San Esteban National Park

Location of Carabobo in Venezuela. San Esteban National Park is in the northeast of the state

Petroglyphs in Tronconero

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 limits with the Henri Pittier National Park of Aragua. Both are natural reservation areas.

The park was created in 1987 and it is 435 square kilometres large. It lies in the municipalities of Guacara, Naguanagua, Puerto Cabello and San Diego.

Historical places

• Castle of Solano
• Village of San Esteban
• 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

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

• 
  Aratinga pertinax
• 
  Boa constrictor
• 
  Ozelot
• 
  Puma

See as well

• Carabobo

External links

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