The new official website about the probably most interesting Virgin Adventure destination in the World

Located in the far south of Black River Autonomous Municipality, Amazonas State. The distance to the east of Black River is 7 km., Starting from pobladito coastal Santa Lucia, which was founded some 60 years ago by Don Nativity Rivas, internationally renowned shaman, midwife, teacher, explorer and trader of natural products.

This stone monument 600 meters. high, is located in full territory of Venezuela, as some writers, explorers and geographers have placed a triple border pillar, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Is 6 km. the border of Brazil and 7 of Colombia in the Black River. Is assigned an area of 100 mts. at its base. It's a long list of celebrities who have visited and climbed, as King Leopold III of Belgium climber, and so on.

A good surface on its outskirts to the Black River and the nearby Brazil, might well be a beautiful and strategic Cucuí National Park to protect the fragile forests that blanket this border zone, to disappear by the demographic pressure from Colombia and Brazil every day increasing.

Ñengatú language the name of the rock is Cucuí, by a tiny teddy finest leather, it seems now disappeared. Spanish chroniclers attribute named after the legendary chief of the Marabitanas, from here commanded his numerous and warlike tribe, legend has continued to develop until today. This moment is home to many ancient legends.

From the right bank of Black River, between St. Lucia and the Brazilian border, we see in a human profile monumental stone they say is the face of a Indii; this mole is located just 1 degree north of Ecuador and 6 º latitude. At one angle, we see the profile of the summit as the famous cocked hat. To crown height is advisable to do so by its eastern slope of 50%.

Fulfilling a decree of Dr. Rafael Caldera, President of the Republic in its vicinity was established Cocuy population, which did not progress for many reasons long to explain. With the abandonment of the work, complete houses, machinery, materials, etc.. Have disappeared like magic. Now the forest provides to recover what is theirs, but resist the merciless attacks by predators that do not rest, hopefully not make the stone disappear too.

Written by :

Henrik Linde Bratfeldt

 

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