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Top Scuba Diving Destinations
This months Hot Destination - Venezuela!
Venezuela is NOT on the scuba travel
destination list. This is what makes it special! Why? Perhaps a combination of
political instability, and the focus on other amazing nature attractions like
Angel falls, the Gran Sabana, and the Amazon.
Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao and Tobago similar southern Caribbean islands are famous
for lush reef and dense fish life. It is therefore strange that that Los Roques,
Los Testigos, Margarita and the islands offshore from Mochima, in
Venezuela are not! They're on the same latitude and in the same sea as the
famous islands, have much fewer crowds, and that world-away feeling that's
increasingly hard to find, and have just as good a diving!
However, maybe this is about to
change. After about 8 years of political turmoil, Venezuela has at last reached
a time of some political stability. The president - Hugo Chavez - still like to
make some noise and especially upset the American Government, but the reality is
that now is an excellent time to travel and scuba dive in Venezuela. It is
relatively cheap, undeveloped by the mass tourism of other destinations. And,
the diving is excellent.
Venezuela has 3,000 km (2000 miles) of
Caribbean coastline, and literally thousands of offshore islands. There is
therefore a huge range of diving sites available. Perhaps the four best
destinations are Los Roques, Mochima Maritime National Park, and Isla de
Margarita, and Los Testigos.
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