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Waterfalls of Venezuela

Angel Falls as seen across El Río Churún


The Venezuela Waterfalls that we've seen or know about are primarily gushing behemoths nestled in steamy equatorial jungles of the Guyana Highlands. These tropical forests are magnets for rain, which drains into rivers that carve a very ancient landscape that (not surprisingly) have dramatic drops creating dramatic waterfalls. Indeed earlier explorers and writers who have seen this unique place firsthand have inspired the moniker the "Lost World" (Mundo Perdido) as some parts (especially the cloud forests atop table mountains known as tepuys) are so untouched that it's easy to imagine dinosaurs still living there.

The crown jewel of waterfalls (and the country's number one tourist attraction) is Kerepakupai-merú, which is more familiarly known as Angel Falls (Salto Ángel in spanish). Even a trip to this world wonder, which is the tallest waterfall in the world, will yield other waterfall sightings, and they barely scratch the surface of what can be seen and experienced in this very important sanctuary of nature. In fact, there are a good deal of giant blockbuster waterfalls that few have heard about outside of Venezuela. Sum it all up and it's obvious why the country's beauty is more than its unequal numbers of beauty queens, and we hope to inspire nature lovers who have yet to fall under the spell of this country.



WATERFALLS

Click on one of the waterfalls below to read more about it.

Angel Falls

Angel Falls
Hacha Falls - one of a cluster of Canaima Lagoon Waterfalls

Canaima Lagoon Waterfalls
Sapo Falls

Sapo Falls and Sapito Falls
One of the ephemeral waterfalls of Auyantepuy

Auyantepuy Waterfalls
The Happiness Pool

"Happiness Pool"





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