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The vast wildernesses of Guayana are Venezuela’s dazzling trump card – a spectacularly beautiful natural wonderland of steamy rainforest, rolling highland savanna and soaring table mountains, or tepuis. It’s also home to many of Venezuela’s greatest outdoor attrac-tions, including the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls. No trip to Venezuela is complete without coming here.
Guayana extends throughout the whole of Venezuela’s southeast, encompassing the states of Delta Amacuro, Bolívar and Amazonas. While it comprises half of the country’s land, it is home to just 6% of Venezuela’s population. A majority of the country’s indigenous peoples live and thrive here, including the Warao, Pemón, Yekuana and Yanomami.
The sheer natural beauty of this region is hard to overstate. A twenty-minute Cessna flight over the Parque Nacional Canaima will have your jaw dropping, while the trek to the ethereal top of Roraima, the most extraordinary of the tepuis, will stay with you forever. The waterfalls of the Gran Sabana, the exotic animals of the Delta del Orinoco and the pristine wilderness and traditional indigenous settlements of Amazonas are all further reasons to make the effort to come here.
Guayana
HIGHLIGHTS
Marvel at awe-inspiring Angel Falls (Salto Ángel; p247 ), the world’s highest waterfall
Explore the mysterious cloud-draped table mountain of Roraima ( p253 )
Trace the lush rainforest waterways of swel-tering Amazonas ( p259 )
Cruise the wildlife-rich channels of the Delta del Orinoco ( p231 )
Visit the spectacular Cueva de Kavac ( p249 ), nestled deep in soaring Auyantepui
Cueva de Kavac
Amazonas
OrinocoDelta del
Roraima
Angel Falls
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Río
Caroní
Río
Río C
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Río Meta
Río Capanaparo
Río Orinoco
Río Ventuari
Orinoco
Río Orinoco
Río G
uainía
Río Negro
Río Portuguesa
Río M
anapire
M o n a g a s
G u á r i c o
Cojedes
B o l í v a r
A p u r e
A m a z o n a s
A n z o á t e g u i
Mantecal
Cucui
BARCELONA
MATURÍN
San Joséde Buja
LOS MORROSSAN JUAN DE
SAN CARLOS
VALENCIA
CIUDADBOLÍVAR
Ciudad Piar
Moitaco
Maripa
Mapire
La Tigrera
La ParaguaLas Trincheras
Canaima
El Pao
El Manteco
CiudadGuayana
Carapo
Arabelo
Ocamo
Asiasito
Las Bonitas
SantaRosalita
Caicara delOrinoco
SAN FERNANDODE APURE
BarrialLargo
PáezEl Burro
Puerto
Guaniamo
PuertoCarreño
Morganito
AYACUCHO
San Juan deManapiare
Tamatama
de Atabapo
SantaBárbara
Guarinuma
Yavita
San Antonio
San Fernando
PuertoInírida
Samariapo
Victoriano
San Pedro
PUERTO
Cabadisocaña
La Esmeralda
Curare
Curamoni
San
El Mango
Custodio
Colón
Maroa
La Comunidad
San Carlosde Río Negro
LucíaSanta
Mavaca
Los Barrancos
PNGuatopo
PN Jaua-Sarisariñama
Aguaro-Guariquito
PNCinaruco-
Capanaparo
PN Yapacana
PN DuidaMarahuaca
PN Parima-Tapirapecó
PN Serranía La Neblina
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Embalsede Guri
SaltoPará
ApureRío
C O L O M B I A
B R A Z I L
See Lower Orinoco Map (p235)
See Amazonas Map (p260)
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