Morrocoy spreads across roughly 320 square kilometres of coastline, mangrove channels, and a scattered archipelago of cays between Chichiriviche and the town of Tucacas to the south. Some of the cays are wooded; most are bare sandbars with a fringe of palms and a stretch of beach you could walk in five minutes. Cayo Sombrero, Cayo Sal, Cayo Borracho, Cayo Pelón, Cayo Pescadores, Playuela and Peraza are the most-visited.
The water is shallow and clear over white sand, with patches of coral that bring snorkellers out on calm days. Lanchas (motorboats) leave the Chichiriviche embarcadero on demand — fix a price for the round trip and the pick-up time before you get in. On weekdays out of season you can have a small cay essentially to yourself; on Easter and Christmas holidays the bigger ones get noisy.