Thursday, January 16, 2014
Angel Falls
Angel Falls, Spanish Salto Ángel, also called Salto Churún Merú, waterfall in the Guiana Highlands in Bolívar state, southeastern Venezuela, on the Churún River,
a tributary of the Caroní, 160 miles (260 km) southeast of Ciudad
Bolívar. The highest waterfall in the world, the cataract drops 3,212
feet (979 metres) and is 500 feet (150 metres) wide at the base. It
leaps from a flat-topped plateau, Auyán-Tepuí (“Devils Mountain”),
barely making contact with the sheer face. Because of the dense jungle
surrounding the falls, they are best seen from the air.
Angel Falls
Angel Falls
ANGEL FALLS is the highest waterfall in the world! This is what makes it such a wonder. It is located on the Churun River of the Guiana Highlands in southeastern Venezuela.
Believe it or not, Angel Falls was unkown to Venezuelans until the early 1930's. With out the invention of the airplane (see pages on Airplane under Inventions of Man on this site) the Venezuelans might not have ever found Angel Falls. The falls are only accessable by boat or aircraft because of steep slopes and thick jungle surrounding them.
Though discovered by the Venezuelans Angel Falls was named after James Angel. He was an American adventurer who crashed his plane near the falls 2 years after they were discovered.
It is said the water appears to be leaping from a flat-topped plateau called Auyan-Tepui, which means "Devils Moutain".
Here are some other amazing facts about Angel Falls:
- The height of the longest uninterrupted drop is 2,640 feet (807 meters)
- About 20 times higher than Niagra Falls
- It stands 3,212 ft.(979 meters)
- Is 500 ft (150 meters) wide at its base
In 1971 three Americans and an Englishman were able to climb the sheer rock face of the falls. This adventure took them 10 days to complete.
About Angel Falls
Angel
Falls has an upper section where it emerges briefly from the slot canyon,
plunges 100 feet or so and then goes into a cave or a crevice and emerges
again below about 150 feet or so to take the long drop. It is extremely
treacherous to move around in this area as even the short drop would kill you easily X3. You have to be anchored down when standing around the top
of the falls.
That leads to the second consideration, that the falls at high water creates its own weather. There are tremendous gusts of wind and waves of spray that is create
That leads to the second consideration, that the falls at high water creates its own weather. There are tremendous gusts of wind and waves of spray that is create
Angel Falls
In the western part of Canaima National Park, is the
Auyantepuy, one of the largest and better known "tepuy" (A flat top
mountain ending with vertical walls). From this tepuy is where the Angel
falls are formed. The fall is 979 meters high (around 3000 ft.), and is
the higher waterfall in the world.
Auyantepuy's top, from where the Angel Falls orginate
Photo: Nelly Chacón
The Angel Falls from the top
The view facing the falls
There are two ways to see the Angel Falls. One of them
is from the air in an small airplane. The other one is an excursion that
starts with a 3 hour and a half navigation upstream the Carrao River,
and then the Churun river. From there, a one hour walk through the
jungle takes you to the base of the falls. For a Slide Show, of this
trip, click here.
The Angel Falls were named after the american aviator
that discovered them in 1937. However, the local indians, the Pemones,
already knew it and called it the Churún Merú.
Another place from where you can enjoy the Angel Falls and the Auyantepuy in all its splendor is the Raton Island.
If you ever have the opportunity to reach the Angel Fall don't miss it. Those images will stay in your memory for all your life.
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Angel Falls is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls with its total of approximately 52 meters.
This fall is named for Jimmy Angel, an adventurous pilot from Missouri, United States, who flew to the air circus Lindberg. James Crawford Angel (Jimmy Angel) is a modern legend. He saw the waterfall for the first time in 1933 with his partner while searching for the legendary McCracken River of Gold, or the Golden City.
James returned again in 1937 with his wife and his friend Gustavo Henry Gardener where they had an emergency landing on top of the Auyantepuy. The aircraft was able to reach safely to the top of the Tepuy and stayed there for 33 years until it was taken down by a helicopter.
Jimmy Angel and his three companions managed to descend from Tepuy and return to the civilization walking through the jungle for 11 days. Angel's plane is currently in the Aviation Museum in Maracay, and nowadays on top of the Auyantepuy you will find a replica of Jimmys airplane.
In this gift of God to the nature you will find interesting plants and animals, sometimes endemic (unique in the world), also the Native Pemón, people with a culture, art, folklore and ancient cuisine.
This mosaic nature is a living testimony to the geographic history of our planet.
Canaima National Park is located in the south west of Venezuela, south of the Orinoco River in the municipality Gran Sabana of Bolivar State, was declared a national park on 12 June 1962 by the National Executive, in order to protect its attractions and conserve virgin for the rest of the world.
The park has 3 million hectares, making it the second largest protected area Venezuuela and sixth in the world. The real highest waterfall in the world is not permanent and is next to the Angel Falls it is called: La Catira..
The park is divided into two parts: West and East.
The western part is simply called Canaima and it can be reached by flights from Caracas, Margarita, Puerto Ordaz, Ciudad Bolivar and Santa Elena.
In the east there is the Gran Sabana (La ran Sabana), which can be reached by air or land. By air you fly to Puerto Ordaz and Santa Elena de Uairen, the last village in southern Venezuela, only 20 minutes from the border with Brazil and then start the tour.
Let us take you where earth was born, the oldest corner of the planet and watch the wild, free and beautiful land that has two billion years (2 billion). The time and nature make this place feel like another world.
This unique place gives you the opportunity to integrate with nature in a direct and real way. Ecotourism is par excellence with a world to be discovered.
Join Auyantepuy - Tepuyes - Angel Fals and Canaima and the tours we can offer you, where the famous Angel Falls is launched from the sky at 975 meters to the base.
Here on this website (the first about Angel Falls) you will find the best tours and prices if you consider a visit to Angel Falls in Canaima, or elsewhere in Venezuela.
You can choose one of our tour packages or we can arrange a special excursion for you with a circuit that includes all the favorite attractions.
You can rely on us for special tours, day tours, accommodations or enjoy a true expedition by helicopter, by foot or canoe ...
It is worth mentioning that only since 1990 the first travelers could visit Angel Falls staying in the Boulton Camp (today called Campamento Canaima), making Angel Falls a true virgin destination in the world.
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"Definitely the best part of my vacation in Venezuela. People Explore Partners were attentive and excellent guides. Our stay in the
Camp Churum was something special ... "
Liberty USA .... Ray
"Talking about something more fascinating is difficult, my three days in Canaima was one of my best experiences in my life ...".
Karen Oesterby Denmark .....
Angel Waterfall of Venezuela - The World's Highest Waterfall • 360° Aerial Panorama
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In March of 2011, Dima Moiseenko flew to Venezuela to shoot Angel
Falls, the world's highest waterfall. Due to extremely unstable weather
conditions that covered the region, a long distance and technical
difficulties the photo session lasted for two days. However, all of
these difficulties were overcome. Dima managed to shoot Angel Falls and
two other waterfalls that flow from the Tepui. He also managed to shoot
some spherical panoramas while flying over the gold mines.
First part of the photo shoot (near the waterfall) can be seen here
Now we invite you to a virtual tour: Angel Waterfall of Venezuela - The World's Highest Waterfall
During last several years we have shot
aerial panoramas of the world's most famous and exotic waterfalls:
Iguazu Falls in Brazil/Argentina; Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe;
Black Waterfall in Iceland...
Naturally, when I came across
discounted tickets to Margarita Island (the Mecca of windsurfers and
kite boarders) in Venezuela, Salto Angel (Angel Falls) seemed an easy
target. It is a well-known fact that Angel Falls is the highest in the
world!
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The highest point of the falls reaches
979 meters, with water falling from a height of 807 meters. The height
of the falls is so great that by the time it reaches the ground it
becomes tiny particles that turns into fog.
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It should also be mentioned that
Venezuela is a unique country. In addition to having Hugo Chavez and
the unusually cheap price of gasoline (it only cost 100 rubles to fill
up a Jeep), it is also home to the Tepui Mountain formation.
Tepui (or Tepuy) is a strange-looking
mountain with a flat top called a "table-top" (because it is flat like a
table). These unique geological formations are found mostly in the
Venezuelan Guiana Highland in South America.
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The word ‘Tepui' comes from the
language of the Pemon Indians. Tepui means ‘house of the gods'. The
Tepui formations are completely isolated from each other. The Tepui
towers over the jungle making it a home to unique plants and animals.
According to the article
in Wikipedia the Angel waterfall was discovered when American aviator
Jimmie Angel flew over Tepuy on 16 November 1933 on a flight while he
was searching for a valuable ore bed.
Returning on 9 October 1937, Angel tried to land his Metal Aircraft Corporation Flamingo monoplane El Río Caroní;
atop Auyan-tepui, but the plane was damaged when the wheels sank into
the marshy ground, and he and his three companions, including his wife
Marie, were forced to descend the tepui on foot. It took them 11 days
to make their way back to civilization,via the gradually sloping
backside but news of their adventure spread, and the waterfall was
named Angel Falls in his honor.
Here you can also find some of the
highest waterfalls in the world. Imagine kilometers-high mountains
with steep vertical walls and flat tops in the middle of dense jungles.
On these, water accumulates after even a slight amount of rainfall,
eventually coming down in numerous waterfalls.
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Angel Falls is just one of the
waterfalls but it's the highest one since it is almost a kilometer
tall. This attribute gives Angel the status of being "the highest
waterfall in the world." Other affluent rivers descent from the same
Auyantepui mountain, but they are "only" 200 - 300 meters high.
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Since mountain waterfalls are fed by
rain, travel time needs to be planned carefully. During the dry season,
Angel is just a trickle of water. In the rainy season, it is a
full-fledged waterfall. However, the weather is so unpredictable that it
is possible to not see it in all of its glory, even in as much time as a
month...
Although the current season turned out to be dry, our informers
reported a recent heavy rainfall. This would yield a full-fledge
waterfall - we had to hurry up!
While in Moscow, I researched that
there was no helicopter service near the waterfall at the Canaima
National Park. Small airplanes that successfully served tourists in this
area wouldn't have worked for us. With this in mind, I started
searching for transportation on the first day of my arrival to the
island of Margarita. Angel Falls is located in the jungles of Venezuela,
so anyone can only get there by air or river.
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After 3 days of searching, I called a
company that services the gold mines with a Bell-206 helicopter. The
company is located 100 kilometers from the waterfall. It very well could
fly "dear Russian guests" to the coveted Angel Waterfall in the first
part of the day.
It took two planes, the Orinoco River
crossing, and 8-hours long jeep ride to get from Margarita Island to the
company office... But we are ready to go through all difficulties. So
soon enough I found myself standing next to the yellow helicopter ready
to take off.
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The first day we took off at 7 am and
arrived at the foot of Angel Falls at 8:15 am. The helicopter landed
near the camp, from which a hiking trail led tourists to the waterfall.
Our informers did not disappoint us: there was a full-fledged waterfall
coming down from the mountain top. Even at a considerable distance,
Angel made a strong impression on us. After falling from a
kilometer-high distance water is broken in the particles at the foot of
the falls. It leaves you standing in a cloud of "water fog" wondering
where is this river coming from... It was down there, under a shower of a
million tiny water droplets, at where it seemed that nowhere else could
one feel the grandeur of the surrounding nature.
So, the final preparations for the
flight were made, we removed the doors and the helicopter was ready for
takeoff. Although the sky above the waterfall was clear, it was heavy
overcast above Mount Auyantepui (from which flows Angel).
I decided that we should just fly to
the mountaintop and wait there. We barely found a landing site among the
"forest" of rock formations covering the top of the mesa.
It is only from a distance Tepui seem
smooth, but in fact it has multi-metered crevices and steep walls
ranging from a height of ten floors. It slightly limits your ability to
move around the "table" surface. Within an hour blue gaps would open up
in the clouds, only to close again. Unfortunately, they happened far
away from the waterfall.
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Suddenly, within about five minutes, an
ascending cloud engulfed us, and we were in dense fog. Within hours,
the fog was so thick that the pilot not only refused to do the
photo-shoot, but also did not even consider taking off. This
kilometer-high cliff and the clouds emerging from down below would
excite us at any other time. But now, unfortunately, we were seriously
stuck on top of the mountain. The pilot's words didn't encourage us
either: he mentioned that fogs like this could last more than a day.
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However, we were lucky. By lunch time,
the fog started to thin out, so we took off. The pilot found a gap in
the fog and we quickly and joyfully flew down to the camp. Throughout
the descent I felt something surreal - we were flying through a tunnel
of fog that formed around us. I managed to get one shot before the top
of the mountain completely disappeared from our sight.
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When we reached the ground and started
to hang the helicopter doors back in place, the waterfall, as if it were
laughing at us, suddenly appeared in all of its beauty. The dense wall
of fog had completely dissipated in ten minutes!
Although the high clouds over
Auyantepui persisted, I decided to shoot spherical panoramas with the
available light. As a result, I was able to capture all the targeted
locations during the first day (but with remnants of clouds and fog, and
no sunlight).
In the evening, I put together previews of these panoramas on my laptop: unfortunately it didn't give me satisfaction.
I decided to fly back to Angel on the
second day. This time we flew out from a village of gold miners simply
called "88 km". One hour ride to the waterfall. The sky was overcast.
What was the weather like at the waterfall? It is over 90 kilometers
away. No one knew.
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When we landed at the base camp at 8
o'clock in the morning, the waterfall was not visible at all. Even
Auyantepui mountain walls were completely covered with constantly
growing fog.
At 10 o'clock, about half of the
waterfall became visible. By 11 o'clock, the top started to appear. I
decided to go ahead and take off to shoot the cloud in the middle of the
waterfall.
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I set my second camera with a telephoto
lens on a tripod to capture the helicopter with Angel Falls in the
background. The camera was programmed to automatically capture the
waterfall (shooting in 5 second intervals) with my helicopter in sight.
The sky above us was grey. As we took
off and began to ascent, the top of the waterfall disappeared once again
in the fog... Never the less, I shot one spherical panorama... On the
second lap around, I felt like there was something wrong with the
camera. It turned out that my shutter was malfunctioning. We had to go
down, change the camera, and once again... wait.
The sky suddenly became clear and by
12:30 it was almost completely blue, but... as ‘Murphy's law' would have
it, both Angel waterfall and the top of Auyantepui were still
invisible.
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So, for the sake of not wasting time, I
decided to capture the nearby waterfalls. We circled around a
magnificent 300-meter high waterfall with a scary name "Dragon". Then we
moved to "Salto Cortina" with two cascades of 200-meters each. Still
Dragon waterfall was my favorite - located in a very beautiful place and
surrounded by the cliffs on three sides, it made one of the best
panoramic views.
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At the end of shooting the Dragon
Waterfall, I saw that the cloud above Angel had lifted. We then
immediately flew back. Within just a few minutes the fog was completely
gone, and I started shooting Angel Falls from above.
It was one o'clock in the afternoon,
only the very top was in the sun and the bottom of the falls was covered
in shade. It lasted 15 minutes. I managed to get a helicopter to fly
800 meters from the mountaintop along the falls down to the ground and
shoot about a dozen spherical panoramas. It was particularly difficult
to shoot at the bottom of the falls. Water vapor completely enveloped
the helicopter, so much so that I had to clean the lens after shooting
each panorama. While shooting my next spherical photo, I saw that a low
cloud at the top of the waterfall was only slowly moving in; however, I
made it. On the ground, in the camp, while our pilot fixed the removed
doors, I looked back only to see that the cloud had completely covered
the waterfall... This is how nature treats us: she gives us 15 minutes
in 2 days!
On our way back we spotted surreal red and green colors down on the ground. It turned to be the gold mines!
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After a bit of quarreling, the pilot
agreed to hover over the mines with a removed door for a small tip. But
he warned us that if locals see a man with the camera, they might start
shooting. The prospect of running into an angry gold-digger was not the
‘gold at the end of the rainbow' so to speak. At the same time I
remembered how the pilot exaggerated about spending the night in the fog
at the top of the mountain, and decided to risk it.
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The most popular association people
make with the gold mines is the city of El Dorado. According to the
legend, the Spanish explorers of South America encountered many people
that wore gold jewelry and used gold products in their daily lives.
There arose a myth of a gold city, which according to the legend, was
located somewhere on the border of modern Columbia and Venezuela. This
story of El Dorado drew the Spaniards deep into the heart of the
continent. Although El Dorado has never been found, variations of the
legend can still be heard across the land of Venezuela.
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Only upon our return home, we found out
we were circling over one of the major gold mines. They have open-pit
gold mining here, which explains its bright red clay. Gold miners live
in the village, located directly at the borders of the mine. It's called
Ciudad Dorada. Sounds very much like El Dorado, doesn't it?
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And although I did not see the Golden
City, I am glad that the flight over the mines went well. Perhaps the
miners were tired of working at the 40-degree heat and the humidity of
the jungle, or the rain scared them off (the rain that came with a
rainbow). Or perhaps our pilot did his job well to earn the tip. But no
one even paid attention to us, so we finished our photo shoot in one
piece.
On our way back, I finally had that feeling of satisfaction from my
finished work. Everything went well. The mission to shoot Angel Falls,
the highest waterfall in the world, as well as its beautiful
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Photo and Text by Dmitri Moiseenko.
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Comments
2014-01-16 00:19:17
5 from 5
"Que lindo y hermoso es mi pais, dios permita que sus paisajes se conserven siempre tan hermosos."
Judith Coromoto Zacarнas Espaсa, Venezuela
Judith Coromoto Zacarнas Espaсa, Venezuela
2014-01-09 17:15:33
"Bonjour,
Je vous remercie pour ces sublime photographies.
J'ai eu la chance de m'y rendre et de me baigner au pied de ces magnifiques chutes d'eau !!!
Ce pays est superbe et vaut la peine de le dйcouvrir."
Dionisi Denyse Augй, France
Je vous remercie pour ces sublime photographies.
J'ai eu la chance de m'y rendre et de me baigner au pied de ces magnifiques chutes d'eau !!!
Ce pays est superbe et vaut la peine de le dйcouvrir."
Dionisi Denyse Augй, France
2014-01-06 23:26:13
5 from 5
"Excellent photography and very beautiful such amazing angels fall"
Ashish Pawara, India
Ashish Pawara, India
2014-01-06 12:23:40
4 from 5
"its awesome"
vini kumar, India
vini kumar, India
2014-01-03 21:45:47
5 from 5
"this is what is called heaven in the earth.
and the way this article is published makes it something beyond heaven"
Dr Rahul Tiwari, India
and the way this article is published makes it something beyond heaven"
Dr Rahul Tiwari, India
2013-12-30 12:23:30
5 from 5
"Its beautifully awesome, and, other, words."
Lavinia Zecc, Kenya
Lavinia Zecc, Kenya
2013-12-24 22:02:09
4 from 5
"amazing, want to see it with my own eyes"
anu dilz, Sri Lanka
anu dilz, Sri Lanka
2013-12-20 21:59:32
5 from 5
"One word: Magnificent"
PAPY Mougeot, France
PAPY Mougeot, France
2013-12-17 00:45:42
5 from 5
"These are the most amazing views of nature my eyes have ever
seen I think and know this website has don a wonderful job in bringing
this part of the World for people to see how beautiful this Planet
really is ,I am so glad of finding this website thank you for sharing
this with us. It was a wonderful job and keep up this great work. By
Tony Oliveras"
Tony Oliveras, USA
Tony Oliveras, USA
2013-12-16 01:51:46
5 from 5
"Woow really extraordinary and I hope to go there someday. My planet it's very Beautiful ..."
fakihatin jannah, Indonesia
fakihatin jannah, Indonesia
2013-11-21 11:36:28
"these photos makes me happy"
anilkumar petluri, India
anilkumar petluri, India
2013-11-18 18:58:59
5 from 5
"Good very good"
Mohammad Reza Faridani, Iran
Mohammad Reza Faridani, Iran
2013-11-15 00:45:55
5 from 5
"Visited Angel Falls in 1999. Still one of my greatest memories.
Great to see this pics. I want to go again!"
Rob Feenstra, Netherlands
Great to see this pics. I want to go again!"
Rob Feenstra, Netherlands
2013-11-14 12:08:03
5 from 5
"Saw your site while searching how to get to AngelFalls in Jan 2014. I can hardly wait to see and feel the spray.
Thanks for sharing your fantastic photography."
Marti Campbell, USA
Thanks for sharing your fantastic photography."
Marti Campbell, USA
2013-11-12 16:08:27
1 from 5
ali vahid, Iran
2013-10-22 02:19:30
"hola maestra soy mama de Diana Fernanda Morales ,,le habia
enviado la tarea en espaсol,,,espero le sirva esto le todo referente al
pais de Venezuela, saludos y al mismo tiempo avisarle que no podra ir ni
dia jueves ni viernes saldremos."
Morales Diana Fernanda, Mexico
Morales Diana Fernanda, Mexico
2013-10-14 17:31:19
5 from 5
"I could feel the pressure of the fog closing in around your
helicopter and on your bodies as you descended the mountain in the mist.
Fantastic and courageous photos that will enable many people to travel
virtually to the magic places you've been. Thank you!
May I suggest you go to Ouro Preto and surrounding towns in the state of Minas Gerais, Brasil? 'Ouro Preto' translates to 'Black Gold' because when the Portuguese explorers 'discovered' the town they were seeking gold, but they only knew it was gold they'd found in Ouro Preto after taking samples of shiny black stones back to Portugal and realizing that Brasil's gold had been 'hidden' from them in two ways... first through the gold being covered with the black iron that is also found in the region, but also due to the fogs that hid Itacolomi (the mountain that became their reference point for relocating the gold they finally realized they'd found! That was only after they'd cleaned the iron deposits from the gold they'd brought back to Portugal.) Itacolomi, like Angel Falls, is also shrouded in fog (sometimes for days), and so the mine was protected until one sunny day when the fog burned off early, and the reference point of Itacolomi could be seen.
Today Ouro Preto is pretty much a tourist town, steeped in the legends and realities of its earlier days, and in the Catholic heritage of the Portuguese bandeirantes, as well as the Portuguese architecture and so many other rich expressions of days gone by... not to mention the language of Brasil (which many people in other countries still seem to be ignorant of... we do not speak Spanish... In Brasil we speak Portuguese!).
There are too many wonders and discoveries to be made in this rich country to put in this message... In fact, I suggest any trip to Brasil to be as long as possible... Like China, this huge country has secrets that can only be discovered by those with time and patience, courage and sense of adventure (and oh, yes, money).
Happy traveling and thanks for a beautiful trip to Venezuela, a place I've not yet been (physically), but thanks to your photos of Angel Falls feel as though I've at least been there... I have been in a helicopter from Machu Picchu to Qosco in Peru... What an indescribable sensation! It would be like trying to describe Foz do Iguaзu after 'discovering' it by walking to it on a foot trail in the national park that is shared with Argentina. INTENSE is the best and shortest way to talk about these natural wonders. I urge everyone to travel as much as possible while young and strong enough to really appreciate all the wonders they'll find.
Good luck to all of you! sincere appreciation, irene linda.
P.S. After first living in Ouro Preto, MG for 6 years, I now live in
Sao Paulo, and have lived in Brasil for a total of 22 years... not yet long enough!!"
Irene Linda, Brazil
May I suggest you go to Ouro Preto and surrounding towns in the state of Minas Gerais, Brasil? 'Ouro Preto' translates to 'Black Gold' because when the Portuguese explorers 'discovered' the town they were seeking gold, but they only knew it was gold they'd found in Ouro Preto after taking samples of shiny black stones back to Portugal and realizing that Brasil's gold had been 'hidden' from them in two ways... first through the gold being covered with the black iron that is also found in the region, but also due to the fogs that hid Itacolomi (the mountain that became their reference point for relocating the gold they finally realized they'd found! That was only after they'd cleaned the iron deposits from the gold they'd brought back to Portugal.) Itacolomi, like Angel Falls, is also shrouded in fog (sometimes for days), and so the mine was protected until one sunny day when the fog burned off early, and the reference point of Itacolomi could be seen.
Today Ouro Preto is pretty much a tourist town, steeped in the legends and realities of its earlier days, and in the Catholic heritage of the Portuguese bandeirantes, as well as the Portuguese architecture and so many other rich expressions of days gone by... not to mention the language of Brasil (which many people in other countries still seem to be ignorant of... we do not speak Spanish... In Brasil we speak Portuguese!).
There are too many wonders and discoveries to be made in this rich country to put in this message... In fact, I suggest any trip to Brasil to be as long as possible... Like China, this huge country has secrets that can only be discovered by those with time and patience, courage and sense of adventure (and oh, yes, money).
Happy traveling and thanks for a beautiful trip to Venezuela, a place I've not yet been (physically), but thanks to your photos of Angel Falls feel as though I've at least been there... I have been in a helicopter from Machu Picchu to Qosco in Peru... What an indescribable sensation! It would be like trying to describe Foz do Iguaзu after 'discovering' it by walking to it on a foot trail in the national park that is shared with Argentina. INTENSE is the best and shortest way to talk about these natural wonders. I urge everyone to travel as much as possible while young and strong enough to really appreciate all the wonders they'll find.
Good luck to all of you! sincere appreciation, irene linda.
P.S. After first living in Ouro Preto, MG for 6 years, I now live in
Sao Paulo, and have lived in Brasil for a total of 22 years... not yet long enough!!"
Irene Linda, Brazil
2013-10-02 20:45:59
"That is so amazing hope to go there some day"
Selena Malik, Australia
Selena Malik, Australia
2013-09-29 10:07:39
5 from 5
"nice"
卿 城, China
卿 城, China
2013-09-21 04:20:43
5 from 5
"Amazingly beautiful! A wonder of Nature and a wonder of photography - Thanks for sharing this superbly excellent work."
Surayya Khatoon, Pakistan
Surayya Khatoon, Pakistan
2013-09-16 06:37:13
5 from 5
"solo quiero aclarar que el planeta y sus maravillas no fueron
creados por la naturalesa ni en millones de anos fue organisado por
jesucristo y Adan y en menos tiempo!"
arcadio varela, Mexico
arcadio varela, Mexico
2013-09-16 05:48:55
"Million of years of planet creation, nature really makes spectacular land scape."
kw cheng, Malaysia
kw cheng, Malaysia
2013-09-13 12:11:57
"i love these photos"
zin wai, Myanmar
zin wai, Myanmar
2013-09-07 17:04:53
5 from 5
"whoa.. extraordinary.."
angelie doriquez, Philippines
angelie doriquez, Philippines
2013-09-01 13:41:43
5 from 5
"thanks .very beautiful"
majid kakaiee, Iran
majid kakaiee, Iran
2013-08-30 06:24:04
5 from 5
"Thanks for such wonderful pictures of my country!"
Roberto Negretti, Venezuela
Roberto Negretti, Venezuela
2013-08-13 19:00:29
5 from 5
"what a glorious ambiance!! a perfect place to be called as paradise, keep up dude!!"
stephany doriquez, Philippines
stephany doriquez, Philippines
2013-08-03 02:23:16
"Excelente trabajo fotogrбfico, gracias por compartirlo!"
Hernбn Nъсez, Venezuela
Hernбn Nъсez, Venezuela
2013-07-21 22:00:43
5 from 5
"I like these photos so much
Igive them full rating"
Vibhuti Agnihotri, India
Igive them full rating"
Vibhuti Agnihotri, India
2013-07-17 08:50:08
"it's amazing pictures that i have seen in my life and thanks for web site ."
darshana sanjeewa, Sri Lanka
darshana sanjeewa, Sri Lanka
Varvara, AirPano: Darshana, thank you! We hope that you will like another our panoramas.
2013-07-08 05:13:28
5 from 5
"Soy venezolana y estoy ЎAbsolutamente maravillada!
Nunca habнa visto el Salto Angel en todo su esplendor.
Muchнsimas gracias por brindarle al mundo esta oportunidad."
Marly de Gуmez, Venezuela
Nunca habнa visto el Salto Angel en todo su esplendor.
Muchнsimas gracias por brindarle al mundo esta oportunidad."
Marly de Gуmez, Venezuela
2013-06-28 13:17:53
"All that we can to say is not sufficient to describe the beautiful and the magnitude of this work.
Thanks very much"
ARMANDO PEREIRA, Portugal
Thanks very much"
ARMANDO PEREIRA, Portugal
2013-06-23 21:06:29
4 from 5
"i am biggest fan of airpanos quality....amazing"
mukesh deep, India
mukesh deep, India
2013-06-22 05:08:11
5 from 5
"Felicitaciones por tan bonito trabajo."
EMEL RAMIRO GARCIA AGUIRRE, Colombia
EMEL RAMIRO GARCIA AGUIRRE, Colombia
2013-06-12 15:17:41
5 from 5
"omg iwill visit their"
hsdifgjgfjf dhhfi, Philippines
hsdifgjgfjf dhhfi, Philippines
2013-06-12 15:15:06
5 from 5
jirelaksiiskeidkke luioaescdasil, Philippines
2013-06-05 19:01:43
5 from 5
"it sucks"
jimmy maxwell, USA
jimmy maxwell, USA
2013-05-31 12:47:15
5 from 5
"nice. I got the full knowledge regarding where the Angel fall is located and how one can reach there.
Thanks a lot to the writer for providing such information"
Pravin Shah, India
Thanks a lot to the writer for providing such information"
Pravin Shah, India
Varvara, AirPano: Hope this information will be useful for you!
2013-05-28 11:41:02
"WoW.... A base jumpers dream location....!!!!"
Edward Stokell, South Africa
Edward Stokell, South Africa
2013-05-25 08:24:51
5 from 5
"Wonderful place i have ever to see."
RAJESH KUMAR, India
RAJESH KUMAR, India
2013-05-22 04:01:26
5 from 5
"no thanks"
cass campbell, USA
cass campbell, USA
2013-05-13 18:50:07
3 from 5
"Angel Falls is special but another fantastic view is Kaieteur
Falls in Guyana, at 742 feet it is the highest single drop falls in the
world and the local nature park is well worth visiting."
DONALD JOHNSON, United Kingdom
DONALD JOHNSON, United Kingdom
2013-05-13 17:44:39
5 from 5
"its awesome i want to visit there once in my life"
Mani Shanker, India
Mani Shanker, India
2013-05-08 15:09:23
4 from 5
"paradise on earth"
rahul singh, India
rahul singh, India
2013-05-07 18:14:49
"The best"
CARLOS NAVARRO, Venezuela
CARLOS NAVARRO, Venezuela
2013-05-06 08:51:13
"very nice"
mbala murugan, India
mbala murugan, India
2013-05-04 12:10:20
5 from 5
"wow!!!!!!amaizing"
JINCY JOSEPH, India
JINCY JOSEPH, India
2013-04-12 15:07:18
1 from 5
BABTISTE Marie-Christine, France
2013-04-03 14:34:53
"very nice pictures.thank you very much."
gunasiri wasantha, Sri Lanka
gunasiri wasantha, Sri Lanka
2013-03-26 02:15:59
5 from 5
"I also have had wonderful memories brought back from visiting
the site. In 1986, I had the good fortune to go on a cruise originating
in Antigua, and eventually after visiting many islands we sailed up the
Orinoco River. I believe we were in Guiana & were taken to an
airport to board a DC3, & were flown to view Angel Falls from the
air. Amazing views, unforgetable trip. We also spent time at a beach
at Camp Canaima, where the water there is dark red. It was explained to
us that the Ore in the soil created the color."
kathleen holsinger, USA
kathleen holsinger, USA
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