Angel Falls Travel Blogs

We booked the Angel Falls trips through Roberto at Mystic in Santa Elena, but it turned out he just passed us onto Luis at Adrenaline Adventures in Cuidad Bolivar.  Still, we only paid 1600 BsF (GBP180), which was less than some other people, and Luis picked us up from the bus terminal and too…

Hello All,I woke up in my hammock on Isla Raton and looked at the clock on my iPod.  It was 4:20am, and I could hear laughter coming from one of the other hammocks.  I got up and hit the bathroom to beat the rush, and Pedro announced that it was time to wake up a few minutes later.  Pedro had to…

After brekkie, it was back to the boat for another few hours along the river to reach the start point of the trek to the falls. We arrived at a little hut and from here we began the trek through the jungle up to the lookout. We named one of the German couples Mr and Mrs Stinky on account …

    We spent the day going down the river. The morning was beautiful and gave us a great view of the falls and further down the Devil's Canyon. Fully resigned to getting wet I wore my swimming trunks and a shirt, and sat at the back of the boat in the comfiest but wettest seats! I go…

Two week all inclusive on the island of Margarita in Venezuela.

Op 22 juli vertrek ik voor 4 maanden naar Zuid-Amerika. Het is waarschijnlijk een van de spannendse, boeiendste, gevaarlijkste en ruigste dingen die ik in mijn leven zal doen. Met deze blog kan je me volgen en een indruk krijgen van de avonturen die ik daar beleef.

29 September:First day of our Angel Falls trip today.  Caught a light plane up to Canaima National Park this morning - our pilot was great.  He chatted his head off, pointing this out and banking suddenly and steeply in whatever direction is fingers were pointing at regular intervals!&nbs…

If you have watched Planet Earth, you probably remember the scene where the camera is flying over the top of Angel Falls and showing the water falling more than a kilometer.  it makes all the waterfalls you have seen before look like miniature toys.   Getting there is not easy but worth…