[2] About 65% of the park is occupied by plateaus of rock called tepuis, which are a kind of table-top mountain millions of years old, with vertical walls and almost flat tops.

The most famous tepuis in the park are Mount Roraima, the tallest and easiest to climb, and Auyantepui, the site of Angel Falls.

Most transport within the park is done by light plane from the airstrips built by various Capuchin missions, or by foot and canoe.

Canaima has a varied fauna, which is distributed throughout the park according to multiple environmental factors such as altitude and vegetation type.

[3] Among the species found are: Canaima National Park is among one of several dozen regions in Venezuela that has been identified as an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBAs) by BirdLife International, a global cooperative of non-governmental organizations focused on the conservation of the world’s birds and their natural habitats.

Geologically are remnants of a sedimentary cover composed of very ancient sandstone that is superimposed on a base of igneous rocks (mainly granite) that is even older (nearly 3 billion years).

[7] Canaima is the name given to the fictional Californian coastal town where the movie Arachnophobia is supposed to take place.