Blogs from Canaima National Park, Guayana, Venezuela, South America - page 3

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We arrived in Cuidad Bolivar tired, confused and in bad need of a long shower! We had left Merida at around lunch time on the 18th of June and it took over 24 hours to arrived in Cuidad Bolivar. First a 4 hour bus ride from Merida to a town called Barinas..... then a VERY hot and sweaty 5 hour wait in a really dodgy bus station in Barinas, which we had to sprint across a duel carriage way to catch (it was either run like the wind or wait until the following day!)......followed by 14 hours on the world´s coldest bus to Cuidad Bolivar. We thought we came prepared for the bus trip this time! We brought extra socks, fleeces and even used towels as blankets but no joy.... we were still freezing!!! And to ... read more

With the financial meltdown diverted, we are now onto ANGEL FALLS! To our pleasant surprise, the tour we paid for turned out to be legitimate and actually quite nice. After the drama with the slimy tourist guys, we felt a little anxious that we were still being ripped off, but decided to just go with it and crossed our fingers and toes for the best. We caught an overnight bus from Caracas to Ciudad Bolivar at 9:30pm, and caught a flight to Canaima National Park early the next morning. The plane was a little 6 seater and because it was a clear and sunny day, we were treated to an awesome view of Venezuelan countryside. It was so beautiful and lush! Upon arrival at Camp Wey Tupuy, we were debriefed and told to pack ourselves a ... read more

Our first organised trip was to Angel Falls. We had to get a mini bus to a place called Paragua (it kept the price down) & then we got in a 6 seater plane to take us to Canaima. It only took 25 minutes. Thank goodness. I felt sick as a dog afterwards! It didn´t help that the pilot read a newspaper whilst flying the plane! Everyone else lunched at Canaima, I was too busy feeling sorry for myself to eat, then into a boat for the start of our trip. We went close to the bottom of 3 waterfalls & felt the cool spray on our faces, beautiful. Then out the boat for a walk where Jurassic Park was filmed. We walked underneath one of the waterfalls. Very exhillerating, we looked like drowned rats. By ... read more

We arranged our trip to Angel Falls at Cuidad Bolivar airport. Walter Bernal (junior) at Sapito Tours was very friendly and we got a much better price than that offered through Dragoman. We arrived at the airport on the morning of departure at 7 am as requested. But we didn't actually leave until 9 am. Ourselves and one other squeezed into a little plane crammed with a cargo of toilet paper and Coca Cola .. only the essentials. It was just over an hour away and we had a wonderful view of table top mountains. Arriving at Canaima we had a fantastic view of the beautiful and magnificent waterfalls there. We were happy when the old plane finally touched down having spent some of the trip wondering if it would rattle apart. Our guide was Jose ... read more