Stay List: Venezuela

The 2011 Stay List is a wanderlust-inspiring roundup of unique hotels in South America that have an authentic sense of place, that are sustainably operated, and that have strong roots in local communities. Today we check in to Venezuela.

Uruy�n Lodge, Kamarata Valley, Canaima National Park

The only way to the lodge in the Canaima National Park--a UNESCO World Heritage site--is by foot (days and days of walking) or via plane; make that small plane. The ambience here is authentic P�mon--that's the indigenous tribe that built and runs Uruyen. Guests stay in comfortable thatched cylindrical huts. Power is solar, and water comes from the river. Several waterfalls can be reached by foot. A two-day boat ride gets you to majestic Angel Falls ("discovered" by an American, James Angel, whose plane crash-landed here in the late 1930s). 12 rooms; from $240, incl. guide and meals.

For more Stay List properties in Venezuela, click here.

Descriptions of all Stay List 2011 selections, from Cartagena to Patagonia, can be found on our website.

Photo courtesy of Uruyen Lodge

Source: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2011/03/stay-list-venezuela.html

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