Site Report: Roraima
Kumachi is a hot sauce made from peppers and termites
Scott, Mike, Alex, and Trevor, day 1, Roraima hike
Trevor
Mike
Alex
The trail to Roraima
Roraima looms
A close up of the termites used to make kumachi
River at Campo Ron
Alex, Scott, Mike, and Trevor, day 2, Roraima hike
Roraima is still far from here
Scott's skin reacts to elements
Sunburned Alex covered by pulgas bites
Trevor cooks some dinner
Common flower in Roraima
Trevor, Alex, Scott, and Mike, day 3, Roraima hike
Trevor
Final ascent to Roraima "Lost World"
View from the top of Roraima
Our campsite, Roraima
Roraima
Rock formations left over from Gwandanaland
Pitcher plants, Roraima
Dew plant, Roraima
Scott, Trevor, Alex, Mike, day 4, Roraima hike
Carnivorous plant, Roraima
Roraima from Camp Rum
Endemic non-hopping frog, Roraima
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Kumachi is a hot sauce made from peppers and termites
Scott, Mike, Alex, and Trevor, day 1, Roraima hike
Trevor
Mike
Alex
The trail to Roraima
Roraima looms
A close up of the termites used to make kumachi
River at Campo Ron
Alex, Scott, Mike, and Trevor, day 2, Roraima hike
Roraima is still far from here
Scott's skin reacts to elements
Sunburned Alex covered by pulgas bites
Trevor cooks some dinner
Common flower in Roraima
Trevor, Alex, Scott, and Mike, day 3, Roraima hike
Trevor
Final ascent to Roraima "Lost World"
View from the top of Roraima
Our campsite, Roraima
Roraima
Rock formations left over from Gwandanaland
Pitcher plants, Roraima
Dew plant, Roraima
Scott, Trevor, Alex, Mike, day 4, Roraima hike
Carnivorous plant, Roraima
Roraima from Camp Rum
Endemic non-hopping frog, Roraima
These are a few of the Species seen on my hike to the top of Roraima Tepui.
Visits
No visit reports available.Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (4 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(4 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Roraima Black Frog (Oreophrynella quelchii)
Class: Birds
(3 records)
- Order: Perching Birds
(3 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Greater Flowerpiercer (Diglossa major)