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Canaima National Park, established on June 12, 1962, has an extension of 3 million hectares, located in the extreme southeast of Venezuela; south of the Orinoco river in Bolívar State.
Doubtless to say that, it is a true and majestic jungle paradise, which can be visited by air and with local guides and from the Pemón-Kamarakoto ethnic group who can take you along trails or by river on artisanal curiaras (indian boat). The impressive natural formations of the mountains (tepuy) offer the visitor the most varied and incomparable landscapes, green savannahs, tropical fauna and flora, moriche palms (Mauritia flexuosa), streams, mighty tributaries and spectacular waterfalls.
In Canaima you will find isolated mountains, unique in their kind, with flat tops that receive the name of Tepuy, a word from the indigenous Pemón "Tüpü" which means Mountain. They are ancient rock formations, with an estimated age of three thousand eight hundred million years. The most outstanding tepuy in this area is the Auyantepuy, with an area of 700 km2; also known as "Devil's Mountain", from whose summit, at a height of more than a thousand meters, the highest waterfall in the world falls into the void. This waterfall received the name of Kerepacupay (Körepá- Ku´pö Vená) by the indigenous Kamarakotos; however, it is universally known as Angel Falls, because it was discovered from the air by the American aviator Jummy Angel on October 9th, 1937. When said aviator died, his ashes were scattered over the Auyantepuy, according to his last will. .
The Canaima National Park is a true jungle and river paradise that has everything for lovers of photography, geology, biology; lovers of nature, adventure and unforgettable emotions of discovering a different world.
On this excursion we will get to know, in addition to the Canaima Lagoon with its impressive waterfalls: Ucaima, Wadaima, Golondrina, Hacha, El Sapo and the majestic Angel Falls; we will have the opportunity to take our backpacks and make an exciting walk, through streams and gallery forest, morichales and savannah, to the top of Kuravaina Tepuy, from where one of the best views of Canaima with its impressive views of tepuis.
SITES OF INTEREST THAT WE ARE GOING TO VISIT:
Canaima Lagoon, Waterfalls: Ucaima, Wadaima, Golondrina, Hacha, El Sapo, Isle of Anatoly, Carrao river, Rapido and Savanna of Mayupa, Pozo de la Felicidad (Waterfall of Happiness), Orchid Island, Churúm river, Canyon of the Devil, Ratoncito Island, Laime Lookout, Angel Falls, Pozo Azul, Mount Kuravaina.
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DAY 1.- WELCOME TO PARADISE.(Flight Caracas/ Canaima)
As soon as we land on the National Park Canaima, it can be on the morning flight at 9:15 am or the afternoon flight at 2:15 pm, we will be received and taken to the camp, where we will prepare for our adventure in one of the oldest and paradisiacal natural regions in the world. Lunch at noon time; At 2:30 p.m., we will take a 3-hour excursion by boat in the Canaima Lagoon, passing with the boat very close to the falls arriving at the Anatoly Island, where we will walk for 25 minutes to El Sapo Falls, which we will cross walking under its curtains of water. We return to the lagoon to pass behind the Hacha Falls. We take our boat and return to the camp. Dinner and overnight in the camp (-/L/D)
GRADES:
- You must be present 2 hours before departure at the national terminal of the "Simón Bolívar" Airport in Maiquetía;
- Caracas/Canaima/Caracas flights are made twice a week: Thursday to Sunday (4-day excursion) and Sunday to Thursday (5-day excursions);
- (B) breakfast; (L) lunch; (D) dinner;
- Those who arrive on the afternoon flight (2:15 pm) to Canaima, do not have lunch included (L) and will take the excursion to the Canaima Lagoon starting at 3: 30 p.m.
DAY 2.- IN THE ANGEL FALLS. (Canaima Lagoon / Angel Falls)
Very early in the morning, we leave by boat from the Port of Ucaima, navigating about 15 minutes until we reach the Mayupa Rapids, where we will have to disembark to walk 35 minutes through the savannah, to the other side of the rapids to board again. We cross the Arautaima Rapids by boat, we will stop at the Pozo de La Felicidad (Waterfall of Happiness) for a refreshing swim; we navigate the Carrao River, skirting Orchid Island, reaching the confluence of the Carrao and Churúm rivers. We continue sailing to the Isle of Ratoncito area, where we stop on the shore of Churúm river, in front of us is the spectacle of seeing the highest waterfall on the planet. We spend the night in hammocks with mosquito nets at Angel Falls base camp. (B/L/D)
DAY 3.- RETURNING TO THE CANAIMA LAGOON. (Angel Falls/ Canaima Lagoon)
Having enjoyed breakfast, we get ready to cross the Churúm river by boat and take a one-hour walk through the jungle, until we reach a gigantic rock called Mirador de Laime (Alexander Laime, Lithuanian surveyor who first measured the waterfall) and where we can appreciate the Angel Falls of 983 meters of free fall, called by the Pemón indigenous people as "Kerepacupay-Vená". We will be so close to the waterfall that we will let ourselves be conquered by its majesty and energy. We return to the base camp of Angel Falls to have lunch and then embark down the river until we reach the Port of Ucaima. From there we headed to our camp. (B/L/D)
DAY 5.- RETURNING TO CARACAS. (Flight Canaima / Caracas)
After breakfast, we will have some time to buy souvenirs and go to the airport to take a flight back to Caracas at approximately 10:05 am. Leaving Canaima, you will always remember that you made a trip that must be done, at least once in your life, remembering the neverending sound of the waterfalls and the fantastic view of the tepuis. (B/-/-)
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Canaima Lagoon/ Mount Kuravaina/ Angel Falls
5 days/ 4 nights
Canaima II
DAY 4.- KURAVAINA TEPUY TREKKING. (Pozo Azull/ Mount Kuravaina)
In the morning, we go to the Port of Ucaima to start navigating the Carrao river in a curiara (indigenous boat), where we will be able to appreciate the savannah, gallery forests and the tepuis. After 10 minutes we continue navigating through the narrow Moroko Canal, where we can observe fauna and varied vegetation. Moroko is an ideal place for bird watchers. We arrive at a port where we will disembark and enjoy, from another angle, the emblematic tepuis of Canaima. From there, we start a walk of about 30 minutes, until we reach a beautiful gallery forest, very exuberant, exhibiting a variety of Moriche palm trees (Mauritia flexuosa) and crystalline streams, many of them coming from the Kuravaina Tepuy. We continue on foot to a waterfall in the heart of the gallery forest, where we can take a refreshing bath in the Pozo Azul. Then we will continue with another 50-minute walk, this time uphill (a certain physical condition is required).
There are 498 meters of ascent until we reach the summit of the Kuravaina Tepuy, where we will appreciate a spectacular landscape with an impressive view of the Kuraupa Valley, being level with the Kurún and Kusary tepuis. From there we will begin the descent of about 30 minutes and then a 40-minute walk through the savannah. We embark on the curiara to return to Puerto Ucaima, where our vehicles await us to return to the camp. (B/L/D)
