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Canaima, Venezuela Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima) is a 30,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi) park in south-eastern Venezuela that roughly occupies the same area as the Gran Sabana region. It is located in Bolívar State, reaching the borders with Brazil and Guyana.
Angel Falls is one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions, though a trip to the falls is a complicated affair. The falls are located in an isolated jungle. A flight from Maiquetia Airport, Puerto Ordaz , or Ciudad Bolívar is required to reach Canaima camp, the starting point for river trips to the base of the falls.
1 national park – Anzoátegui, Aragua, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Federal Dependencies, Monagas, and Vargas. 18 national parks are over 1000 km 2; 15 over 2000 km 2; 5 over 5000 km 2 and 3 over 10,000 km 2. The largest parks, in the Guayana Region, are Parima Tapirapecó National Park (39,000 km 2) and Canaima National Park (30,000 km 2).
It is 2,680 metres (8,790 ft) high and about 3 km (1.9 mi) long. Kukenan Falls, which is 674 m (2,211 ft) high, is located at the south end of the tepui. [1] Kukenán is located in Canaima National Park. Next to Kukenán, to the southeast, is Mount Roraima, a better known tepui. Kukenán is more difficult to climb, so it is ascended much less ...
Tucked in a mountainous region of southeastern Venezuela, newly discovered ancient rock art may be the work of a previously unknown group of people.. Strewn across isolated boulders within Canaima ...
It reaches an elevation of 2,698 metres (8,852 ft) [1] on its highest peak, Murey-tepui (also known as Eruoda-tepui). [3] The massif is situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park. [4] It hosts extensive cave systems, including the world's largest known quartzite cave, Cueva Charles Brewer, named after discoverer Charles Brewer ...
Upuigma-tepui, also known as El Castillo, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. [1] A relatively isolated peak, both it and nearby Angasima-tepui lie just south of the vast Chimantá Massif, from which they are separated by the Río Aparurén valley. [1] Upuigma-tepui is situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park. [2]
Canaima National Park is spread over 30,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi) to the border with neighbouring Guyana and Brazil, for its size is considered the world's sixth largest national park. About 65% of the park is occupied by rock plateaus called tepuis. These are a unique biological environment, also presenting a great geological interest.