Canaima National Park occupies about three million hectares in southeastern Venezuela, in Bolívar State near the borders with Guyana and Brazil. The scale matters: this is not a compact viewpoint around one waterfall but a vast landscape of table mountains, savannas, forests, rivers and wetlands. UNESCO reports that roughly 65 percent of the park is covered by tepui formations, whose sheer cliffs and isolated summits create an extraordinary geological setting.
Venezuela established the park on June 12, 1962. UNESCO inscribed it as a World Heritage site in 1994 for its scenery and geological and biological importance. Those designations describe a living protected area, not a theme park with uniform access. The territory is remote, ecosystems vary from lowland forest to upland tablelands, and travel time depends on the specific sector and route selected.