Photo: Jorge Silva
A birthday party held on a mountain sacred to indigenous Venezuelans has generated outrage over damage to the area in an episode critics see as entitled excess playing out amid Venezuela’s prolonged economic collapse.
Source: In Venezuela, damage from party on sacred mountain spurs outrage
Photo: Loop News Cayman
At 3,212 feet, Salto Ángel is the world’s tallest, uninterrupted waterfall. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The journey there, however, can be perilous at times, taking you through river rapids, uphill treks and near misses that could easily end in a sharp plunge of no return if you happen to lose your guide or your grip, as one Loop reader from Cayman shared on his recent trip there.
Source: A visit to Salto Ángel, the world’s tallest, uninterrupted waterfall | Loop Cayman Islands
The world’s tallest waterfall is located within the beautiful Canaima National Park in the Guiana Highlands, in the Bolivar State in Southeastern Venezuela.
The world’s largest waterfall is located in Venezuela – Angel Falls. In the language of Pemon people, this natural phenomenon is the ‘’waterfall of the deepest place’’.
Source: Things You Didn’t Know About The Largest Waterfall On The Planet
Venezuela – Canaima National Park
Husband & Wife team of James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini scaled the Angel Falls the highest Water Fall In Venezuela. The fall got acknowledged as world’s dazzling natural, uninterrupted waterfall. Has been declared by the UNESCO as a “World Heritage Site”.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) – Canaima National Park
Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 meters (2,648 ft).
Photo: Daily Mail
Angel Falls, known as Salto Angel, in Venezuela, is nearly a km high, and sees the streams of water drop from the tops high above and disappear into a white mist, obscuring the view of the ground.
Source: Jaw-dropping drone footage captures world’s highest waterfall
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