The tepuis (table mountains) of Venezuela are pretty remote. But you can drive to the area and see them and be suitably stunned. They are truly amazing, and worth the trip (an hour-long plane ride from Caracas and then a nine-hour drive got me there, so we are not talking an easy bit).
But we went further, helicoptering 50km from where we could drive, and got to see them from the air.
This pic is Chimantá Tepui in the foreground, looking at a couple tepuis in the background that I don't know the names of. Doesn't do justice to what is was actually like being in the helicopter seeing this stuff, but maybe you get the idea of how grand this landscape is. And of note, there is a 1,000-foot cliff at the edge of the foreground, as that is not the top of a typical hill.
But we went further, helicoptering 50km from where we could drive, and got to see them from the air.
This pic is Chimantá Tepui in the foreground, looking at a couple tepuis in the background that I don't know the names of. Doesn't do justice to what is was actually like being in the helicopter seeing this stuff, but maybe you get the idea of how grand this landscape is. And of note, there is a 1,000-foot cliff at the edge of the foreground, as that is not the top of a typical hill.
View from Chimantá tepui in a helicopter
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