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If you plan to travel by bus in Venezuela, here's a tip: be sure to have warm clothing with you. If you board the bus dressed the way you're likely dressed while you're waiting for the bus, you'll freeze on board. Buses in Venezuela are VERY cold - sweaters, jackets, and even blankets are recommended.

The place to see Venezuelan wildlife is Los Llanos. Tours can be arranged from every major city in Venezuela. I arranged mine through Gravity Tours in Merida. For about $100, you'll get transportation to Los Llanos and all meals along with crude accomodations for three nights - usually a hut with hammocks. From Merida, Los Llanos is about a 10 hour drive. Be sure to pack insect repellant and plenty of sunscreen.

Venezuela is one of the premier world destinations for bird watching and Los Llanos is the place if you're interested. In addition to birds, visitors are likely to see caiman, iguanas, anteaters, anaconda, piranha, pink dolphins, mata mata turtles, and monkeys.

I hope you enjoy my photos of Venezuelan wildlife.

One of our outings was in search of anteaters. We didn't find any ground anteaters while there, but did see this tree anteater. This little guy looked cute and cuddly, but never came within touching distance.	This tree anteater moved very slowly, almost like a slow loris.
After spending a couple of hours wading swamps in search of anaconda, we saw two very large ones in a swamp a couple of hundred meters off the road. They had recently eaten and their stomachs were enormous - almost a half meter in diameter, lumpy in the shape of its prey.	This anaconda was ENORMOUS - I estimated it at almost 7 meters long.
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