A real Andean week: Mukumbarí cable car, the high páramos (Mucubají, Apartaderos), trout farms and andean cheese routes, plus a day inside Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada — second national park ever declared in Venezuela (1952), now 276,446 ha across Mérida and Barinas. Five days gives you altitude acclimatization, a real day-hike, the Pueblos del Sur loop, and time to actually sit in plazas and drink calentado. Bring layers; the páramo touches freezing year-round.
Best months: Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar.
Sources:
- Inparques — PN Sierra Nevada: https://www.inparques.gob.ve/parque-nacional-sierra-nevada/
- MINEC — Sierra Nevada (área 276,446 ha): https://www.minec.gob.ve/parque-nacional-sierra-nevada-abarca-mas-de-270-mil-hectareas/
- Ventel — Teleférico Mukumbarí: https://ventel.gob.ve/teleferico/
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