Isla Margarita, known as the “pearl of the Caribbean”, is situated 38 km north east of the mainland of Venezuela and far from the track of atlantic tropical storms. Its location as an island in the Caribbean offers lots of beaches to explore, most of them virgin.
Margarita Island is divided into two sections tenuously linked by a 24km sand spit, which separates the sea from the fascinating Restinga Lagoon National Park. At its largest, Margarita measures 67km from east to west and 32.4km from north to south, with a 167km of shoreline liberally endowed with inviting beaches.
The western part of Margarita Island is called the Macanao peninsula. It is sparsely populated and has seen little tourist development due to limited availability of water.
The mean temperature is 27 degrees Celsius and the annual rainfall averages 27 inches resulting in mostly arid landscape with some wooded areas and fertile valleys.
The weather is the main attraction, with an average of over 320 days a year of sun, with the mean temperature is 27 degrees Celsius and the annual rainfall averages 27 inches resulting in mostly arid landscape with some wooded areas and fertile valleys.
