La Gran Sabana - Full 4x4 Tour - Venezuela 360
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 723.13 mi
- Elevation gain
- 40,538 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 42,320 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,939 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 268 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 40 days 3 hours 32 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4184
- Uploaded
- October 28, 2023
- Recorded
- October 2023
near Pacaraima, Roraima (Federative Republic of Brazil)
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Itinerary description
This GPX track is part of a Venezuela 360 website: https://gransabana.venezuela360.net that maps some of the major (and some of the minor) attractions of the Gran Sabana. Please check the website for more information, exact waypoints of all the different sights, road conditions and glorious 360° photos of the magnificent Gran Sabana.
Beware: There is NO fuel readily available in the entire Gran Sabana (Petrol/Gasoline may be bought from bottles in some places, Diesel/Gazoil is very difficult to get at all). Fill up in Brasil or further North in Venezuela (Upata, El Tigre,. ..). If you plan to explore the more remote regions, you will spend a lot of time in low gear crawling along and thus you can expect your fuel consumption to be much higher than normal. We used +- 400liter of diesel to drive all the roads in this track. (Iveco Daily 4x4).
There are 3 main roads in the Gran Sabana that can easily be visited with your own vehicle.
1) "Troncal 10". This is the main road that connect the rest of Venezuela with La Gran Sabana and Brasil. It is an asphalt road mostly in pretty good condition and can be used by all vehicles all year round. There are some "bad" spots that will slow down your progress drastically, but these spots are mainly the "Monumento al Saldado Pionero" and Tumeremo (This is the parts the takes off the Gran Saban Plateau into the interior of Venezuela).
There are a number of interesting sites right along this way. And a few side excursions you can do which would require a 4x4 vehicle (To Salto Sakaika, to Paraitepuy/Roraima).
2) The Road to Pauji & Icabaru. This road hugs the border with Brasil and lies outside the Canaima National Park. The first part to Pauji is in reasonably good condition although a 4x4 is still recommended. Onwards from Pauji the road conditions deteriorate. A lifted 4x4 with low gear will be required (add diff lock in times of rain!) and progress will be slow. But the road sees regular daily traffic, so you are not alone.
This is perhaps the least known part of the Gran Sabana, but I would highly recommend going there!
3) The road to Kavanayen. Inside the national park and sparsely populated. Simply Stunning scenery! Road requires 4x4 to Kavanayen, and a modified 4x4 to go onwards to Karuay. The final drive to Karuay is difficult scenery wise possible the best drive.
Please check out https://gransabana.venezuela360.net for more information.
If you like this, give us a follow @radiobaobab .
Beware: There is NO fuel readily available in the entire Gran Sabana (Petrol/Gasoline may be bought from bottles in some places, Diesel/Gazoil is very difficult to get at all). Fill up in Brasil or further North in Venezuela (Upata, El Tigre,. ..). If you plan to explore the more remote regions, you will spend a lot of time in low gear crawling along and thus you can expect your fuel consumption to be much higher than normal. We used +- 400liter of diesel to drive all the roads in this track. (Iveco Daily 4x4).
There are 3 main roads in the Gran Sabana that can easily be visited with your own vehicle.
1) "Troncal 10". This is the main road that connect the rest of Venezuela with La Gran Sabana and Brasil. It is an asphalt road mostly in pretty good condition and can be used by all vehicles all year round. There are some "bad" spots that will slow down your progress drastically, but these spots are mainly the "Monumento al Saldado Pionero" and Tumeremo (This is the parts the takes off the Gran Saban Plateau into the interior of Venezuela).
There are a number of interesting sites right along this way. And a few side excursions you can do which would require a 4x4 vehicle (To Salto Sakaika, to Paraitepuy/Roraima).
2) The Road to Pauji & Icabaru. This road hugs the border with Brasil and lies outside the Canaima National Park. The first part to Pauji is in reasonably good condition although a 4x4 is still recommended. Onwards from Pauji the road conditions deteriorate. A lifted 4x4 with low gear will be required (add diff lock in times of rain!) and progress will be slow. But the road sees regular daily traffic, so you are not alone.
This is perhaps the least known part of the Gran Sabana, but I would highly recommend going there!
3) The road to Kavanayen. Inside the national park and sparsely populated. Simply Stunning scenery! Road requires 4x4 to Kavanayen, and a modified 4x4 to go onwards to Karuay. The final drive to Karuay is difficult scenery wise possible the best drive.
Please check out https://gransabana.venezuela360.net for more information.
If you like this, give us a follow @radiobaobab .
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