Canoes on Canon del diablo (rio Carrao) to Angel falls (world's highest waterfall, höchster Wasserfall der Welt, la cascada más alta del mundo, più alta cascata del mondo, a cachoeira a mais elevada do mundo, 世界で最も高い滝 : 979 m)
El Salto Ángel o Kerekupai-merú es el salto de agua más alto del mundo con cerca de 978 m de altura de los cuales 807 m son de caída ininterrumpida. La catarata o cascada está ubicada en el estado Bolívar, Venezuela.
Fue avistada en 1910 por el explorador Ernesto Sánchez La Cruz aunque su "descubrimiento" oficial se atribuye al aviador James Crawford Angel, quien la mostró al mundo en el año 1937 luego de haber aterrizado en la cima del Auyan Tepui cuando buscaba oro en la zona.
Ernesto Sánchez La Cruz no sólo descubrió el Salto Angel sino que hizo otros descubrimientos; a veces se internaba en la selva por períodos de 3 o 4 meses. Él hizo la notificación del hallazgo del Salto Angel al Ministerio de Minas e Hidrocarburos y años después fue llamado para reconocerlo como el verdadero descubridor, a lo que él contestó "a quién Dios se lo dé, San Pedro se lo bendiga" ya que muchos años antes de que Jimmy Angel hubiese avistado al Salto Angel, Sánchez La Cruz había depositado los planos de la ruta para llegar al salto en la Casa Blohm, en Ciudad Bolívar.
Angel Falls or Salto Ángel is the world's highest free-falling waterfall at 979 m (3,212 ft) with an uninterrupted drop of 807 m (2,648 ft). It is situated in the river Churún, an affluent of the Carrao. Tourists sometimes refer to this strech of the river as the Auyan Tepui river. The river that culminates in the drop is the Kerepakupai-merú, in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela at 5°58′03″N, 62°32′08″W.
In the indigenous Pemón language Kerepakupai-merú means "waterfall of the deepest place". The falls is also referred to as Churún-merú, an error, since that name corresponds to another waterfall within the Canaima National Park. Churún in indigenous Pemón language means "thunder".
Although sighted in the early 20th century by the explorer Ernesto Sanchez La Cruz, the waterfall was not known to the Western world until it was visited in 1933 by the American aviator, James Crawford Angel, on a flight whilst searching for a valuable ore bed. In 1936, he returned and landed his plane at the top of the waterfall. The falls are currently named "Angel Falls" after him; interestingly enough, the indigenous name for the falls was "Devil's Mouth".
Angel's Falamingo monoplane settled down into the marshy ground atop Auyan-tepui and remained there for 33 years before being lifted out by a helicopter. Jimmy Angel and his three companions managed to descend the tepui and make their way back to civilization in 11 days. Jimmy Angel's plane sits in the Aviation Museum in Maracay; the one you may be able to glimpse on the top of the tepui is a replica.
The official height was determined by a National Geographic Society survey in 1949 (see Jungle Journey to the World's Highest Waterfall by Ruth Robertson). David Nott's book, Angels Four, chronicles the first successful climb up the face of Auyan Tepui (Devil's Mountain) to the top of the falls. The falls are one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions.
Angel Falls is located in the wilderness of Venezuela, and a trip to the falls is not a simple affair. An air flight is required. Trips to the falls are sold in a package that includes a plane flight from Caracas or Ciudad Bolívar to Canaima (the town which acts as an entry point to the national park), and subsequent boat trips, meals, and boarding, required to reach the falls. It is also possible to purchase a package that includes an aerial flyby of the falls. The falls cannot be seen on cloudy days, and there is no guarantee a visitor will see them. During the dry season (December to March) there is less water than what is seen in some photos, but it also more likely that the top will not be clouded. The entire trip usually takes 24 hours.
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