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The Gran Sabana is one of the major natural attractions in Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
 and is located in the south of Bolívar State on the Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
n-Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
ian border, approximately 1,400 km from Caracas
Caracas

Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....
. The area has a tropical
Tropics

The Tropics, seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23?26' N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23?26' S latitude....
 humid climate
Climate

Climate encompasses the temperatures, humidity, atmospheric pressure, winds, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other Meteorology elements in a given region over long periods of time, as opposed to the term weather, which refers to current activity of these same elements....
 with an average temperature of 28 °C, but at night it can go down to 13 °C. The Gran Sabana lies on a plateau with a mean altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level and is dotted with huge table-top mountains called tepui
Tepui

A Tepui is a table-top mountain found only in the Guayana Shield of South America, especially in Venezuela. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who inhabit the La Gran Sabana....
s, which rise dramatically from the surrounding plains.






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The Gran Sabana is one of the major natural attractions in Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
 and is located in the south of Bolívar State on the Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
n-Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
ian border, approximately 1,400 km from Caracas
Caracas

Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....
. The area has a tropical
Tropics

The Tropics, seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23?26' N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23?26' S latitude....
 humid climate
Climate

Climate encompasses the temperatures, humidity, atmospheric pressure, winds, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other Meteorology elements in a given region over long periods of time, as opposed to the term weather, which refers to current activity of these same elements....
 with an average temperature of 28 °C, but at night it can go down to 13 °C. The Gran Sabana lies on a plateau with a mean altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level and is dotted with huge table-top mountains called tepui
Tepui

A Tepui is a table-top mountain found only in the Guayana Shield of South America, especially in Venezuela. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who inhabit the La Gran Sabana....
s, which rise dramatically from the surrounding plains. Mount Roraima
Monte Roraima

Mount Roraima , is the highest of a group of table-top mountains, known as tepuis, in the La Gran Sabana region of South America. Its 50 km2 summit area, which is defended by 400 metre or higher cliffs on all sides, includes the triple border point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana....
 is the tallest of the tepui
Tepui

A Tepui is a table-top mountain found only in the Guayana Shield of South America, especially in Venezuela. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who inhabit the La Gran Sabana....
s at 2,810 meters above sea level. It also marks the triple border point for Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
, Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 and Guyana
Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America....
.
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The most important town in the region is Santa Elena de Uairen, the municipal capital, which is 5 kilometers from the Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
n-Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
ian border. It has a population of approximately 12,000 inhabitants. The region is inhabited by several indigenous groups
Indigenous peoples

File:Kaiapos.jpegThe term indigenous peoples or autochthonous peoples can be used to describe any ethnic group of people who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known historical connection, alongside immigrants which have populated the region and which are greater in number....
, including the Pemon, who are the most numerous. Canaima National Park
Canaima National Park

Canaima National Park is a 30,000 km? park in south-eastern Venezuela that borders Brazil and Guyana. It is located in the state of Bol?var State, and roughly occupies the same area as the La Gran Sabana region....
, which was created by a decree on the 12th of June, 1962, encompasses most of the Gran Sabana but the areas do not exactly match. In 1975 the Canaima National Park
Canaima National Park

Canaima National Park is a 30,000 km? park in south-eastern Venezuela that borders Brazil and Guyana. It is located in the state of Bol?var State, and roughly occupies the same area as the La Gran Sabana region....
 was extended from the original 10,000 km˛ to 30,000 km˛, making it the sixth largest national park in the world.

The main attractions for visitors to the region are Angel Falls
Angel Falls

Angel Falls is the world's highest waterfall at 979 m , with a clear drop of 807 m . It is located in the Canaima National Park, in the La Gran Sabana region of Bolivar State, Venezuela....
, the world's highest waterfall, Mount Roraima
Monte Roraima

Mount Roraima , is the highest of a group of table-top mountains, known as tepuis, in the La Gran Sabana region of South America. Its 50 km2 summit area, which is defended by 400 metre or higher cliffs on all sides, includes the triple border point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana....
, the mountain which inspired Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Deputy Lieutenant was a Scotland author most noted for his stories about the Detective fiction Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger....
's 1912 novel The Lost World
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 in literature by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in Venezuela where prehistoric animals still survive....
, and the many other mountains and waterfalls.

Flora and fauna

The area contains a number of unique plant species that have adapted to the specific and sometimes harsh environment of the area.

Access

To get to la Gran Sabana by road one must go by the tarmac road from El Dorado
El Dorado, Venezuela

El Dorado is a small town on eastern Venezuela, it is the second largest town in the municipality of Sifontes Municipality. The capital of the municipality is Tumeremo....
 to Brazil. Alternatively, one can fly to Santa Elena de Uairen. To access the best attractions, one would take a 4x4. Kavak can only be reached by air.