Which Venezuelan national park contains Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall? The answer is Canaima National Park.
Canaima National Park occupies roughly 30,000 square kilometres in southeastern Venezuela’s Bolívar State. It contains Auyán-tepui, a massive tabletop mountain from whose summit Angel Falls plunges. The waterfall has a total height of about 979 metres, including a continuous free-fall section of roughly 807 metres, making it the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall.
The falls are known locally as Kerepakupai Merú, a Pemon name often translated as “waterfall of the deepest place.” The Pemon people have longstanding cultural relationships with the park’s tepuis, which are ancient sandstone plateaus with steep cliffs and highly distinctive ecosystems.
Canaima was established in 1962 and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. A common mix-up is confusing Angel Falls with the park itself: Angel Falls is the landmark waterfall, Auyán-tepui is the mountain, and Canaima is the protected national park containing them.