
Shortly after the village of Las Claritas, at kilometer 98 of the main road or Core 10, a huge rock of Precambrian, beside the road, with an approximate height of 80 meters., Suggests we are entering the Canaima National Park and the municipality of La Gran Sabana, the largest in the state of Bolivar. It is also the beginning of a steep path through the tropical cloud forest of the "Sierra de Lema" that will lead to 1,400 meters above sea level at the foot of the huge rock is a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, we stop to visit the Virgin and refresh in a nearby water source.