Archive of month: October 2018

Photo taken at Monte Roraima

Hasta luego Roraima! What an incredible experience has been to visit such a unique place. One that has remained almost like it was since it formed billions of years ago. I just wish I could spend more time here to better explore the landscape and get to know native culture
6 years ago

Photo taken at Mount Roraima

Mount Roraima is home to unique endemic species. For instance here you can find a frog who didn’t evolve to jump, simply because it didn’t have to in order to survive. Don’t let your eye be tricked by this macro shot: they are really really small, around half the size of a thumb
6 years ago

Photo taken at Mont Roraima

In our trek to Roraima we are guided and assisted by a group of natives from Paraitepuy. They belong to the Taurepan ethnicity, a group of the indigenous people commonly known as Pemon (a word that simply means “people” in their language). Their relationships with the mountain is one of respect and worshiping: “Roraima is the Mother of everything, the Home of the spirits, who give us life with its infinite source of water
6 years ago

Photo taken at Mount Roraima

One of the most popular monument to water found in Roraima tepui are the so-called Jacuzzis, a special place in which over the centuries, the flow of water has formed a series of natural pools in the rocks filled with quartz crystals. They form a unique oasis of charm and energy
6 years ago

Photo taken at Mount Roraima

Cascadas de la Catedral is one of the most beautiful spot on Mount Roraima. Here you can bath on what is probably the purest water on the planet
6 years ago

Photo taken at Roraima-Tepui

At 2800m Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America. Once you get on the top it feels like discovering a new planet. Almost the entire surface of the summit is bare sandstone, with only a few small rare plant and algae showing up between the rocks
6 years ago

Photo taken at Mount Roraima

Day 3 of the trek. Despite the rain and the incessant water that was following along the steep path, we were able to complete the last part of the ascent and get to the edge of Mount Roraima. It was like landing on another planet
6 years ago