EARTH DISCOVEr Travel
Unesco World Heritage National Park Canaima - Venezuela
Welcome to Venezuela
"HOLA". Welcome by Earth Discover Travel. During the last 34 years we practice Adventure Travel, Eco Tourism, Trekking and Expeditions in a unique place on Earth, the UNESCO World Heritage Place, the National Park Canaima, located in the south east of Venezuela.
Other destinations has been Sarisariniama, the Pico Da Neblina in the Northern Part of Brazil, Table Mountains in the Amazon Region and its habitants the Yanomamies. We followed the steps of Alexander Humboldt and navigate from Orinoco River, following the Casiquiare and Rio Negro until to reach the Amazon Basin.
Take your time and enjoy the Lost World of Table Mountains “Tepui’s” with its amazing waterfalls. Join us how we Explorer the oldest geological formation on earth, as well as, Indian Culture and the diversity of the tropical fauna and flora.
Pan Tepui Region
Short Version
Location: Phytogeographic province of Guayana Highlands, mainly in southern Venezuela, and as well in north-western Guyana and northernmost Brazil, between latitudes 0°-7°N and longitudes 60°-67°W.
Area: Province covers 6000-7000 km².
Altitude: . 1300-3015 m.
Vegetation: Upper montane evergreen tall forest, upper montane evergreen low forest ("tepui" forest), evergreen tepui scrub, tepui fields, open-rock pioneer vegetation.
Flora: Very high diversity (probably c. 3000 spp.), very high endemism of genera and species, with large number of disjunct taxa of tropical montane and extra-tropical floras.
Useful plants: Plant resources other than ornamentals yet to be utilized, but undoubtedly potentially rich in genetic resources.
Other values: Fauna refuge, endemic animals; watershed protection for drinking water and hydroelectric energy; tourist attraction.
Threats: Increasing tourist pressure, roads, airstrips; over-collecting; mining; fire.
Conservation: 6 National Parks, 28 Natural Monuments and 1 Biosphere Reserve cover this province in Venezuela.
Tepui's or Table Mountains
The mountains belong to one of the earth’s oldest geologic formations, the „Guayana Shield“ dating back to the Precambrian Era, some two billion years ago. As the climate on their plateaus differs so much from the climate of the surrounding areas the flora and fauna on the plateaus got isolated and as a consequence many of the tepuis developed their own species in a kind of microevolution. Beeing on top of a table mountain (tepui) and exploring its surface is one of the most memorable experiences of people’s lives. One small step onto a Tepui’s surface is one giant leap onto another planet. It’s the Earth, but not as we know it.
