The mysterious holes of Sarisarinama

The Sarisarinama is situated on the edges of the Amazonas and Gran Sabana provinces in southern Venezuela. Also known as the Sarisarinama Tepuy, it stands as one of the remotest mountains in the whole of Latin America.

The Sarisarinama has always astonished people by its mysterious holes or the ‘simas’. These are huge perfectly circular stone depressions, which are 350 meters deep and 350 meters wide. Till date biologists and geologists have been amazed by the challenging mystery of the simas.

Some believe that the simas are caused due to underground water erosion. To discover these holes, mountaineers start the climb from the northern side of Sarisarinama and reach the simas by foot.