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Venezuela
2009
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In November/December 2009, we visited Venezuela to climb the table mountain Auyan-Tepui (our second Venezuelan table mountain after Mt. Roraima). In the language of the Pemón indigenous people, Auyan-Tepui means devil's home.
Caracas The capital of Venezuela |
Temun-Tepui A small table mountain near Kamarata |
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Los
Llanos Wet grassland plains having a rich wildlife |
Kadamak A second trip from Kamarata led to the Kadamak waterfall |
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Ciudad
Bolívar Capital of the Bolívar province and starting point for our trecks |
Auyan-Tepui Climbing Venezuela's table mountain having the largest summit plateau |
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Flight
to Kamarata From Ciudad Bolívar over the Gran Sabana and the summit plateau of the Auyan-Tepui table mountain |
Uruyén Being not far from Kamarata, this village was the end of our table mountain trek |
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Kamarata Situated in the Gran Sabana at the southern foot of Auyan-Tepui, this village was our starting point of our trek up this table mountain |
Archipiélago Los Roques A coral atoll in the Caribbean sea north of Caracas |