Angel Falls - the highest waterfall in the world svobodnopadayuschie. It is located in the highlands of Guyana in Venezuela Carrao River, which is one of the tributaries of the Orinoco. With the Spanish name of the waterfall means "Angel."

Since ancient times, local Indian tribes called the waterfall Churun-Meru ("waterfall of the deepest place"), a plateau from which it falls - Auyan-tepui, which translates as "Mountain of the Devil", because of the constant heavy fog, which it is enveloped .

In 1910, the waterfall was discovered by Spanish explorer Ernesto Sanchos La Cruz, but gained international fame thanks to the American pilot and gold miners Dzheimsu Angela Crawford.

In 1949 he was sent to the waterfall of the National Geographic expedition community in the US, which defined the basic parameters of the Angel. And in 1993, UNESCO made waterfall in the World Heritage List. Now Angel is in the Canaima National Park and is considered the main attraction of Venezuela.

The waterfall is surrounded by tropical forests and special road to it is not. Therefore, tourists are taken to the Angel in the air in a light aircraft or on the water in a canoe with a motor. The most desperate thrill seekers can jump from the edge of the plateau on a hang glider. The starting point for tours to the waterfall is a small settlement of Canaima. With the influx of tourists the town has changed, there were several hotel complexes, restaurants and souvenir shops.