On the western Caribbean coast and a drive of 3½ to four hours from Caracas, this lush 124-sq.-mile park is known for its mangrove channels, pristine beaches like Mero and Sombrero, snorkeling/diving, and boat trips to offshore cays like Cayo Peraza, Cayo Sal, and Cayo Sombrero; visitors generally stay in nearby Tucacas or Chichiriviche or camp in Morrocoy itself. Water wildlife in the parks includes whales, dolphins, crocodiles, and several species of giant marine turtles, and on land howler monkey, three-toed sloths, anteaters, crab-eating foxes, opossums, pacas, agouties, peccaries, and various species of deer. Then of course there are also 270 species of birds, among them ospreys, flamingos, pelicans, ibises, frigatebirds, cormorants, egrets, and more.
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