Rios Carrao and Churum
29 July 2008 | Canaima National Park
Devi
After we landed in Canaima we were rounded up by our guide and taken to the Posada (guest house) and headquarters of Kavac Expeditions. Our guide told us to get ready for the canoe trip up the Rios Carrao and Churum to the rustic campo. Eleven of us donned swim suits and life jackets and filed into the long dugout canoe with a 45 hp Yamaha engine. After just a few minutes we pulled over on the side of the river so we could walk through the savanna and the canoe could go through the rapids without the weight of eleven people. At the end of the human portage we ate lunch and piled back into the canoe. We were very grateful to the person who suggested that we bring a cushion to sit on because the canoe seats were getting very hard after a short while.