El Ávila National Park

El Ávila National Park (officially known as the Waraira Repano 2 National Park) is a national park located in the Cadena del Litoral within the Cordillera de la Costa, in north-central Venezuela. It extends from Caracas (Capital District), and all the north of the Miranda state and south of the Vargas state. In 1958 it is declared a national park. This mountainous formation is the vegetable lung of the city and within it different activities can be carried out as it is one of the main attractions of the capital of Venezuela in heights that vary from 120 to 2765 meters above sea level, in Naiguatá Peak. El Ávila National Park offers multiple trails to its visitors, which can be done by car, cable car or simply by walking.

The Park takes its name, both the traditional "El Ávila National Park", from the hill that dominates the city of Caracas, which was known by the original inhabitants of the valley of Caracas, of Carib ethnicity, as Guaraira Repano, which means "Sierra Big". Others claim that the correct word was wariarepano meaning "place of tapirs", due to the large number of mammals of this species that populated the mountains. The first time that the name "Ávila" appears as such is in 1778, as recorded in the Acts of the Cabildo de Caracas.