 It was a place of refuge for buccaneers and pirates, and from its waters came the smuggling of cocoa from the Barlovento area.The place has been a permanent settlement since the middle of the 19th century


To the west it find Cabo Codera Cape and beyond this we find El puesto de Víctor, the beaches of Chirere, La Cangrejera and finally the Aricagua river.The Cabo Codera Cape works like a giant barrier that prevents that the brown waters that pour out of the rivers diffuse towards the west, explaining thus the bright blue color that has the sea in the zone of El Banquito.