Macanao

This Peninsula is located in the western part of Margarita Island, joined to the eastern part by "La Restinga" National Park. Macanao Peninsula is the occidental part of "Margarita", it begins at the isthmus of "La Restinga" and is known for its little population, thorny xerophyte vegetation, and its almost virgin beaches. The entrance is justly "Laguna de la Restinga National Park" that combines 27 kilometers (16,7 mi) of coast with different and beautiful canals that can be crossed on colorful boats, from which you can watch flamingos, pelicans and parrots that share the branches of the mangrove swamps. There´s no doubt!, you can´t miss this experience.

Only 15.000 inhabitants live in this region, most of them in little fishermen villages spread along the coast. The internal part of the area is undeveloped, and is inhabited by deers, goats, and hares that wander through the short vegetation which nourishes them.

Macanao owns lonely beaches, virgin nature and an important amount of typical birds from the region, such as the Yellow-shoulder Parrot, (during evenings it crosses to the valleys in flocks); the red cardinal and the beautiful troupial which is the National Bird of Venezuela.