Guías de Viaje
Guayana City, (Puerto Ordaz & San Felix)
Puerto Ordaz today one of the cities with highest rate of industrial and economic growth is also one of the best planned and most modern ones in the country. Founded in 1952, as the headquarters of the Orinoco Mining Company, this city lodges the iron and aluminum industry which in Venezuela, is second only to the oil industry. From here these nowadays so vital natural resources are supplied to the worldwide market. The union of San Felix and the industrial sector of this city gave birth to Ciudad Guayana in 1961.
Ciudad Guayana is the home of The Guri dam, the second biggest hydroelectric power station in the world, which supplies the energy to the electric industry both local and national.
Represa del Guri (Guri Dam)
In this city the two most important rivers of the country join, creating the Caronoco Zone, named after the two rivers' names Caroni and Orinoco. From one of the bridges that links Puerto Ordaz and San Felix this confluence is perfectly visible. This fusion inspired Arturo Uslar Pietri, one of the finest contemporary Venezuelan writers these words:
"... As a clean shining black steel dagger, The Caroni cleaves through the flank of the brown muddy Orinoco. For a while the two giants run parallel without blending, as if the immaculate torrent pouring from the mountains refused to yield up its limpid waters to the obscures ones of the Orinoco that comes running through lands polluted by man".
Cachamay park view
Cachamay park entrance
Among the loveliest attractions of the city are Cachamay and La Llovizna Parks, where you can admire superb cascades and relish the luscious flora on the parks beautiful paths. "A close natural encounter of the best kind".
La Llovizna park entrance
La Llovizna waterfall
See more photos of Cachamay and La Llovizna parks
Pereza at la Llovizna
Turtles at Loefling park
Alejandro Otero's sculpture in Guri
Venezuelan Guayana destinations:
Guayana | Canaima | La Gran Sabana | Ciudad Bolivar | Ciudad Guayana | Guri | Jesus Soto museum
Ver además
| Muchacho redondo - Para estas fechas podemos hacer uso de diferentes recetas para presentar en Navidad y año nuevo, las cenas de fiesta siempre nos permiten hacer uso de la imaginación y hacer que nuestros comensales halaguen su paladar con diversos platos. |
Parque Delta del Orinoco - Descripción del destino turístico Delta del Orinoco que pertenece al estado Desta Amacuro, en Venezuela. | |
| Bolívar - El estado Bolívar, se encuentra ubicado en la región suroriental del país, o sea en la Guayana venezolana, su nombre obviamente se debe como homenaje a El Libertador Simón Bolívar Son sus límites: al norte, separado por el Orinoco, con los estados, Delta |
| Superb orchid - This most interesting Venezuelan orchid, living in the forests of the Amazonas and Bolivar States, is one of the botanical jewels of the regions south of the Orinoco. It belongs to the genus Cattleya, represented by twenty species distributed from Mexico |
| Caimán del Orinoco - Especie en peligro de extinción por la cacería excesiva. Rara vez se le ve por lo escaso. Existen varios criaderos para repoblar la cuenca. |
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