Beaches

One of the most attractions on the Margarita Island are its 168km of coast line where is possible to find a countless number of beaches which every one of them has different characteristics and can satisfy all kind of tastes. One can find from the most tranquil beaches to the ones with high waves allowing sports like surfing and any diversity of aquatics sports.
The aquatic sports that are usually practice in this island are:
Windsurf: Usually practice in the beach “El Yanque” that is recognized to be one of the best 5 places on the world to practice it. The speed of the wind and its direction and constancy makes it possible, also the warm and non-deep waters helps the sport.
Snorkeling or Scuba diving: In the Margarita Island waters there are extraordinary beauty and typical marine life making this sport a one a life time experience.
Skydiving: During the weekends is very common to watch people jump out of airplanes into the water.
Surfing: the beach “El Parguito” is an ideal place for the practice of this sport because of the rock bottom the formation of waves is consistent and strong.

Margarita Island

Margarita Island is located in the South America Coast, next to Coche and Cubagua islands. Margarita Island forms the Nueva Esparta State in Venezuela. The territorial extension of the island is around 934 kilometer square. It has a population of 300.000 people. The people living in this island are called “Margaritenos” and they are a young and happy town always wanting to show tourists the beauty and culture of this island.
Margarita island is an ideal place to rest, because everything is created in a way where one’s vacation will be enjoyable and animated, this island offers an indescribable beauty, here one can enjoy and share the peace of the spirit of good and working people, also the charming natural environment, 168 kilometers of spectacular beaches, interesting folklore, tropical climate, and a 5 an 6 stars hotel industry.
Its name Margarita Island it actually means Pearl Island baptized like this by Cristobal Colon, because of the amount of actual pearls on its coast. Today it is actually the biggest production of pearls in the country making beautiful jewelry.
We invite you to take a plane and come to enjoy of all the wonderful things that the Caribbean Pearl has to offer.