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VENEZUELA
ADVENTURE ITINERARY
Day 1:Arrival in Caracas
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Reception and transfer to your hotel. Optional city tour
Day 2:
After breakfast, flight to Ciudad Bolivar. Wehead off, stopping at Cachamay
Park
located on the Caroni River and continue to
the Gran Sabana through the towns of Upata, Guasipati, El Callao, Tumeremo
and El
Dorado. Later we'll stop in Tumeremo for lunch á la carte. After passing
El
Dorado and going through the mining village
of KM
88 we'll stop briefly at the Natural Monument
"Piedra de La Virgen". From here we make the final leg and reach
the northern sector of the Gran Sabana at 1.400 meters above sea level.
Our first night will be at a modest lodge in Rapidos de Kamoiran in double
occupancy rooms with private bath and showers. Dinner will be at the lodge
restaurant.
Day
3: After breakfast we'll go to the indigenous village
of Liworibo
where a 30-minute trip by motorized curiara (a native canoe) will take us
to Chinak-meru, a water fall popularly known as Aponwao. With a height of
106 meters it is the highest waterfall in the Gran Sabana. After enjoying
the site, we'll walk back to the village, and on the way we'll stop at
Pozo Escondido and Pozo de Los Enamorados, two water holes where we'll eat
our picnic lunch and take a refreshing bath in the cool water. In the
afternoon it's back to Rapidos de Kamoiran. Dinner will be at the lodge
restaurant
Day
4:After breakfast our trip continues to Santa Elena de
Uairen stopping occasionally to visit interesting places like Salto Kawi,
Salto Kama-Meru, Mirador El Oso (a lookout point from where you can take
pictures of the tepuis), Quebrada Arapan and Quebrada Soroape where we
will stop for picnic lunch. Later we'll stop at Rio Yuruani and Quebrada
El Jaspe, to see a stream and water fall with a beautiful red jasper
floor. To end the day we'll take a quick jump to the border with Brasil
where we can browse and shop for souvenirs. The night will be at pleasant
Camp Yakoo
where we'll enjoy dinner and the silence of the sabana. Accommodations
will be in double rooms with hot running water. Dinner will be at the
lodge restaurant.
Day
5: Return to Santa Elena where we will leave by jeep and
drive for about 2 to 3 hours to reach Pareitepuy which is our starting
point for the hike. After registration at the Indian chiefs house and
Inparques (National Park office) we will hike for about 4 to 5 hours to
get to the Kukenan river. There are two refreshing river crossings and
some 30 minutes of stronger uphill walking to come. The river crossing at Kukenan
River
depends on the water level and can be dangerous! The rocks are extremely
slippery. If the weather and visibility is favourable, we will enjoy the
views of Mount Roraima ,
Kukenan and many other Tepuys that form the Guyana shield along the way. The terrain here is mainly open savannah. Dinner at
the campsite.
Day
6: Just after breakfast, we continue with a long uphill
walk. According to the season we might hike across complete fields with
thousands of orchids. There is 2 hours of good uphill and another 2 to 4
hours of hiking today before we reach the base camp with running water
coming from the top of "the ever fruitful mother of the streams -
Roraima". The Indian name is adequate as the mother-'s water feeds
the Amazon, Orinoco
and the Essequibo
...the 3 largest rivers in South America .
Day
7:After a good night's sleep just outside a thick and
lush belt of humid cloud forest surrounding the Tepuy, we breakfast before
continuing our journey. It will take us about 2 hours to cross this thick
and beautiful jungle with many neotropical plants such as bromeliads, tree
ferns and helicons. We walk for another 2 hours, ascending along the ramp
on big rocks to reach the top of the plateau before stopping for lunch at
the campsite. The afternoon is free for an exploration on this 'island
stuck in time'.
Day 8:
The plateau of Roraima is around 70 square kilometers wide so you could
actually spend weeks exploring this incredible place. Strange rock
formations, flesh eating endemic plants (droseras) and bizarre black frogs
add to the 'lost world' belief. After breakfast we will find our way
through this labyrinth of black lichen tainted rocks and hike for the
whole day. We will reach the valley of the crystals, the obelisk monument
of the triple point (border of Venezuela-Brazil-Guyana).
We will hike on to "el
Pozo", a natural water pit with a small cave system below that we
will begint o explore. Camp for the night.
Day 9:
Last day for final photographs of this incredible world before we start
hiking down. We will hike to Rio Tek (around 6 to 8 hours), which is
mostly downhill.
A refreshing swim in the cool river will be a supreme reward after the
days long trek. Lunch on the way and dinner at the final camp.
Day
10:After breakfast, a final 3 to 4 hours walk back to
Pareitepuy where and refreshments will be waiting for us. Please note that
the people of Inparques will check everybody for crystals and other items
you are not supposed to pick up or collect on the mountain. Return to
Santa Elena in our jeeps.
Day
11: Transfer to the airport for the return flight to
Canaima. Transfer from the airport to the Camp in a local Indian boat
called a "curiara". We travel on the Canaima Lagoon to the Anatoly
Island .
After Lunch we will take the "curiaras" to visit the rapids and
the Sapo Waterfall. We will camp for one night in hammocks.
Day
12: After breakfast we will take the "curiaras"
to begin our little adventure on the Carrao and Churun Rivers
to the Angel Falls .
During the trip we will see the Orchid Island ,
Devils canyon, Wey Tepuy and many others. At the Raton Island
we will have lunch. Then we begin a one hour walk to the foot of the Angel
Fall . At noon
we walk back to the camp on the Raton Island .
We will camp for one night in hammocks.
Day 13:After breakfast, we will travel on the
"curiaras" back to Canaima where we will take the flight to
Ciudad de Bolivar and onward onto Caracas for your return flight home.
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