/countries/show/venezuela/1.rss en-us Take in the feeling of utter awe when you visit the Salto Angel falls. Indigenously known as Parekupa-meru, which means falls to the deepest place, these falls drop an astounding 2,648ft, making it the worlds tallest free falling fresh water waterfall. Taking a trek to see this natural wonder will require some moderate hiking and maneuvering through the Canaima National Park terrain located in Bolivar State, Venezuela. The effort is well worth it for that moment when you and your traveling companions make it to the base of Angel Falls, and plunge your body, mind and senses into the cool currents being churned out into the Churun River. The scenery is beyond striking. Above you, a vertical cliff of Auyan-Tepui Mesa, and below lush wild rain forest, imparting a feeling of harmonious balance between two such extremes. The namesake for the falls comes from its discoverer, adventurer pilot James Crawford Angel, who stumbled upon the falls in search of an ore bed November 15, 1933. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:24:01 +0000 http://www.thecircumference.org/experiences/angel-falls http://www.thecircumference.org/experiences/angel-falls