Wow, Wow, Wow. Angel falls was absolutely stunning. The day begins with a flight from the local airport here into the jungle which forms part of the protected area called Canaima. The airstrip is basically a clearing in the jungle, big enough to take a six seater plane. The 'terminal' has a palm thatched roof so that gives you and idea of how small it is. We had three local Pemon Indians as our guide. The first day consists of exploring some of the waterfalls near the base camp by motorised canoe. Although the falls are pretty big, you get to walk under and through them. The pressure absolutely pounds you but it's great fun. Day two, we make an early start for the six hour journey by boat and foot to the site of Angel Falls. It's named after the American pilot Jimmy Angel whose plane crashed in the region in 1937 and he was the first person to find the falls. The whole region could be a scene from Jurasic Park. We half expected a few dinosaurs to pop out. Although we didn't get to see any, we did see plenty of other wildlife including the biggest spider you have ever seen, about 6 inches long, the venomous wolf spider. A little snack along the way were the termites from a nest we found. They're quite minty! After a long trek, including quite a few rapids we arrived at Angel Falls. Just under a kilometre high (two thirds of a mile) it was quite amazing. We were able to climb part way up to where it forms a pool at the bottom. Jumping in and swimming at the foot of the fall with cloud covered mountain tops all around will take some beating. We had a camp in the forest and just made it back before dark. Hanging around hundreds of miles from anywhere in the jungle was not our idea of fun especially as we were fodder for the mosquitos and whatever else was lurking. Bed was a hammock slung between two posts. A 6am start the next day had us back at the airfield ready for our return flight back to Bolivar.