DarioCarrera
Adventurer
A group of friends decided to take a few days to Visit Gran Sabana in southern Venezuela. A sight worth sharing...
A few days roaming Gran Sabana, Venezuela
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Maxcustody
Explorer
Beautiful pictures!!!!!!!
DiploStrat
Expedition Leader
¿Y Los Bichos?
Love that part of Venezuela. Sadly, I could only do it on an organized tour, not with my own vehicle.
Love that part of Venezuela. Sadly, I could only do it on an organized tour, not with my own vehicle.
DarioCarrera
Adventurer
Organized tour have some advantages, generally speaking all the logistics (food,lodging) is already taken care of. Using your own vechicle is better (to me) because of the freedom of choice to go (or stay) anywhere at anytime. I hope you enjoyed your tour. Hopefully someday we Venezuelans will understand the true value of tourism and treat tourists better... In any case I hope you enjoyed it.
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UK4X4
Expedition Leader
Last pic is kukenian tepui on the left and Roriama on the right which is the border of venezuela-guyana and brazil
from the pic it looks like you were pretty close to the start point for the hike- its a 4-5 day round trip from the nearest village to the top and back
Gran sabana is one of my favorite places on the planet, remote empty beautiful and in the most part unspoilt only the odd polar can on the trails.
there are two types of rivers....clear- with mosquitos....and brown tannic acid with none, try and camp by the brown ones.....
Pemon indians are the indigenous peoples, who live on all sides of the borders, some even speak english if they spent time on the Guyana side.
The huts you see are spaced out across the whole area, churatas, often you camp by them go to sleep and wake up with a Pemon family hanging inside where they arrived after dark and on their way to visit family in other areas, a sort of network of overnight stops to shelter from the common rain storms.
Nothing wrong with the tourist trips....just the driving speeds !, they hit most of the main points close to Sta Elena de Uairen.
But I think the best campsites are the ones it takes a day to get to from the main road, on trails and across the multiple rivers.
Hopefully soon the situation in Venezuela changes and tourists can return in safety to a country full of wonders and great people !
from the pic it looks like you were pretty close to the start point for the hike- its a 4-5 day round trip from the nearest village to the top and back
Gran sabana is one of my favorite places on the planet, remote empty beautiful and in the most part unspoilt only the odd polar can on the trails.
there are two types of rivers....clear- with mosquitos....and brown tannic acid with none, try and camp by the brown ones.....
Pemon indians are the indigenous peoples, who live on all sides of the borders, some even speak english if they spent time on the Guyana side.
The huts you see are spaced out across the whole area, churatas, often you camp by them go to sleep and wake up with a Pemon family hanging inside where they arrived after dark and on their way to visit family in other areas, a sort of network of overnight stops to shelter from the common rain storms.
Nothing wrong with the tourist trips....just the driving speeds !, they hit most of the main points close to Sta Elena de Uairen.
But I think the best campsites are the ones it takes a day to get to from the main road, on trails and across the multiple rivers.
Hopefully soon the situation in Venezuela changes and tourists can return in safety to a country full of wonders and great people !
marklesterphotographer
New member
I'm sure the reason is there, but why are the campers bon top of vehicles?
DarioCarrera
Adventurer
The problem with tourism is simply that we´ve always been a country that lived off the oil we produced, therefore we cared little for many other industries. We Venezuelans are very welcoming, very friendly and always happy to accommodate our visitors. However the tourism industry has not evolved in a long time, our concept of service is dated, so when you visit Venezuela, and have visited other countries in the region, the difference in service is noticeable.
With Venezuela, the country as a whole, we,re going through a political, social, and economic turmoil. We have a long road to recovery ahead (Provided certain changes occur in the near future) I will not get into political discussions regarding the topic, but many changes need to occur SOON.
By no means, I would say to anyone not to come to Venezuela, In fact I would love all of my fellow overlanders and adventurers to visit us. My recommendation would be to do so knowing that the country is not going through is best time at the moment.
Scott Brady
Founder
Beautiful country. I look forward to being in that part of the world this December.
DarioCarrera
Adventurer
Scott If you come to Venezuela let me know and we'll glady help out in any way we can.
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DiploStrat
Expedition Leader
Friends and Enemies
Ojalá regreso algún dia, pero no creo que Nicky jamas me da una visa. ;-(
¿A proposito, donde estará Freddie Bernal en estos días?
Ojalá regreso algún dia, pero no creo que Nicky jamas me da una visa. ;-(
¿A proposito, donde estará Freddie Bernal en estos días?
DarioCarrera
Adventurer
Hopefully you can come back.
As for F. bernal, i believe he's still in the National Assembly. I stopped following our politics a while back.
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DiploStrat
Expedition Leader
Wise choice. One day I will tell you about lunch with Freddie when he was a mayor.
In the meantime, check out Biella Da Costa: http://www.bielladacosta.com Alvaro Falcon was a good friend and guitar teacher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1CFpGuhh64