Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the Canaima National Park, a UNESCO Heritage site in the Gran Sabana region of BolÃvar State. The height figure 979 m (3,212 ft) mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about 400 m (0.25 mi) of sloped cascades and rapids below the drop and a 30-metre (98 ft) high plunge downstream of the talus rapids.
The height of fall is so great that before reaching the ground, water is sprayed on the smallest particles and turns into mist. Fog can be felt even a few kilometers from the Falls!
Angel Falls is one of Venezuela’s top tourist attractions, though a trip to the falls is a complicated affair. The falls are located in an isolated jungle. A flight from Puerto Ordaz or Ciudad BolÃvar is required to reach Canaima camp, the starting point for river trips to the base of the falls. River trips generally take place from June to December, when the rivers are deep enough for the wooden curiaras used by the Pemon guides. During the dry season (December to March) there is less water seen than in the other months (This can be clearly seen in the photos of the falls above).
Falling water stream enters a river Kerep. Get to the falls is not easy, as it is located in a dense tropical forest. And there are no roads leading to it. You can get there only by air or river. Tours of the Falls sold kits and include flight from Caracas or Ciudad Bolivar to Canaima, subsequent trip on the water, food and other things necessary to visit a waterfall.
Angel Falls falls from the top of the flat mountain called natives ” tepuy .” Flat mountain called Auyan Tepuy ( Devil’s Mountain ) – one of more than a hundred like her scattered at the Guiana Highlands in southeastern Venezuela. These slumbering giants characterized by its massive heights soaring to the sky , with flat tops and vertical slopes completely . Tepuy , also called ” mesas ” (which accurately describes their shape ) , formed of sandstone billions of years ago . Their vertical slopes continuously destroyed by torrential rains coming on the Guiana Highlands .
Angel Falls also inspired the setting of the Disney animated film Up (2009) although, in the film, the location was called Paradise Falls instead of Angel Falls. It also makes a small appearance in the Disney film Dinosaur, as well as the 1990 film Arachnophobia.
Angel Falls is located in the Guayana highlands, and it is just one of the five great adventure regions in Venezuela. The water comes in a free fall of 979 meters from the Churum river hovering of the edge of the “Auyantepuy” Table mountain, this the largest Tepuy (table mountain) in Canaima Venezuela. This height makes it the highest waterfall in the world.
Angel Falls is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls with its total of approximately 52 meters.
This fall is named for Jimmy Angel, an adventurous pilot from Missouri, United States, who flew to the air circus Lindberg. James Crawford Angel (Jimmy Angel) is a modern legend. He saw the waterfall for the first time in 1933 with his partner while searching for the legendary McCracken River of Gold, or the Golden City.