Margarita Island accommodation, Venezuela
| country: | Venezuela |
| location: | El Yaque, Margarita Island |
| price: | From €45 - €85 per double room per night including breakfast |
| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
description
Margarita Island
The beautiful island of Margarita located in the sparkling blue waters of the southern Caribbean Sea, just 25 miles off the northern coast of Venezuela, has the equivalent size of Martinique, lays outside the hurricane zone and is with 150 beaches, almost 365 days of sunshine plus the oceanic climate with an average temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit, a vacation paradise where you will find tropical tranquility.
The “Pearl of the Caribbean” is divided into two sections tenuously linked by a 24 km sand spit which separates the sea from the fascinating Restinga Lagoon. The western part of the island is a desert where you will find a xerophytes vegetation and beautiful breathtaking virgin beaches. In total contrast is the tropical flora of the eastern part containing 95% of the population and towns.
El Yaque
One of the last remaining real surf villages in the world, with a beautiful beach, a charming beachside with a handful of beach bars, small little restaurants and scores of windsurfers and kite surfers from worldwide who gives el Yaque a quaint charm of international flair.
Because of the steadily blowing winds at 15 to 30 knots during most of the year, and the shallow sea El Yaque has become renowned for windsurfing and kite surfing being one of the five best spots in the world to practice or learn this fantastic sport.
Surrounded by the National Park, Laguna de las Marites, a 900 hectares shallow lagoon with it’s numerous natural channels through the mangroves and being permanently connected to the sea and where pelicans, herons and other exotic birds find their ideal biosphere. On land the xerophytes vegetation predominance and you will see a variety of different cacti, birds and lizards while walking on one of the tracks going through this spectacular scenery.
Guesthouse
Our Guesthouse is located on the hills of El Yaque just 5 minutes walking distance from the main beach overlooking the village and the ocean being surrounded by the wonderful National Park.
The beautiful island of Margarita located in the sparkling blue waters of the southern Caribbean Sea, just 25 miles off the northern coast of Venezuela, has the equivalent size of Martinique, lays outside the hurricane zone and is with 150 beaches, almost 365 days of sunshine plus the oceanic climate with an average temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit, a vacation paradise where you will find tropical tranquility. The “Pearl of the Caribbean” is divided into two sections tenuously linked by a 24 km sand spit which separates the sea from the fascinating Restinga Lagoon. The western part of the island is a desert where you will find a xerophytes vegetation and beautiful breathtaking virgin beaches. In total contrast is the tropical flora of the eastern part containing 95% of the population and towns.
El Yaque One of the last remaining real surf villages in the world, with a beautiful beach, a charming beachside with a handful of beach bars, small little restaurants and scores of windsurfers and kite surfers from worldwide who gives el Yaque a quaint charm of international flair.
Because of the steadily blowing winds at 15 to 30 knots during most of the year, and the shallow sea El Yaque has become renowned for windsurfing and kite surfing being one of the five best spots in the world to practice or learn this fantastic sport.
Surrounded by the National Park, Laguna de las Marites, a 900 hectares shallow lagoon with it’s numerous natural channels through the mangroves and being permanently connected to the sea and where pelicans, herons and other exotic birds find their ideal biosphere. On land the xerophytes vegetation predominance and you will see a variety of different cacti, birds and lizards while walking on one of the tracks going through this spectacular scenery.
Guesthouse
Our Guesthouse is located on the hills of El Yaque just 5 minutes walking distance from the main beach overlooking the village and the ocean being surrounded by the wonderful National Park.
rooms, food and facilities
All rooms are equipped with: 
We have large communal areas like the kitchen & living room where you also will find the bar, the dining area and different chill out areas like an old boat from where you can observe the beautiful sunset, or a palm-roof where you can relax in hammocks.We also have a beautiful pool and big terrace where big, comfortable futons are inviting for relaxing and sunbathing.
Family friendly: Children and babies are very welcome. Especially by our Labrador Lucky!
Pet friendly: Our Labrador would be more than glad to welcome new friends for him!
Activities:
how to find us
The international airport of Margarita Porlamar is just 10 minutes by car from our guesthouse – we offer airport transfers to our guests. how this holiday makes a difference
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El Yaque in the past a small fisher village with not more than 10 families is nowadays, thanks to a healthy and positive tourism, a community which allows over 500 families a decent income and life. Here you will not find 'all inclusive hotels' but small hotels, Posadas and guesthouses and a lot of small little restaurants, cafes and bars. In El Yaque locals and tourists are living together which is one of the reasons why so many tourists always come back.
The construction of our guesthouse is a kind of 'Neo-Colonial-Style Building' designed by a famous Venezuelan Architect and built by a local construction company. The building materials used were almost the same used 100 years ago – means mostly natural construction material like the outside painting which is natural colored loam pulp. As in the past we are using the wind as a natural air-conditioning i.e. all our rooms have their windows to the wind side and the double-door with integrated window on the other side allows the regulation of the wind you like. This allows us to save energy because air-conditioning or ventilators are used very seldom. New generation is our solar cells which are lighting part of the garden. One of our biggest aims is to save water and we encourage our guests to help us to do so. All gray waters i.e. waters except from the toilet spoil are collected and used to rain our tropical garden. Our warm water system is powered by gas very energy saving and environmentally friendly. Our garden was designed to create new habitats for local wildlife and with the creation of bird tables and water founts birds from the neighborhood are visiting our garden. The actual operational workforce of our guesthouse is composed of 3 full time and 2 seasonal workers all coming from our village. Together with our neighbor community we sponsored a man from a village to open his own security company of course taking care about our neighborhood. Our restaurant of course only offers local products like fresh fish purchased by a local fisherman or fruits, vegetables or meat which we get from the local market in town and where we encourage our guests to join us at our bi-weekly purchases. The organic waste from the kitchen is worked up as fertilizer for our garden. We minimize the use of toxic materials in our buildings and construction where possible i.e. minimize use of bleach as a cleaning agent and experiment with other appropriate options such as vinegar. We encourage guests to use towels and sheets for 2 days to minimize washing and detergent use. |
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