Mount Roraima is a flat-topped formation with crystal-clear pools, waterfalls and a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the surrounding savanna for millions of years.

First described by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1596, Mount Roraima, on the border between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana, inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic 1912 novel, The Lost World.

A montage of images of Mount Roraima capture the extraordinary mountain with its sheer sides rising above the rainforest of Guyana. Aerial views capture the magnificence of the mountain.

IM THURN'S ACHIEVEMENT.; DETAILS OF HIS REMARKABLE ASCENT OF MOUNT RORAIMA IN BRITISH GUIANA. Share full article. May 22, 1885. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

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Mount Roraima is a flat-topped formation with crystal-clear pools, waterfalls and a unique ecosystem that has been isolated from the surrounding savanna for millions of years.

In the late sixteenth century, explorer Sir Walter Raleigh led a mission to Guyana in search of El Dorado. Many believe he was taken to Mount Roraima. Frustratingly for Raleigh, he was unable to ...

Mount Roraima is a plateau with near-vertical sides that sits on the triple border point between Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana. The plateau is often encircled by a ring of clouds, which makes the ...