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Getting to Venezuela by Plane

The major hub for international airlines is Simon Bolivar International Airport (popularly known as Maiquetia airport)situated in the Vargas state. There are direct flight from US and other major European cities. Various airlines operate here like Continental Airlines connecting Caracas to Houston daily and to Newark weekly. American Airlines operates daily flights from Miami, San Juan, Dallas and New York. Then Delta Airlines has one daily flight from Atlanta. Air Canada also provides a non stop flight from Toronto twice a week. You also have flights from Europe, like non stop flights from Paris (Air France), Rome and Milan (Alitalia), Madrid (Iberia, Air Europa, CONVIASA), Frankfurt (Lufthansa) and Lisbon and Oporto (TAP). While the airlines like Aeropostal, CONVIASA, Avianca, Copa Airlines, TACA, Lloyd, LAN Chile and Aerolineas Argentinas links to the rest of Central America and South America.

Venezuela is linked by road route to Colombia and Brazil. You also have here the road crossing to Brazil, not very far from Santa Elena de Uairén. This country is connected with Colombia from Cúcuta to Venezuela's frontier town of San Antonio del Táchira. Also no visa is required if you for a day visit to Cúcuta . You can very well come here by car though the border controls are quite strict.

There are bus services from Colombia but the buses are not in exactly good condition. There are long-distance international bus service operating from Caracas. Getting to Venezuela is also possible by boats and there is weekly service Venezuela and Trinidad. In fact the most secure and popular routes is the coastal route between Maicao and Maracaibo and from Cúcuta and San Antonio del Táchira.