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Angel Falls is one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions, though a trip to the falls is a complicated affair. The falls are located in an isolated jungle. A flight from Maiquetia Airport, Puerto Ordaz , or Ciudad Bolívar is required to reach Canaima camp, the starting point for river trips to the base of the falls.
Canaima, Venezuela Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima) is a 30,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi) park in south-eastern Venezuela that roughly occupies the same area as the Gran Sabana region.
Among the most important falls of these rivers and their tributaries are Angel Falls, with the highest free fall of the world, almost 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), and Kukenan Falls, the tenth on the world scale with a 610-metre (2,000 ft) free fall. Others falls with less height but high volume are the Aponwao, Caruay and La Llovizna waterfalls.
The Churún River (Spanish: Río Churún) is a river in Venezuela, part of the Orinoco River basin. It is located in Canaima National Park and a tributary comes from the Angel Falls , which are the world's tallest single-drop waterfall.
Canaima Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Canaima; IATA: CAJ, ICAO: SVCN) is an airport in Canaima, a town in Canaima National Park in the state of Bolívar in Venezuela.The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the Carrao River, and 46 kilometres (29 mi) downstream of Angel Falls.
Carrao River is a river of Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. It is well known for one of its major tributaries, the Churún River, which feeds Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall. Another major tributary is the Ahonda River. The Carrao River flows primarily through Canaima National Park. As it starts to flow north, the ...
Brazil-Venezuela border, near Santa Elena de Uairén As already mentioned, the main town is Santa Elena de Uairén, which is also the capital of the Gran Sabana Municipality . The city's name originated in the first daughter of the founder, Lucas Fernández Peña, called "Elena", and on the river that crosses the city, the "Uairén".
The Guiana Highlands are also the source of some of the world's most well-known waterfalls such as Angel Falls, Kaieteur Falls and Cuquenan Falls. The Guiana Shield underlies Guyana (previously British Guiana), Suriname (previously Dutch Guiana), and French Guiana (or Guyane), much of southern Venezuela, as well as parts of Colombia and Brazil.