Angel Falls is the highest free-falling waterfall in the world. It is located in the Guyana Mountains of Venezuela on the Carrao River, which is one of the tributaries of the Orinoco. The name of the waterfall translates to "Angel" from Spanish.
Since ancient times, local Amerindian tribes have called the waterfall Churun Meru ("Waterfall of the Deepest Place"), and the plateau from which it falls - Auyan-Tepui, which translates as "Devil's Mountain", because of the constant thick fog with which it is shrouded.
Main attraction of Venezuela
In 1910, the waterfall was discovered by Spanish explorer Ernesto Sanchos La Cruz, but became world famous thanks to American pilot and gold prospector James Crawford Angel.
In 1949, an expedition of the National Geographic Community of the United States was sent to the waterfall, which determined the main parameters of Angel. And in 1993 UNESCO added the waterfall to the list of World Heritage of Humanity. Now Angel is located in the territory of the Canaima National Park and is considered the main attraction of Venezuela.
The waterfall is surrounded by tropical forests and there are no special roads to it. Therefore, tourists are taken to Angel by air in a light aircraft or by water in a motorised canoe. The most desperate thrill-seekers can jump off the edge of the plateau on a hang-glider. The starting point for tours to the waterfall is the small village of Kanaimi. With the influx of tourists, the town has been transformed with several hotel complexes, restaurants and souvenir shops.
