Angel falls, is the world’s highest waterfall, 16 times that of Niagara. The water drops 3,211 feet into the Devils Canyon below. There are no land trails through the forest, the main way in is via a canoe upriver.

The falls are sometimes referred to as Churun-meru, an error, since that name corresponds to another waterfall in the Canaima National Park. Churun in the Pemon language means “thunder.

Sir Walter Raleigh described what was possibly a tepuy and he is sometimes said to have discovered Angel Falls, but these claims are considered “far-fetched”. They were sighted in 1912 … Continue Reading

Darien national park is a Unesco Biospshere Reserve, of 2,240 sq miles. It is the largest area of undeveloped land in Central America.

The park still has Amerindian tribes living in it, though it was one of their last remaining enclaves.

There are 2,500 or more plant species here as well as large numbers of bird, animal and fish species.