The tepui Cerro Autana was declared national park in 1978. It is one of the table mountains of southern Venezuela and about 4,000 feet high. Inside the mountain, there is cave measuring 1,300 feet in length and 130 feet in height which consists entirely of quartz. On our 3-day boat trip on the Río Orinoco, Río Sipapo, and Río Autana we will visit different Indian communities. At our destination we will take a two-hours hike to the Cierro Guahari, from which we will have a beautiful view of the tepui Autana and of the Cara del Indio, the sacred mountain of the Piaroa Indians.

In the Orinoquia Lodge you stay in a comfortable churuata (a small hut in Indian style with a palm roof), while on our tour we sleep in hammocks with mosquito nets.