packing in Santa Elena |
Paraitepui-Pemon village-is starting point |
organizing Porters |
cloudfall between Kukenan and Roraima Tepuis |
forest patches with Kukenan behind |
crossing small river |
crossing savannah |
flowering vegetation |
Wadakapiopue Tepui |
Kukenan Tepui |
full Moon at Tök camp with Roraima behind |
Kukenan in morning light |
porters crossing river |
nearing to Roraima W-walls
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orchids
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flowering orchid |
Roraima walls |
Brochinnia reducta - carnivorous bromeliad |
blackberrys |
view to Kukenan Tepui |
Roraima cliff |
rainshower in the distance |
Kukenan in evening light |
Stegolepis guianensis flower with Roraima behind |
Stegolepis guianensis flower with Kukenan behind |
second night in base camp |
our guide while cooking |
Kukenan in evening light |
morning view to Kukenan |
orchid flower |
forest ascend to Roraimas rock wall |
lichens on the trees |
twinkling drops from rainy night |
forest ascend to Roraimas rock wall |
huge bromelia |
fog is developing fast |
small waterfall |
small waterfall |
approaching Roraimas cliffs |
below overhanging cliff |
below overhanging cliff |
view back to the base camp-lower right |
the trail crosses these waterfalls |
the only way to reach Roraimas top easily-a traverse cuts throug the cliff |
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most of the plants there are endemic |
view down from Roraimas plateau |
carnivorous sundew |
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patches of vegetation between eroded rock |
bromelia with cliffs and ascending trail below |
Roriama W-cliff with ascending route |
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patches of vegetation between eroded rock |
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typical landscape - patches of vegetation with water pools in between |
typical landscape - patches of vegetation with water pools in between |
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Heliamphora nutans flower |
view back to W-cliff |
'flying turtle' rock formation inmidst Bonnetia roraimae |
Beffaria imthurni flower |
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Stegolepis guianensis flower with Roraimas highest point behind |
rock formations on top of the plateau |
our first campsite on the plateau inside cliff caves - so called hoteles |
our campsite inside cliff caves - so called hoteles |
abundant quartz crystals are typical for some places on Roraimas plateau |
Bonnetia roraimae group
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Broccinia tatei |
deeper water ponds are called 'Jacuzzis' |
area with sand deposits |
overturned rock formation |
Broccinia tatei group |
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wind and cliff borders are often creating strange cloud shapes |
wind and cliff borders are often creating strange cloud shapes |
view from Roraimas main summit to Kukenan Tepui |
view from Roraimas main summit to our cliff 'hotel' |
view from Roraimas main summit to NE over the huge plateau |
view from cave below Roraimas main summit down to SW cliffs |
mirroring ponds at sunset |
colors of dusk, Kukenan Tepui to the right |
strong zodiacal light seen from ourcave 'hotel' |
morning view form our cave to Kukenan |
bizarre rock formations are typical for Roraima |
typical pond with vegetation |
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carnivorous Heliamphora nutans group |
carnivorous Heliamphora nutans group |
Roraima plateau under typical extreme climate - ever changing fog layers and sunpatches |
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bizarre rock formations are typical |
erosion live |
sphere shaped eroded rock |
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flowers with NW-cliff behind |
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vegetated swamps at the northern plateau |
'The Pit' sinkhole |
'The Pit' sinkhole with our group to the right |
entering 'The Pit' by a narrow canyon |
'The Pit' sinkhole from below with bizarre rock pillars |
'The Pit' sinkhole from below with bizarre rock pillars |
'The Pit' sinkhole from below |
'The Pit' sinkhole panorama from below with bizarre rock pillars |
'The Pit' with bizarre rock pillar forest |
rock formation covered with mosses |
leaving slot canyon |
rock formations near triple point (border of 3 countries)in typical fog |
rock formations under typical fog |
rock formations under typical fog |
climbing over rocks can be slippery when wet |
defying gravity |
flowering Tillandsi turneri |
Tillandsi turneri flower |
flowering Tillandsi turneri |
abundant sundew |
sundew group |
abundant sundew |
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Hotel coati cave - our campsite for the northern plateau |
coati cave narrows at its end |
evening light |
sunrise seen from NE cliff border |
smaller Tepuis under clouds to the E, seen from NE cliff border |
wind shaped cloud formation |
sunrise seen from NE cliff border |
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smaller Tepuis under clouds |
bizarre rock formation |
bizarre rock formation
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bizarre rock pillars |
small lake 'above the clouds' |
reaching totally lonesome cliff border |
Wei-assipu Tepui below |
Wei-assipu Tepui below |
panoramic view |
typical rock formation |
typical rock formation |
typical rock knobs |
typical rock arch |
typical rock formation |
typical rock formation |
tannic acid rich 'black' water |
tannic acid rich 'black' water |
Wei-assipu Tepui below |
NE-cliff with Guayana rainforest below |
impressive 'over the clouds' feeling at each cliffs overhanging border |
typical rock pillar landscape |
lake Gladys with Bonnetia roraimae |
lake Gladys with Bonnetia roraimae |
lake Gladys |
erosion valleys near 'The Prow' |
at the NW-cliff near 'The Prow' |
near The Prow' at Roraimas N-end with Fogbow and Aureole below |
view 1000m down to the rainforest while standing at the very edge |
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small waterfalls |
green color from algae and mosses |
small waterfalls |
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water gully |
fragile rock arch |
fragile rock arch |
multiple rock arches |
Heliamphora nutans flower |
Heliamphora nutans |
Heliamphora nutans |
Heliamphora nutans group |
backt to Hotel coati cave for a second night there |
typical rock pillar landscape |
Wei-assipu Tepui in evening light |
Wei-assipu Tepui in evening light |
cloud topped Tepui in dawn light |
storm shaped summit cloud in first sunlight |
storm shaped clouds in first sunlight |
storm shaped clouds in first sunlight |
sunrise view |
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Heliamphora nutans group |
area with more dense vegetation |
abundant quartz crystals filling the Crystal Valley |
abundant quartz crystals filling the Crystal Valley |
Brochinnia Tatei |
rock formations |
fragile rock formations |
rock formations |
Brochinnia Tatei |
Brochinnia Tatei |
near the NW cliff with Kukenan Tepui behind |
Heliamphora nutans colony |
Heliamphora nutans colony |
Heliamphora nutans colony |
beetle |
'Jacuzzi' ponds |
'Jacuzzi' ponds |
endemic black Frog 'plays dead', showing its yellow belly |
endemic black Frog |
person standing on Kukenan window |
foggy NW cliff near Kukenan window |
our group standing on Kukenan window |
Heliamphora nutans colony |
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Heliamphora nutans together with sundew |
dew laden spider web |
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Heliamphora nutans colony |
Heliamphora nutans with its typical flowers |
view from Kukenan window at sunrise |
view to Kukenan Tepui at sunrise
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panoramic view from Kukenan window |
Kukenan Tepui with cloudcovered rainforest |
Kukenan window with Kukenan Tepui behind |
view from Kukenan window |
Kukenan Tepui above clouds |
leaving Roraima, other porters behind |
Lizard at Tök camp |
leaf cutting ant |
leaf cutting ants |
ant carrying wood |
soldier ant |
Kukenan Tepui |
Roraima Tepui in sunset colors |
last night again in Tök camp |
Kukenan Tepui under Milky Way |
view back |
Rio Kama waterfall on the way back |