The State of Delta Amacuro is located at northwestern region of Venezuela, and has some 370 Km of coast line along the Atlantic Ocean. Yet few visitors have had contact with its natural beauties and the indigenous inhabitants of this region. Why? Except for some 100 Km of routes usable by land vehicles around the capital of Tucupita, its extensive system of roadways is fluvial, formed by hundreds of fingers and arms of the Orinoco River.
 
The Orinoco is the eighth longer river of the world and the second largest on the continent, after the Amazon. With their 2.140 kms long and with outlets toward the Atlantic, the Orinoco River empty about 18,000 cubic meters of muddy waters per second into the ocean, adding about 44.5 meters of new land per year.
 
Geography has dictated that since the arrival of the original inhabitants, Waraos Indians, their entire lifestyle has revolved around the water. Even the word Warao means "boat people". The Waraos live along the caños, constructing their palafitos (houses on stilts) at the edge of the water. They use canoes like only feasible mode of transportation. The Waraos are very skilful craftspeople. They have been renowned as expert builders of curiaras (dug-out canoes made from a single log), necklaces, animal figures carved from the white wood of the trees, baskets and chinchorros (type of hammock) made of the obtained fibers of the palm of the moriche.
 
The region's ecosystem, the population of Indian Waraos and the tropical forest are the most important for the tourism of the State of Delta Amacuro. Among the most interesting tourism sites are the following:
 
Iglesia de San José de Tucupita: the Capuchin misión church built in 1930, is the oldest building in this city.
 
Catedral de la Divina Pastora: was completed in 1982 after nearly three decades of painstaking work.
 
Los Castillos de Guayana: they are two fortresses built to protect from the pirate attacks. The one known as San Francisco de Asis was built in the seventeenth century, it has two levels and has a colonial style architecture. The other fortress, El Padrastro or San Diego, was built between 1734 and 1735 by Juan Valdez.
 
Saltos "El Toro" and "Acoima" (The Toro and Acoima Waterfalls): they are two fascinating nature places with imposing splendour and beauty. They are located between Manoa and Santa Catalina.
 
Mairusa-Delta Orinoco National Park: this national park is considered one of the biggest of the world. This park covers 550.000 hectares near of the Delta of the Orinoco River. It has mangrove swamps, forests, savannahs and delta marshes. It is one of the territories where the Indian Waraos inhabits.
 
But if you mainly want to know the land of the Waraos, the most advisable option is to take a tourist package through one of the camps that there operate. In many camps, the tourists will be able to know directly and with the attendance of bilingual specialized guides, to the Indian Waraos, as well as an exotic fauna and flora.