27 Nov 2010
Daybreak atop Roraima
What a stunning place to wake up! Just outside my tent this is what I saw - the great wall of the neighbouring Kukenan tepui. Every minute the light, shadows…
26 Nov 2010
Tillandsia turneri
Tillandsia turneri is an endemic epiphyte that can be seen in large numbers on tree branches, but also on the ground like this one. Native range is the Guyana…
26 Nov 2010
Connellia quelchii
This was only flowering connellia quelchii I could find, and it was growing in a very inaccessible location high on a boulder on the edge of Roraima facing…
26 Nov 2010
Roraima in the clouds
It takes several days to walk to Roraima in the scorching sun on the highland named Gran Sabana. The last day a steep and hard climb to the top of the…
26 Nov 2010
Kukenan in the clouds
Finally arrived at the "hotel", after a very wet hike up. Now the high clouds are dissolving, and the lower clouds manifest in the heat of the emerging sun.…
26 Nov 2010
Almost on top of Roraima
This was the third day of the Roraima trek. The morning started with a light shower. Unfortunately it lasted for many hours, and we just had to make our way to…
25 Nov 2010
Roraima fireflies
Base camp turned out be quite a spectacle after dark, as the fireflies here were abundant and glowed - yellow! On the savanna the light was blue, and the…
25 Nov 2010
Roraima the rainmaker
This from the deep of the montane forest surrounding the sheer cliffs of Roraima. Without the mountain there would be no forest or streams! It might feel a bit…
25 Nov 2010
The towering wall of Roraima
Closing in on base camp, Roraima seemed lik an insurmountable wall going on forever as it disappeared into the clouds. How to climb this monster?