Deep in the Venezuelan Amazon

Venezuela Special feature

In the southernmost part of Venezuela lies 70,000 square miles of thick Amazon rainforest. Venezuela has it all, large buzzing South American cities, the tallest waterfalls in the world (Angel Falls), Andes peaks and Amazon jungle; not forgetting the longest stretch of Caribbean coastline in any one country. Up the river Caura, no less than a six hour boat ride later, meet the first indigenous communities that live in the Venezuelan Amazon. Easyvoyage travels to the rainforest and learns about the traditions of the Makiritare Tribe.

Contents

• 1

  Caura El Rio Negro

  
• 2

  The Conuco

  
• 3

  Yucca (manioc)

  
• 4

  The day's reap

  
• 5

  Hunting birds

  
• 6

  Tradition and technology cohabit here

  
• 7

  A community of sailors

  
• 8

  Amazonian schooling

  
• 9

  Community life

  
• 10

  Churuata: tree of life, stairway to the sky...