Guatire is a Satellite City of Caracas. It takes about an hour to get to the take off from the Capital. The flying spot is located on the Avila National Park in a sector called El Ingenio, and is good for both, Hangliders and Paragliders.

If you manage to get altitude here, this could be called canopy flight. You will over fly a spectacular rainforest with a huge amount of tree diversity. The Rainforest starts at about 1.200masl, and flying along the mountain either soaring or taking thermals makes this flight a spectacular experience. With little turbulence you can get just meters above the canopy of the trees and watch from above all the life you can find in this type of environment. If you are lucky you might see some Capuccino or Howling Monkeys.

If you go North East from the Take Off, about 4 Km you'll find Cascada del Norte (Northern Waterfalls), which are the highest in the Avila Mountain chain.

If you manage to reach a little above 1.700masl, you'll be able to see the peaceful Caribbean.

The flight here is pretty simple. It is possible make soaring and thermal flying. Once in the air, it's always important to keep an eye for the landing field. It is far away and it has happened that people have ended up hanging on the trees because they were looking for updrafts for too long.

The landing field is huge, and it is inside of a valley, which is important to keep in mind, if you want to land, because the ventury in the valley can considerably accelerate the wind, and might shorten your glide.

The locals are very friendly, mostly kids that started to learn very young by themselves. They always would help pilots to pack gliders, till one decided to give them an old glider for playing ground handling. They ended up flying with the glider, and considering their unusual learning method, which was mainly autodidactic and watching other people fly, it's impressive how nowadays they have excellent flying feeling, and you'll find them stalling a glider, making helicopters, SAT's and spirals to the ground with incredible control. They are mostly flying old damaged equipment and most have even no emergency parachutes. If you have equipment you don't use and want to donate it to these young teenage talents, please contact tomy@autana.org.