Top 10 Reasons to Visit Canaima National Park in Venezuela
The Canaima National Park Venezuela is located in the Venezuelan state of Bolivar. The park was established in June of 1962. Below we introduce the top 10 reasons to visit Canaima National Park Venezuela.
1. Second largest park
Venezuela vacations often include a visit to the park. It is the second biggest park in the entire country of Venezuela covering over 30,000 square kilometers. It is roughly the size of Belgium or Maryland.
2. Table-top mountains
The park is famous for its table-top mountains. The scientific name for the table-tops is tepuis, and are a fairly rare throughout the world.
3. Scenery
The table-top mountains make for beautiful scenery in and of themselves or as vantage points to look out over the park.
4. Waterfalls
Canaima National Park Venezuela features the tallest waterfall in the world: Angel Falls.
5. Climbing
The table-tops provide for some great climbing, which makes the park a favorite Venezuela vacation spot. Mountains such as Roraima, and Auyantepui are favorite mountains to climb.
6. Pemon Indians
The Pemon Indians are indigenous to the area and responsible for some of the hotels and activities throughout the park.
7. Hotels
The hotels around Canaima National Park Venezuela range from primitive to luxurious.
8. Wildlife
Canaima National Park Venezuela features hundreds and hundreds of species in their natural environment. The park was the inspiration for the Sir Conan Doyle story “The Lost World”. The name of the park means spirit of evil and was named by Pemon Indians who originally inhabited the park.
9. Devil’s Mountain
Devil’s Mountain is the location from which Angel Falls starts. Angel Falls is actually named for the American pilot Jimmy Angel, who was searching for gold when he discovered the falls.
10. Undisturbed nature
The area is still largely untouched and not overcrowded by tourists.
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