Ian Lambert
Canaima Lagoon
Explore, 24th June 2008.
One of the most beautiful places in Venezuela is Canaima lagoon and its surroundings. The lagoon is fed by several small water falls: Hacha, Wadaima, Golondrina and Ucaima. On the back you can see 3 "tepuy", the flat top mountains, that distinguish this region of Venezuela, they are called Nonoy-Tepuy ("Zamuro" or Vulture), Kuravaina-Tepuy ("Venado" or Deer) and Topochi-Tepuy ("Cerbatana" or Blowpipe).
A few people have mentioned the colour of the water in the main waterfall, this is in part, due to the natural abundance of minerals, the water takes a red color, however, there was blue skies to the right of this scene. with some sunshine, so the redish colour, is from a combination of both the waters natural colour and some reflection from the sun.
Thank you all for your comments. I feel very privileged to have visited such a special place.
There have been scenes from several Hollywood blockbusters filmed around the Canaima Lagoon over the years. One of the waterfalls was used as the hiding place in the Last Of The Mohicans, Dragonfly had scences filmed here as did the first Jurassic Park film.
Canaima Lagoon
Explore, 24th June 2008.
One of the most beautiful places in Venezuela is Canaima lagoon and its surroundings. The lagoon is fed by several small water falls: Hacha, Wadaima, Golondrina and Ucaima. On the back you can see 3 "tepuy", the flat top mountains, that distinguish this region of Venezuela, they are called Nonoy-Tepuy ("Zamuro" or Vulture), Kuravaina-Tepuy ("Venado" or Deer) and Topochi-Tepuy ("Cerbatana" or Blowpipe).
A few people have mentioned the colour of the water in the main waterfall, this is in part, due to the natural abundance of minerals, the water takes a red color, however, there was blue skies to the right of this scene. with some sunshine, so the redish colour, is from a combination of both the waters natural colour and some reflection from the sun.
Thank you all for your comments. I feel very privileged to have visited such a special place.
There have been scenes from several Hollywood blockbusters filmed around the Canaima Lagoon over the years. One of the waterfalls was used as the hiding place in the Last Of The Mohicans, Dragonfly had scences filmed here as did the first Jurassic Park film.