After leaving the jungle, we flew south to see Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world, in Canaima National Park. The 12,000 sq mile park is located in the southeast corner of Venezuela bordering Brazil and Guyana and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1994. It is the second largest park in the country. It was the dry season, so the water wasn't flowing as enough for the falls to be full or the river so as to make the falls accessible by boat.
This is the view from the restaurant at our hotel.
We did a lot of hiking.
And boating. This is me getting off one.
The landscape was very different than the Orinoco Delta. It was much dryer here.
65% of the park is occupied by rock plateaus, tepuis.
The tepuis are sandstone and date back to a time when South America and Africa were part of a super-continent.
This is the top of the falls you can see from our hotel.
We couldn't take a boat to see Angel Falls, so we took a small plane. The amount of water falling over Angel Falls at this time of year isn't great, but the height is spectacular!
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