For a week, one of the world's most precious green lungs has been burning. The Canaima National Park in Venezuela's southern Bolivar State, has been blazing out of control. A combination of drought, ...

Rolando Garcia led his first group of trekkers to the top of 9,220-foot Mount Roraima in 1983, while he was still a teenager. He would go on to summit the mountain, the highest point in Venezuela’s ...

1. Political parties such as the Colorado Party and the Blanco Party are important in what country, the second-smallest in area in South America? 2. Despite recent nuclear tests by North Korea, the ...

Imagine standing in front of something almost otherworldly — a river plunging nearly a kilometer through dense jungle air, ...

Taking the temperature of summer travelOur shop sells the world. The world doesn't always make it easy. How to be a better salespersonByrd Bergeron and Steven Gould say travel advisors tend to focus ...

Four islands, four approaches to AirbnbAs municipalities around the world move to restrict vacation rentals, tourism-dependent countries in the Caribbean craft more... Training translates to salesA ...

Today, we left Canaima National Park chasing our dream as we pointed in the direction of Angel Falls. While the day before we were in dugout canoes for ten minutes, arriving at the trail-head to Angel ...

In the movie "Jurassic Park," a scientist mutters in disbelief as she holds a prehistoric leaf -- until her first look at a herd of brontosauruses leaves her speechless. No dinosaurs here. But ...

The Bureau recalled the fact that the Committee, when it inscribed this site on the World Heritage List in 1994, requested that IUCN and the State Party discuss and agree upon boundaries for the World ...

Canaima National Park is spread over 3 million ha in south-eastern Venezuela along the border between Guyana and Brazil. Roughly 65% of the park is covered by table mountain (tepui) formations. The ...

The Canaima National Park stretches across the Guyana Highlands in south-eastern Venezuela. More than 100 flat-topped table mountains can be found here... The Angel Falls cascade down a 2560 ...