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It is located in the mountainous region in the Guayana region and the peneplain of Casiquiare, Alto Orinoco. In the states of Bolivar and Amazonas. This monument consists of plateaus of vertical walls, formed by sedimentary rocks belonging to the group Roraima, a Precambrian age of millions of years, formed mainly of quartzite, sandstone and granite. They are called ecological islands, as almost all year are covered by clouds that give the appearance of floating haze. In some of these formations are spectacular waterfalls off forming a true water resource.

Arriving: On the road linking the state of Bolivar with Brazil, leaving Ciudad Bolivar and Ciudad Guayana, take the road to Santa Elena de Uairen, we will find some of the main tepuis such as the Kukenám Tepuy Tepuy and Roraima, the Serrania Tapirapecó the Yuruaní Tepuy, in some cases only be reached by air or navigating the rivers of the region.

Sites of interest: La Gran Sabana with its great waterfalls like Salto Bed and Aponguao and its extensions favulosas plains, Angel Falls, Roraima Formation, Canaima.

Tourist Activities: Hiking, trekking, kayak, scientific research, rappelling.

Adjacent Sites: Santa Elena de Uairen Canaima, Angel Falls, Las Claritas with its gold mines, which borders Brazil, The Amazon Rainforest.

What to bring: First-aid kit, suitable clothing and footwear, binoculars, insect repellent creams, hats.

Area: 4,772,000 hectares.

Decree: No. 1233 dated 02-11-90. Gaceta Oficial No. 4250-E dated 18-01-91.

Natural region: Mountainous in the Guayana

Temperature: 18 º C and 22 ° C annually.

Precipitation: Among 2,500 mm and 3,500 mm annually.

Vegetation: In the foothills of these hills lies the rainforest, with its unique vegetation in the world, consisting mainly of evergreen rainforests and partially flooded. Montane rainforests and montane evergreen shrub herbaceous vegetation high tepuyana. In depressions and cracks are many plants and bromeliads clinging to a poor and highly acidic soil.

Wildlife: Important groups of insects, several species of frogs, lizards and snakes, and some endemic birds that have an important ecological role in the functioning of different ecosystems of high Tepui.

Hydrography: sources of important rivers of the Guayana region.

Written by :

Henrik Linde Bratfeldt

 

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