaire, a Dutch island, to its west and the Los Roques Archipelago to its east, at 12°00′N 67°40′W.
Photo: Lasaves, CC BY-SA 3.0
General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge
Bridge in Venezuela
A bridge over the Tablazo Strait, the outlet of Lake Maracaibo, in western Venezuela, linking Maracaibo with a large part of the rest of the country.
Photo: Wilfredor, CC0
About Venezuela
Officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, a country on South America's north coast, made up of a mainland and various islands and islets in the Caribbean. It covers 912,050 km² (352,140 sq mi) and had an estimated 31.8 million people in 2025. Caracas is the capital and biggest urban area.
Officially The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
Questions travellers ask
What is worth seeing in Venezuela?
This guide lists 10: Angel Falls, Pico Bolívar, University City of Caracas and Los Roques Archipelago and others. University City of Caracas is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
How were these places chosen?
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Venezuela that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
Which places here are UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
1 of the 10 in this guide: University City of Caracas. That is not the full count for Venezuela, only the listed sites that made this guide.
What language is spoken in Venezuela, and what currency?
Spanish. The currency is VEF.
How do I get mobile data in Venezuela?
A travel eSIM is usually the cheapest way, and avoids a roaming bill. The plans suggested at the foot of this guide start at $13.78 for 1GB for 7 days. The eSIM is data-only and sits alongside your normal SIM, so calls, texts and WhatsApp keep working on your own number.
Which networks would my phone use in Venezuela?
Digitel. Your phone picks whichever has the best signal where you are, the same way a local phone does.
One practical note: staying online
Maps, tickets and translation all want data, and roaming is the expensive way to get it. A Computatus eSIM eSIM connects to Digitel once you land, and installs by QR code before you leave.
See 11 Computatus eSIM plans for Venezuela from $13.78
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No app needed. Install by QR code before you fly, keep your own number for calls, and it connects the moment you land.
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