Canaima National Park-the Gran Sabana - Venezuela: The Auyan Tepuy Mountain An Icon Of The National Park Stock Image

The savanna spreads into the regions of the Guiana Highlands and south-east into Bolívar State, extending further to the borders with Brazil and Guyana. The Gran Sabana has an area of 10,820 km2 4,180 sq mi and is part of the second largest National Park in Venezuela, the Canaima National Park. The location offers one of the most unusual landscapes in the world, with rivers, waterfalls and gorges, deep and vast valleys, impenetrable jungles and savannahs that host large numbers and varieties of plant species, a diverse fauna and the isolated table-top mesas locally known as Tepuys. Currently, the Gran Sabana remains a place of high ecological value. UNESCO, proclaimed Canaima National Park a World Heritage Site in 1994.