The Lost World

Program from 6 days and 5 nights introduction: the lost world

Issuance to Lost World: Trekking Roraima-Tepuy.

program: Puri Puri Carlos Romero as a guide.

Canaima National Park.

The fascinating world that presents the Canaima National Park, a perfect combination of magic and reality, with its impressive ancient formations called tepuy, countless rivers, lakes, and waterfalls, forests and savannahs as distributed as a green sea, we enchant the same time to visit, this gift of nature, we find an interesting flora and fauna endemic in many cases (unique in the world), also live in this natural environment of indigenous pemon etnea, with their ancestral culture, crafts , folklore, and gastronomy.

This mosaic shows an interesting natural living testimony of our geographical history.

Canaima National Park is located at the southern end of western Venezuela, south of the Orinoco River, municipality Gran Sabana of Bolivar State, being declared a national park on June 12, 1962 by the national executive. the park, has 3 million hectares, thus occupying the second largest protected natural area of expansion in Venezuela and the seventh in the world. The park is divided into two sectors:

West and East, the western area called Canaima, simply access the area via commercial flights from Caracas, Margarita and Ciudad Bolivar, being in this place privileged by nature, the highest waterfall in the world, the amazing Angel Falls, from Canaima Lagoon envision a spectacular setting with beautiful waterfalls, inviting to take a refreshing swim in its white sand beaches. in the eastern area are the vast savannah that is possible to travel via land and air, reaching Santa Elena, the last town in southern Venezuela, just 20 minutes by car from the border with Brazil.

Geological history of Canaima National Park

The park is part of the highlands of the Guiana Shield, which comprises all the land in Venezuela's Orinoco south, consists of two main geological formations: an igneous-metamorphic, with an estimated age billion in 2000 years represents one of the oldest continental nuclei of the land surface.

Experienced significant changes to the geographic area where is located the Canaima National Park, from the beginning, what we envision today is the result of a long period of geological processes of change through time.

Last two billion years or so, in the era of the Precambrian, formed a super continent called Pangea, which included, America, Africa, Antarctica, Asia and Europe. The continent began to separate due to the formation of a crack in the earth's crust, thus causing the formation of the Atlantic Ocean and the creation of different portions of lands called shields. geography of the Guiana Shield in Venezuela

that existed at the beginning. was a vast plain of flat land, where the altitude was the same level of Tepuyes visible today among the 2000-3000mt.

The formation of these lands originated due to movement of different types of materials that traveled through the action of strong water currents, transporting rocks and minerals from distant places. These materials were sedimented by creating a basement of igneous and metamorphic rocks from the cortex lead, these sediments due to erosion of the rock crystal, were consolidated in the stratum of sandstone, quartzite and nightsticks, they covered rocks several kilometers thick on the basement, then. As strange mountains were formed Tepuyes call us today call much attention in places where the materials deposition was performed under a certain order, the resulting rock was great resistance. By contrast in the area where the shuffle deposit is less resistant rock. After the formation of the great plain. For a long period of time (approximately between 400 - 200 million years) occurred one be of weather events that caused significant changes in the geography of the Guiana Shield. The transformation of the landscape was mainly due to drastic climate variations arid to wet and vice versa in constant heavy rainfall and prolonged droughts, freezes, high and low temperatures, storms, hurricanes, tectonic movements of the earth. The erosion of weathering was slowly removing the material deposited in the great plains for millions of years. in places the gift of rock was less resistant to erosion was higher, being as a result of this great transformation, the Tupu and Canaima National Park landscape we see today, no doubt, like a faithful testimony to the changes Through millions of years in this geographic area of infinite beauty.

Expedition to the Lost World Roraima-Trecking Tepuy program:

6 days and 5 nights with Puri Puri Carlos Romero.

Introduction:

1 day:

After breakfast, we began our adventure with a transfer from the town of Santa Elena de Uairen 4x4 jeep for about 2 hours to reach the Indian community Paraitepuy. Then we started the trip due to river Kukenán, where they set up camp for the night. on the route will cross a small gallery forests, where you can take water, the walk lasts approximately 4 / 5 hours in the middle of the road will make a lunch, on the way, we will have the opportunity to watch a spectacular landscape composed of several Tepuyes millennium. Approaching the point overnight, localize to tek river, which crossed, then walked about 35 minutes to reach the river we crossed Kukenán, organized camp, then it will be possible to take a refreshing swim in the river, dinner and rest.

2 days:

After breakfast, we made a walk of about 4 / 5 hours to reach the base of Roraima, where we have a spectacular view of Tepuy Kukenán, if we are in rainy season can view the second largest waterfall in Venezuela and fourth in the world, with 605 Kukenán jump feet, along the way may be observing the change of vegetation before reaching the base, located two insectivorous plant types which are called immediate attention, the first has a purple flower and the yellow center and white scientific name humboldtii Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) and the other Brocchinia hechtioides (Bromeliaceae) approaching the base took a lunch, then continue to the point where they set up camp, dinner and rest.

3 day:

left early to conquer the summit of Tepuy, a distance of approximately 4 hours from the start of the climb, we integrate the foothills, a biodiversity of ecosystems found in contrast to the savannah left behind, in this environment Montanero pre vegetation is extremely interesting, thus forming a mosaic of breathtaking beauty in the way we can observe, bromeliads, orchids, lichens, different types of ferns among which the tree fern, we find a very special plant and more licopodiun called primitive world, among other species, just to get to the wall of the Roraima take a lunch, rest, then continue to the top, once on top, it will welcome the display of a majestic backdrop formed by curious formations splendidly carved rock as a result of erosion by wind and rain (including agents) to over millions of years, highlights a gift of incredibly perfect training called the flying turtle, being them really impressive. respective rest after walking about 25 minutes to reach the famous hotels "where Pernot. these places are only open caves, sanctuaries created by nature to protect them from cold, rain and wind organized camp, dinner and overnight.

4 day:

After a hearty breakfast we prepare for a major exploration in which we discover the amazing ecosystems and hidden mysteries of Roralma, with two alternatives (depending on weather conditions) the first a journey of about 4 hours to 4 hours round trip, where we visit, the bust of the liberator, the valley of the quartz crystals, the triple point where they converge two countries that border with Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana claim area in a strange formation called pit Arabopo Valley among others. A second option level more rested and much more interesting landscape, where we see the abyss, where it can be seen from another perspective of the Roraima wall is spectacular for photography at the tour will visit the jacuzis with quartz in the bottom where you can take a bath, then we went to the window, this place is in an extreme point of roralma where you can see a spectacular view of Tepuy Kukenán and forest tepuy basimontana between the two, if time is favorable one will have the opportunity to take a picture of a unique landscape on earth, we will take a lunch, then back to camp, rest, drink something hot (tea or chocolate) then we can make another trip to the highest point of Roraima, where we have a stunning panoramic view of the vast savannah, if time permits and visitors find energy to walk can take an excursion to the canyon of Guacharo where it will be possible to observe a very interesting bird called Guacharo nocturnal habits, the Late afternoon return to camp, dinner and rest.

5 day:

After breakfast, we walked about 6 / 7 hours to reach the river Tek, will make a lunch at the base of Roraima, then continue to Kukenán river, where we can take a refreshing swim, we crossed the river Kukenán Tek river, organized camp, dinner and rest.

6 days:

After breakfast we will walk four hours to Paraitepuy indigenous community, where we expect the jeep to take us to the town of Santa Elena de Uairen.

- Mosquito repellent

- Sunscreen

- Hat

- Some good walking shoes with thick stockings

- Sandals

- Advise if vegetarian (before Tuor)

- An aluminum or plastic bottle for water

- Shorts or lightweight walking

- Warm clothes on top

- Poncho

- Flashlight

- It is very important to keep in your personal computer only what is really necessary for the trip to walk this way most comfortable and lightweight as possible.

- Gulas bilingual

- All transfers (jeep)

- First Aid

- All meals

- Indian carrier for food

- Camping equipment (tent, stove, dishes, silverware, glass, sleeping bag)

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