Los Frailes archipelago
Eight uninhabited rock islets, with the clearest water in the region.
- Best time
- Morning
- Area
- Nearby islands
- Duration
- 6–9 h
- Difficulty
- Easy
Los Frailes are a group of bare rock islets northeast of Margarita, with no population, no services and nothing built on them. The boat leaves from Playa El Tirano and takes about an hour. What you find are coves of impossibly clear turquoise water, rock walls thick with life and enormous seabird colonies. It is the trip everyone remembers above all the others.
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- Boat trip
- Snorkelling
- Uncrowded
- Diving
Nearby islands
- Adventure
Diving at Los Frailes
Thirty-metre visibility, vertical walls and huge schools of fish.
- Morning
- 5–8h
- Moderate
- Diving
- Snorkelling
- Islands & crossings
Coche island
Blinding white sand, postcard turquoise water and a pace from another century.
- Morning
- 8–10h
- Boat trip
- Kitesurf
- Islands & crossings
Cubagua island
The ruins of the first Spanish city in South America, on a deserted island.
- Morning
- 6–9h
- Boat trip
- History