{"id":669185,"date":"2022-04-20T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/?p=669185"},"modified":"2023-03-31T21:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T18:31:35","slug":"mount-roraima-in-venezuela-description-photo-how-to-get-there-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourism.com.de\/en\/mount-roraima-in-venezuela-description-photo-how-to-get-there-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Roraima in Venezuela – description, photo, how to get there, map"},"content":{"rendered":"

High in the sky there is an island<\/a> that seems to be floating in the clouds. His landscapes look so unreal that it seems as if it is another plane<\/a>t. Rocks of bizarre shapes and huge threads of waterfalls, stone placers and reservoirs of different colors, outlandish plants and unusual animals. This is the table mountain of Roraima in South<\/a> America. She is constantly surrounded by a cloud, so she looks like an island<\/a> floating in the sky.<\/p>\n

How did this miracle of nature come about?<\/h2>\n

Canteens are called mountains, the tops of which are not pointed, but flat, like a table. And their walls are almost vertical. Such mountains are typical of the Guiana Highlands, and here they are called tepui. They arose from the huge size of the sandstone plateau, which in ancient times stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the basins of three rivers: the Orinoco, the Amazon and the Rio Negro. Over the centuries, the plateau has been eroded and gradually destroyed.<\/p>\n

All that is left of him is tepui. It is possible that these mountains are the oldest on our planet. Roraima is the highest mesas in Venezuela. It seems that it is car<\/a>ved from a rock monolith. Its walls rise more than a thousa<\/a>nd meters above the Great Savannah. The highest point is at an altitude of 1810 m, huge cracks radiate from it.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Canaima National Park in Venezuela,<\/a> read our article. In addition to Mount Roraima, there are many other unique<\/a> attractions<\/a> here.<\/p>\n

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Venezuela accounts for three-quarters of the mountain, and it is here that the gentle slope is located<\/a>. This is where the climbs to Roraima begin. The rest<\/a> with steep slopes is located on the territory of two other countries<\/a>: Brazil and Guyana.<\/p>\n

Where the gods live<\/h2>\n

The table mountains turned out to be a convenient place for the gods to live. After all, translated from the local dialect, tepui means “house of the gods.” Mount Roraima has always been of particular importance to the inhabitants of the Great Savannah. And many myths and legends<\/a> were composed about it. According to one of the legends, it is believed that a huge tree grew on the site of the mountain, from which all the fruits on earth went. But one of the heroes of myths cut it down, leaving only a stump in the form of Mount Roraima. According to another legend, a goddess named Queen lived upstairs, from whom the human race began.<\/p>\n

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Roraima translates as “great blue-green mountain”. She has always been shrouded in mystery. Only a few daredevils tried to climb it. The indigenous people of the savannah do not do this, fearing the wrath of evil spirits. Moreover, these places<\/a> are called cursed. And there is a reason for this: the plateau constantly attracts lightning. The entire surface of the mountain is dotted with their blows.<\/p>\n

Visiting a fairy tale<\/h2>\n

Roraima is always surrounded by clouds, through which the outlines of the cliffs are visible. This amazing picture creates a certain mystery and excites the imagination of travel<\/a>ers.<\/p>\n

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At the top, the feeling that you are in a science fiction film, a fairy tale or on another planet does not leave. Everything looks so unreal. Rocks of the most unusual and amazing shapes amaze the imagination. Some of them look like strange mushrooms, others look like fairytale castle<\/a>s and unusual figures. Sometimes there are placers of stones that see<\/a>m to have arrived from other planets. Somewhere you can see huge crevices into which several rivers merge. Long streams of water fall from high rocks. Due to constant rains and high humidity, the surface of these rocks is covered with small algae, so they turn black. And where there are no algae, the true color of sandstone appears – bright pink. This gives the landscape an even more unrealist<\/a>ic look.<\/p>\n

One fifth of the plateau's surface is water. Rivers, the bottom of which sparkles with the radiance of rock crystal, puddles of an extraordinary bright pink color, clear lakes with clear water, peat bogs. There are even small ponds in the form of bathtubs and jacuzzis.<\/p>\n

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These cosmic landscapes have inspired many filmmakers to use them in films<\/a> and cartoons. Like, for example, Steven Spielberg, who filmed the science fiction film Jurassic Park on Roraima.<\/p>\n

When to go<\/h2>\n

The higher you climb the mountain, the colder and wetter it gets. In the mornings, the temperature can drop to 0 degrees, despite the warm tropical climate<\/a> below. It often rains on the plateau, sometimes for several days in a row. The rainy sea<\/a>son lasts from May to October<\/a>. During this period of time, there is a risk of seeing only fog on the mountain. But there are few tour<\/a>ists and many flowers, especially orchids.<\/p>\n