The Médanos de Coro National Park is located in the Falcón state in northwestern Venezuela. Its most important area is circumscribed around the isthmus, Los Médanos de Coro was declared a national park on February 6, 1974. This national park preserves the largest desert on the Caribbean coast and is the closest protected area to the Gulf of Venezuela. .
They are constituted by the sand that the trade winds bring from the sea and deposit on the Isthmus of dunes. These winds, coming from the Northeast, mold the sandy surface of these landscapes.
The climate of these dunes is relatively arid, with scarce rainfall concentrated in the last months of the year. The average temperature ranges between 27 and 30ºC. The maximum oscillate around 40º and the minimum at 16ºC. The relative humidity oscillates between 35 and 90%.
As in any arid or deserted area, vegetation is scarce, there being no more than 60 plant species, mainly the tunas, cardones, cactus and Pitihayas. There are shrubs of mangroves in mammals, muddy coasts and prickly pears of more than 2 meters. They are also present in the park, legumes such as the cují yaque and small trees such as the dividive, the yabo, the olive tree. There are also poisonous plants such as the pringamosa and the tooth e 'dragon.
The access routes to Los Médanos are several, however the most common are: the entrance from the Paseo "Monseñor Iturriza", or the Coro-Punto Fijo highway.
