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To the north, a string of white-sand beaches, washed by the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea. Further south, Llanos, the table-topped mountains that inspired Conan Doyle’s ‘Lost World’, a remote region of exceptional beauty that still harbours little-known natural treasures.

The world’s highest waterfall, the Angel Falls, was discovered here less than one hundred years ago by an American pilot who, having crashed his plane in to the forest, fought his way back to civilisation to broadcast his find to the world.

In Venezuela, wildlife abounds on rambling estancias while on the jungle tributaries of the Orinoco, lost tribes of Indians maintain their traditional lifestyles in scant contact with the outside world. Latin America’s last undiscovered secrets still wait to be explored in this huge and mysterious country.

Temperatures are constant throughout the year in Venezuela, varying mainly with the altitude. Lowland areas are hot and tropical, while the highlands are more temperate, and cooler at night.