After sailing 30 miles from Los Roques, Maloya's crew anchored on the Las Aves archipelago. Located between Bonaire and the Los Roques archipelago, this large volcanic island reef consists of two atolls, Aves de Barlovento and Aves de Sotavento. Once again, Maloya and Cachou - boat mates - are the only ones in the world in this bird paradise.
Because Aves - which means bird in Spanish - is well named. Here, hundreds - even thousands of birds - have taken refuge. These islands surrounded by coral and mangrove swamps are calm and isolated from the world. Frigates, basant crazies or even pink flamingos nest on the island.
In Sotavento in particular, a small piece of rock immersed in turquoise water, hundreds of birds fly a few dozen metres from the ground in an impressive broom
On these islands, there is almost no one, except a coastguard and a few fishermen. Once again, this is an ideal place to practice kitesurfing and paddle with Nael, discovering the fauna and flora.
But this stopover on the Venezuelan islands is also an opportunity to see the country's catastrophic situation. Smuggling of lambs - a normally protected mollusc - and numerous human pollution have an impact on the islands.
