Travel Guide Monumento Al Soldado Pionero

(Km 136). Monument erected in tribute to the personnel of the military engineering service of the armed forces who were œuvrèrent in the construction of the road. On this land, geologically formed during the Precambrian proterozoic era I (2 300 million years), the workers had to solve major lee and engineering problems, namely drainage of rainwater, the sandy nature of the soils, lack of compaction material, and numerous passages of rivers and waterfalls. The road was officially inaugurated on 20 February 1973 by Rafael Caldera then President of Venezuela and his Brazilian counterpart Garrastazu Médicci. On the other side of the border, the Boa Vista section in Pakaraima (La Linea) was built by Brazilians. The pavement paved in 1991 allowed tourist agencies to settle in Santa Elena and you know the rest… In fact! You have just entered the Grande Savane…