Canaima Travel Blogs

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Some pics of abroad

Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world and supposedly one of Venezuela´s highlights. Like everything else in Venezuela, the trip is now very expensive, actually the single most expensive thing so far on my entire trip. Since the beginning of the year they have had 37% inflation in V…

Hello All,Today I woke up and headed for Adrenaline Tours a block away from my Posada. I got there at 7:30am, and met the others in the tour group over a nice little breakfast. They were Jules & Jules (Julian & Julia??), newlyweds from the UK, Anna & Philipp from Switzerland, and Tani…

I just want to say, for a latin guy, is a dream to go upthere....

At a total height of 979m and a uninterrupted drop of 807m, Salto Angel is the highest waterfall in the world.  The water rushes off of Auyantepui, which is one of the largest tepuis (flap top mountain) in the area.  It was amazing to follow a wave of water blasting off of the top waiting…

One of the most beautiful places in Venezuela is Canaima lagoon and its surroundings. The lagoon is fed by several small water falls: Hacha, Wadaima, Golondrina and Ucaima. On the back you can see 3 "tepuy", those flat top mountains, that distinguish this region, they are called Nonoy-Tepuy ("Zamur…

Bussed into Ciudad Bolivar which is a bit like Kwekwe but not as happening and then booked our excursion to the Angel Falls out of there. The falls take some getting to... 1 hour in a Cessna followed by 4 1/2 hours in a small dugout upstream and then a 1 hour trek through the jungle. They are not g…

We booked a tour from the Posada, we left on saturday moning in a little Cessna 5 seater plane. When we arrived in Canaima we went by boat up the river, through many rapids to the waterfall, which took about 4 hours, at least one of which was in a tropical storm, which was a bit cold in just shorts…

A year spent exploring South East Asia, Australasia and my favouriter continent of South America

Due to  our late arrival yesterday, we got to go on an extra excursion today before heading into the jungle. We went for a nice little walk to reach a huge waterfall, Salto Sapo. Here we got to walk behind the waterfall! I didn´t venture very far but Simon and Leo went all the way along behin…

I have always wanted to see Angel Falls. Finally I got around to it the during my 2nd trip to Venezuela and Colombia. I have also visited the Gran Sabana, Ciudad Bolivar, Cartagena and Tovar during this trip. Table top mountains, tropical city scene, beautiful beaches and Spanish forts, and even a German colony in the hills, this trip had it all

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.

    Today was spent mostly in transit. We got up & had breakfast of pancakes (and yet more scrambled eggs!) - we rode to the airstrip in a battered old Toyota. The airstrip was tiny, with dogs sleeping on the runway. We had to wait ages for our flight to Puerto Ordaz.4 of us shar…