Angel Falls

In 1935, American pilot Jimmy Angel was flying over the mountains of Venezuela, in search of gold. When he found himself on theDevil's Mountain, saw some waterfalls. After two years he returned to look at them more closely. However, the plane which was flying, crashed and got stuck in a swamp. Angel and his companion for eleven days struggling through the jungle to reach thewaterfalls. Jimmy Angel did not find gold, he discovered the world's highest waterfall, which was later called his name.


Water Angel Falls, eighteen times higher than Niagara, falls from a height of 1054 m.


The first drop from the edge of the cliff to the rocky shelf, is 807 m, the second - from the rocky protrusion into the pool with a width of 152 foot of him - a further 172 m.


Tropical forest around the waterfall is so dense that the area is virtually inaccessible. During the rainy season when water levels in rivers rises significantly, you can get there by boat. During the rest of the year, the waterfall can be seen only from the ground.


Devil's Island, called by the Indians Auyan Tepui, a massive table top or plateau, were probably 65 million years ago as a result ofvertical crustal movements. Under the influence of climatic factors has eroded edge of the massif, and a visible trace of thenumerous cracks and fissures, which during the rainy season water flows.