Canaima National Park

Canaima National Park is located in the south-east of Venezuela in Bolívar State close to the borders with Brazil and Guyana. The park protects the north-western section of the Guayana Shield, an ancient geological formation shared with Brazil, the Guianas and Colombia. The park was established in 1962 with an area of 10,000km², but its size was increased to 30,000km² in 1975 in order to safeguard the watershed functions of its river basins. At that time it became the world's largest national park, its area being equivalent to that of Belgium in Europe, or larger than the State of Maryland.

In recognition of its extraordinary scenery and geological and biological values, the park was conceded World Heritage Status in 1994, forming one of a select list of 126 natural and natural-cultural World Heritage Sites worldwide. Canaima actually fulfilled all four of UNESCO's criteria for qualification as a World Heritage property. Ironically, the name of the park, which derives from the novel "Canaima" by Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos, means "spirit of evil" in the language of the Pemón, local inhabitants of the park.

Canaima Map

The best-known feature of Canaima National Park are its characteristic flat-topped mountain formations known as tepuis from the local indigenous name. These mountains were popularised in several novels from the early part of this century, many of them inspired by the 19th Century British botanist Everard Im Turn who lectured throughout Europe on his return. The most widely recognised of these novels is The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes novels, which describes the ascent of a South American plateau inhabited by prehistoric plants and dinosaurs.

Day Tour Descripcion:
On your flight to Canaima you will fly by Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world (3300 ft). After flying by the falls you will land at Canaima where you will find the famous waterfalls of the Canaima lagoon. From here you will cross the lagoon on a "curiara" (Indian dugout canoe) which will take you to a hiking trail where you will begin an easy hike to a waterfall called El Sapo, here you will find yourself following the trail that takes you directly behind the curtain of water of this incredible waterfall (be ready to get wet!!). After the excursion you will be offered a typical barbecue lunch (with a view of the Canaima lagoon).

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