Angel Falls or Salto Angel is also known as located in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela. Angel Falls is the world's highest waterfall. Waterfall that originates from this flow of the Rio Caroni, has a 979 meters high. Overall, the waterfall Angel Fall 15 times higher than Niagara Falls in the United States / Canada, or Compare this with the Niagara falls are only 170 feet (about 52 meters). Angel Falls is a waterfall that inspired Paradise Falls waterfall in the animated film Disney / Pixar, Up. This waterfall is located on the edge of a flat-crested mountains, Auyan-tepui in Canaima National Park, southern Venezuela.
Canaima National Park is located in southwestern Venezuela, south of the Orinoco River in the municipality of Gran Sabana, Bolivar State. Declared a national park on June 12, 1962 by the National Executive, in order to protect and preserve its authenticity to the whole world. Canaima National Park has an area of 3 million hectares, making it the second largest protected area Venezuuela, and sixth in the world, and is divided into two parts: West and East. The western part is called Canaima and can be reached by a flight from Caracas, Margarita, Puerto Ordaz, Ciudad Bolivar, and Santa Elena. In the east there is the Gran Sabana, which can be reached via air or ground plane. With your airplane to Puerto Ordaz and Santa Elena de Uairen, the last village in southern Venezuela, just 20 minutes from the border with Brazil.
There are many activities you can do at Angel Falls. Besides seeing the waterfall, there is rock climbing, whitewater rafting, and helicopter tours are very popular there. A number of lodgings are available at Angel Falls, one of which is Hoturvensa Classic is an excellent place to see the most spectacular scenery throughout your life. Angel Falls is a remarkable place, and you can relax while looking at the rushing water pouring from the upper valley. Angel Falls is the most amazing tourist destinations in Venezuela.
Angel Falls is located on the Rio Caroni, Canaima National Park, Venezuela. Although first seen at the beginning of the 20th century by the explorer Ernesto de Santa Cruz, the waterfall was not known to the world until it was officially by American aviator James Crawford Angel, who was flying to locate a gold mine. In 1936, James Angel returned and landed his plane near the waterfall. The waterfall was named "Angel Falls", to commemorate the inventor, James Crawford Angel. Pemon Indian tribes called this waterfall as "Auyan-tepui" ("Aiyan-tepui") which means "Devil Mountain".
Angel Falls is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Venezuela. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, returns the name of Angel Falls, the original name. According to Chavez, a waterfall with a height of 979 meters, must be referred to appropriate the name given Pemon Indian tribes, namely Kerepakupai-Meru. Kerepakupai-Meru is the real name of Angel Falls. Names of Indian citizens. "Anybody can claim to see this waterfall from a plane, but how many millions of tribal people who have seen, and pray to this waterfall?" Chavez said. For nearly eleven years in office, Chavez has changed names a number of places and institutions in Venezuela. He even succeeded in changing the official name became the Republic of Venezuela Bolivar state, based on the name of the hero of South American independence struggle, Simon Bolivar.
