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Local guides at Kaieteur Falls in Guyana

The Potaro River drops 741ft over the Falls and they are said to be the most powerful single drop waterfall in the world, from the top of the Falls to the bottom of the gorge is actually 822ft which is five times the height of Niagara Falls. According to legend a Patomona chief named Kaie feared that his people were about to be attacked and likely killed or enslaved by a Carib war party so to appease the Great Spirit Makonaima, Kaie paddled his canoe over the Falls in the hope that his people would be saved. The Falls were then named in his honour ‘teur’ means falls in the Patomona language so Kaieteur literally means Kaie falls.

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Uploaded on April 1, 2014
Taken on January 25, 2014