Canaima Salto Angel

This vast region full of mythical remiscences, black water riverso, stormy skies, impenetrable jungles, the infinite stillness of the undulating Savannah contrasts with the tepuys In their imposing walls, over chich cascades plunge grom prodigious heights. Canaima covers 3 million hectares, which makes it one of the largest national park in the world. The territory included in Canaima National Park is characterized by having some of the oldest rocks in South America, more than 1.5 billion years old. Main attractions is Salto Angel (Angel Falls) The way to Salto Angel starts at the port of Ucaima to navigate up the Carrao river aboard a curiara. Continue to reach Orchid island, then Wei-tepui, looking like a huge isolate saddle placed in the middle of the jungle. The curiara leave the Carrao river to follow one of its many tributaries, the narrow Churun.  Here facing one of the wonders of Creation, the high and impressive walls of the Auyan-tepui that shelter the river from both sides. The boat has got inside the mysterious Devil’s Canyon, an enormous gorge that nearly divides the mesa. Its ugged top is only visible whenever the blanket of clouds lift up. Angel falls, the tallest waterfall in the world, appear in all its majesty when the boat approaches Isla Ratoncito (Little Mouse Island). The long, 1000m high silver braid seems to fall down from the sky. Angel Falls are indeed one of the wonders of the planet. Getting to the view point is through the forest growing on the mountain slopes, a particularly enriching experience for botany amateurs. After a short climb there is the Laime point where visitors get to the very foot of the cascade, its mist falling dreamily all over the place. Angel Falls are actually a series of small torrents jetting out of the mountain’s crevices, that mix up in the air. A rainbow shows up every once in a while.