Laguna La Restinga
National Park
One of the most popular
attractions on Margarita Island / Isla Margarita is Laguna La Restinga. Located just before the bridge
that goes to Peninsula Macanao this is a large lagoon filled with mangroves,
oysters, sea horses, fish and many birds. You can hire a boat for either a basic
30 minute tour or a 60 minute tour that includes many areas just recently
opened.
The longer tour is well worth the extra time. The beach on the other hand is
iffy. It's covered in stones and our experience over the years has been that the
restaurants there take advantage of their location in the middle of nowhere and
have high prices. We have not been there in a few years so maybe this has
changed. Our suggestion is after the tour go out
to Punta Arenas and have lunch at one of the small
restaurants out there
- a much nicer atmosphere.
Here are the latest prices (Nov. '09): the price of the full tour (60 minutes) with a stop at the beach was BsF.150 (around US$30) for a boat that holds up to 5 people. The half hour tour with no beach is BsF.120 (US$22) Our boat driver, Luciano, pictured below was extremely informative and helpful. He showed us live seahorses and explained that it is the male seahorse that has the babies (true). On one of the pictures below you see a pregnant seahorse.
We hope you enjoyed our tour of
Macanao.
Dan O'Brien
 Margarita Tropical Villa Pool |
 Bed & breakfast in Playa El Agua. 10 rooms with king size beds, A/C, pool, fridges, DirecTV with HBO & CineMax, free Internet & breakfast From US$49 - See http://www.casatrudel.com for info! |
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accommodations while on
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