How do you get to Los Roques, and what does it cost?

Official stated by a public body on its page, in a statement or in the Gazette. Reported from operators, press or travel media, with their date. Unconfirmed no reliable source: confirm before you go.

What Los Roques is

An archipelago in the Venezuelan Caribbean, protected as a marine national park since August 1972 Reported. Sources disagree on the exact day: the 8th, 9th or 18th.

• Size. Its Ramsar record gives 213,220 hectares Official. Wikipedia says 221,120 ha and calls it “the largest marine park in the Caribbean” Reported. We go with Ramsar.
• Ramsar wetland no. 856, designated on September 4, 1996 Official.
• Gran Roque is where you land, and its airport is where you pay the entry fee.

Getting there

Flying from Maiquetía

The Caracas (CCS) – Los Roques (LRV) hop takes about 37 minutes Reported. Conviasa is the airline cited most often, and a flight aggregator still listed it in September 2026 Reported. A local posada also names Aerocaribe and Sasca, and says most allow 10 kg of checked baggage (January 2025) Reported.

In February 2024 El Diario quoted Conviasa fares of 228 to 355 US dollars depending on baggage, date and class Reported. That’s an old price; ask for a new one.

Ferry from La Guaira

• It sails on Fridays and returns on Mondays, per a local posada in January 2025 Reported.
• Tickets are sold only with a confirmed posada booking. In February 2024 that meant at least 3 nights, and the ferry cost 120 US dollars return Reported.
• Up to 25 kg of luggage; no pets Reported.

The entry fee, and why the numbers don’t match

You pay on arrival at Gran Roque airport, 8 am to 5 pm Reported. The amount is the problem. Here is what we found:

How we read it:

• 50/15 is the most repeated figure, from 2025 local sources that agree with each other.
• 30/10 looks like the old rate. It comes from a February 5, 2024 article, four days before the Gazette that, according to LD Hoteles, set today’s fees: “Gaceta Oficial Nro. 187 del 09/02/2024” Unconfirmed. We could not read that Gazette or identify who issued it.
• Euros or dollars? Posadas say the fee is set in euros and collected in US dollars, bolívares, Visa or MasterCard, or Pago Móvil at the day’s rate Reported. That’s why some guides quote euros and others dollars.
• Children and seniors. Posada Eva lists €25 for foreigners and €8 for Venezuelans Reported; LD Hoteles says US$25 for foreign children from age 4 and adults over 60 Reported.
• No 2025 or 2026 change shows up in any reliable source. An Argentine newspaper in April 2026 said “about 30 dollars” without citing anything Unconfirmed.

The departure tax is even murkier: US$3 per LD Hoteles, about €12 per Posada Eva, $12 per playlosroques Unconfirmed. Ask your airline or posada.

Posadas and packages

Every price here is from February 2024, per El Diario Reported. Treat them as a ballpark, not today’s rate.

For Carnival 2024, El Diario estimated about 1,000 US dollars per person with meals Reported. Many places are cash-only Reported, so bring dollars.

Check what each package covers (meals, boat trips to the cays, the fee, the flight), then plug it into the trip budget calculator without double-counting.

How many days

The standard package is 3 days and 2 nights. With such a short flight that works, but 4 or 5 days let you see more cays. That is our suggestion, not a rule from any source Unconfirmed.

We found no reliable source on the best time of year to visit.

Park rules

• INPARQUES has asked visitors not to take coral or other natural resources and not to leave litter (2015 notice) Reported.
• Sport fishing is only allowed in recreational zones and with a permit (2015) Reported.
• The governing rules are a land-use plan in force since January 1991 Reported; we could not find its text.
• We found no written rules on drones or on collecting conch or shells: ask your posada Unconfirmed.

Before you go

1. Read the Venezuela entry requirements and our safety guide.
2. Book the posada and flight together; the ferry requires a posada booking.
3. Ask the posada for the exact fee and how it is collected.
4. Pack sunscreen, US dollars in cash and some bolívares.

For another remote highlight sold as a fly-in package, see Angel Falls and Canaima.