Mount Roraima
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Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepuis or plateaux in South America. Roraima is considered to be over 2 Billion years old, and it has inspired movies(2009 Pixar Film “Up”) and novels(1912 novel-The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) are the popular names amongst them. It was first described to Europeans by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh during his 1595 expedition, its 31-square-kilometer summit area is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 400 meters. Mount Roraima is a tepui shared by three countries Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana. The best time to visit Roraima is supposed to be in the dry season from December to April. However, it rains almost every day of the year up at the summit. You are also practically sleeping in the clouds.
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