San Esteban National Park

San Esteban National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location of San Esteban National Park
Nearest city	Maracay, Puerto Cabello and Valencia
Area	445 km²
Established	14 January 1987
Governing body	INPARQUES

Crystal Waters of Larga Island.

The San Esteban National Park (in Spanish Parque Nacional San Esteban) is located in Carabobo, Venezuela.

The park lies on the Northeastern part of Carabobo and it links with the Henri Pittier National Park of Aragua.

Both are natural reservation areas. The park was created in 1987 and it is 445 square kilometres. It lies in the municipalities of Guacara, Naguanagua, Puerto Cabello and San Diego.

Attractions

The park includes Solano Castle at Puerto Cabello. It also protects other historical areas including the Parque Arqueológico Piedra Pintada located in the area of Tronconero, Vigirima, where are petroglyphs made by pre-Colonial Indians, as well as The Way of the Spanish, a path between Puerto Cabello and Valencia, and its arched bridge; the town of San Esteban, home of national hero Bartolomé Salom, and the Indian Salt Way between Patanemo and Guacara.

Historical places

• Castle of Solano
• Village of San Esteban
• Ecomuseum Villa Vincencio
• The house of General Bartolomé Salom
• The old colonial road or 'Road of the Spaniards' that used to link Valencia with Puerto Cabello
• The bridge of Paso Hondo on the San Esteban river
• The Indian Road of the Salt between Patanemo and Guacara
• The Hacienda Quinta Pimentel
• The thermal baths and spa centre of Las Trincheras
• Petroglyphs of Vigirima, also known as Tronconero's Painted Stone

Some of the animals that can be found in the San Esteban National Park

• 
  Aratinga pertinax
• 
  Boa constrictor
• 
  Ozelot
• 
  Puma

External links

• Information about the park at the site of the Instituto Nacional de Parques (in Spanish)