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Mount Roraima Trek
Duration
7 Days
Group
Max 12 Guests
Difficulty
Challenging
Venezuela
The Tri-Border Tepui That Became The Lost World
Location Overview
The Tri-Border Tepui That Became The Lost World
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The Tri-Border Tepui That Became The Lost World
Mount Roraima · 01 / 04
Chapter 01 / 04
From the Journal
Field notes, cultural encounters and trail dispatches from our guides and travellers in Mount Roraima.
Americans still need a visa for Venezuela, but it is now obtained online. What changed in 2026, how to apply, and what to know before you fly.
Plan Your Journey
Driest months for river crossings and summit views
The window operators build their calendars around. The Tek and Kukenán rivers run low enough to ford easily, the savanna crossing is firm underfoot rather than mud, and the Rampa is at its least treacherous. February is the driest month of the year. Cloud still sits on the plateau most days, but clear mornings are more frequent than at any other time and the odds of seeing Kukenán from La Ventana are at their best. Nights on the summit are cold, often close to freezing, and a warm sleeping bag matters more in these months than in any other.
April sits at the end of the dry season and September through November at the end of the wet, and both behave unpredictably. Rivers are usually crossable but can rise fast after a storm, and treks occasionally wait a day at the Tek for levels to drop. The compensation is that the waterfalls coming off the plateau are running hard, the savanna is green rather than bleached, and there are fewer groups on the mountain. Good months for trekkers who would rather have the summit quiet than the sky clear.
June and July are the wettest months of the year in the Gran Sabana. Treks still run, but expect sustained rain, deep mud on the ascent, gear that never fully dries and a real chance of delay at the river crossings. Views from the rim are rare. What these months give in return is the mountain at its most dramatic, with waterfalls pouring off every side of the plateau and cloud moving through the rock towers on the summit. A trip for people who want the atmosphere more than the panorama.
Annual Overview
Two climates on one trek. The Gran Sabana approach is warm year-round, around 80 to 83°F by day, while the summit plateau sits 1,900 metres higher, receives over 3,000mm of rain a year and drops toward freezing at night. There is no genuinely dry period on the plateau, only months that are drier than others.
| Jan Peak | Feb Peak | Mar Peak | Apr Good | May Shoulder | Jun Shoulder | Jul Shoulder | Aug Shoulder | Sep Good | Oct Good | Nov Good | Dec Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82° | 83° | 83° | 82° | 80° | 79° | 79° | 80° | 82° | 83° | 82° | 81° |
Travel Logistics
Choose your route. Every option arrives at the same place.
The practical way in. Boa Vista in the Brazilian state of Roraima has daily connections from São Paulo, Brasília and Manaus, and sits around 220 kilometres from the Venezuelan border. The road north climbs steadily through open country to the frontier town of Pacaraima, where both sets of formalities are completed, and Santa Elena de Uairén lies a further twenty minutes beyond. Most trekkers spend a night in Santa Elena before and after the trek.
The trailhead transfer. An hour of paved road on the Troncal 10 reaches San Francisco de Yuruaní, then a rough unpaved spur of around 28 kilometres runs east to Paraitepui. The final section needs a high-clearance 4x4 and becomes slow after heavy rain. Park registration with INPARQUES is completed at the village, and walking begins from there.
Reaching Santa Elena from within Venezuela means a long overland journey via Ciudad Bolívar or Puerto Ordaz and then south on the Troncal 10 through the Gran Sabana. There are no reliable scheduled flights into Santa Elena. The route is viable and is how most Venezuelan trekkers arrive, but it adds two days in each direction and road conditions vary.
The practical way in. Boa Vista in the Brazilian state of Roraima has daily connections from São Paulo, Brasília and Manaus, and sits around 220 kilometres from the Venezuelan border. The road north climbs…
The trailhead transfer. An hour of paved road on the Troncal 10 reaches San Francisco de Yuruaní, then a rough unpaved spur of around 28 kilometres runs east to Paraitepui. The final section needs…
Reaching Santa Elena from within Venezuela means a long overland journey via Ciudad Bolívar or Puerto Ordaz and then south on the Troncal 10 through the Gran Sabana. There are no reliable scheduled flights…
Why Travel with Us
Ecovoyager runs Roraima with Pemón guides and porters from Paraitepui, working with our Venezuela partner on the ground in Santa Elena de Uairén. We arrange the Boa Vista transfers and border crossing, the trailhead logistics and the park registration, and we build the trek around the number of nights you want on the plateau rather than the shortest route to the summit and back. Venezuela is subject to travel advisories from several governments, including specific guidance on the Brazilian border region. We monitor these continuously and will discuss the current position with you directly before you commit to a date.
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