Venezuela, Canaima, El Hacha Waterfall

2016-Venezuela

This album is dedicated to traveling to Venezuela in October 2016 with a group of friends. From Caracas to National Parque of Canaima, we flew by plane, and then moved on Jeeps, on Boats and on Feet. We visited Angel Falls - the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,211 feet).
Then walked 26 km on the prairie to the Tepui of Roraima - located on the Guiana Highlan…  (read more)
Venezuela, The Settlement of Paraitepuy - Starting Point on the Journey to Roraima

Venezuela, The Settlement of Paraitepuy - Starting…

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From Paraitepuy to the Base Camp of Roraima 22 km on a good trail
Venezuela, the First Kilometer on the Way to Roraima from the Village of Paraitepuy

Venezuela, the First Kilometer on the Way to Rorai…

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More than twenty kilometers still to go
Venezuela, Wide Road at the Beginning of the Way to Roraima

Venezuela, Wide Road at the Beginning of the Way t…

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Venezuela, A Long Long Way to Roraima

Venezuela, A Long Long Way to Roraima

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Kukenan and Roraima Tepuis are visible
Venezuela, A Long Long Way to Roraima

Venezuela, A Long Long Way to Roraima

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More than twenty kilometers still to go
Venezuela, Kukenan and Roraima Tepuis

Venezuela, Kukenan and Roraima Tepuis

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Venezuela, Kukenan and Roraima Tepuis

Venezuela, Kukenan and Roraima Tepuis

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Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan on the Way to Roraima

Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan on the Way to Rora…

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Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan

Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan

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The local Pemon Indians call it Matawi Tepui, but it is widely known as the Kukenan, because it is the source of the Kukenan River. In the Pemon language it means a “place of the dead”. Mount Kukenan is located next to Mount Roraima in Venezuela
Venezuela, The Tepui of Roraima

Venezuela, The Tepui of Roraima

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Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America. Its 31-square-kilometre (12-square-mile) summit area is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 400 metres (1,300 ft). First described to Europeans by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh during his expedition in 1595. The mountain also serves as the tripoint of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. Elevation above sea level - 2810m (9,220 ft)
Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan Viewed from Intermediate Camp at the River Tek on the Way to Roraima

Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan Viewed from Interm…

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To climb Roraima, you can take a jeep to the settlement of Paraitepuy, from where you have to walk about 26 km. First, 12 km to the intermediate camp at the Tek River, then 10 km to the base camp and another 4 km through the jungle to the southern wall of Roraima.
Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan

Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan

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The local Pemon Indians call it Matawi Tepui, but it is widely known as the Kukenan, because it is the source of the Kukenan River. In the Pemon language it means a “place of the dead”. Mount Kukenan is located next to Mount Roraima in Venezuela
Venezuela, Crossing the River Tek on the Way to Roraima

Venezuela, Crossing the River Tek on the Way to Ro…

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Venezuela, Crossing the River Tek on the Way to Roraima

Venezuela, Crossing the River Tek on the Way to Ro…

27 Sep 2016 11 2 164
Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan

Venezuela, The Tepui of Kukenan

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The local Pemon Indians call it Matawi Tepui, but it is widely known as the Kukenan, because it is the source of the Kukenan River. In the Pemon language it means a “place of the dead”. Mount Kukenan is located next to Mount Roraima in Venezuela
Venezuela, Landscape with the Tepui of Kukenan

Venezuela, Landscape with the Tepui of Kukenan

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The local Pemon Indians call it Matawi Tepui, but it is widely known as the Kukenan, because it is the source of the Kukenan River. In the Pemon language it means a “place of the dead”. Mount Kukenan is located next to Mount Roraima in Venezuela
Venezuela, Landscape with the Tepui of Kukenan

Venezuela, Landscape with the Tepui of Kukenan

27 Sep 2016 10 3 182
The local Pemon Indians call it Matawi Tepui, but it is widely known as the Kukenan, because it is the source of the Kukenan River. In the Pemon language it means a “place of the dead”. Mount Kukenan is located next to Mount Roraima in Venezuela
Venezuela, Ermita de Santa María de los Ángeles on the Way to Roraima

Venezuela, Ermita de Santa María de los Ángeles on…

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