Mount Roraima

Mount Roraima - the highest plateau in the chain Pacaraima Tepui in South America. First described the mountain English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1596. The area of ​​its top is 31 km.km, and on all sides to protect her 400-meter cliffs.

On the mountain the borders of three countries - Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. Reports on the expedition to the area of ​​the mountain inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write the novel "The Lost World". And over the Roraima constantly hanging large cloud.

































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