Mochima National Park is in Sucre state, off the Northeast of Venezuela.
Named after the town of Mochima, it is just one of a number of national parks along Venezuela's northeast Caribbean coastline. Created in 1973 it was the second marine park in Venezuela and encompasses the entire shoreline between Puerto La Cruz and Cumaná plus 32 islands just offshore.
As Mochima is a National Park you have to pay to camp overnight on the beaches. You also need a boat to get to the beaches. If you wait for more people to turn up, the price for you goes down as it is split between how ever many people there are.
Some of the more popular islands include Las Borrachas, Monos, Arapito and Chimana Grande.
Scuba-diving, snorkeling, sun-bathing, relaxing.
Fresh, fried fish from the thatched beach restaurants. Best served with tostones, or mashed and fried plantain.
Oysters with lime - but beware of beach sellers with buckets of oysters who will tell you a low price for your first taster but then will charge a fortune after they've happily cracked open a couple of dozen shells.
Cold beers, sold on most of the beaches either from thatched restaurants or beach sellers with cool boxes.