Waterfalls of Venezuela

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

Angel Falls Canaima National Park	Canaima Lagoon Waterfalls Canaima National Park	Sapo Falls and Sapito Falls Canaima National Park
Auyantepuy Waterfalls Canaima National Park	"Happiness Pool" Canaima National Park

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