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First Steps
- November 1933 - Jimmie Angel discovers Angel Falls in a flight over Auyantepui before landing his Flamingo airplane on the tabletop mountain on October 9 1937.
- Angel-Eco Tours was formed - May 2000 inspired by Angel Falls - the world's tallest waterfall at 3,212feet. New York office was opened.
Eco-Tours
- First tour via Margarita Island to Canaima National Park - June 2000
- Filming trip of "live expedition" to Canaima / Angel Falls - December 2000
- First Press tour to Canaima / Caracas - July 2001
- First tour via Maracaibo to Mérida / Los Llanos- July 2001
Notable Dates in Angel-Eco Tours' History
- Video release of Ultimate Angel Falls Experience - February 2001
- First donation to Pemón Community - February 2001
- First press releases about - Canaima, April 2001, and Mérida, June 2001
- Office opened in Caracas - November 2001
- President of Angel-Eco attended UN launch in NYC of The International Year of Ecotourism and The International Year of the Mountains - February 2002
- Angel-Eco Tour/Venezuela CD produced and launched - February 14 2002
- Eco-Alianza (an alliance of Eco companies in Venezuela) formed in February 2002
- Attended first travel trade shows as exhibitors - NY Adventure Travel Show - IATOS in Chicago - February 2002
- Major update of web site includes more general information on Venezuela and links to medical travel/information and institutions such as the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington - April 2002.
- Angel-Eco Tours, Provita, Wildlife Trust, and Green Team Advertising team up to host an Earth Day event at the Venezuelan Consulate In NYC on April 22nd 2002
- Venezuelan government (Fondoturismo) approves its first Eco-Alianza project - six people including Directors of Tourism for Bolivar, Los Roques and Monagas states receive support and funding to travel to The Ecotourism World Summit in Quebec City (May 18-23 2002) sponsored by the WTO and UNEP
- On July 1st 2002 Angel-Eco's President and partner were accompanied by Karen Angel (Jimmie Angel's niece) to Angel Falls on the anniversary of Jimmie Angel's ashes being laid to rest over the falls
- Angel-Eco Tours was the founder and organizer of Expoecoturismo 2002, the first ecotourism exhibition and trade show, September 10-11, 2002 in Caracas, Venezuela - the first event of its kind in Venezuela
- October 23rd 2002 - Angel-Eco organized and lead a 12 day cultural and educational expedition of two teachers and three schoolchildren from the Queen Eleanor School - Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. This included a visit to the British Embassy in Caracas and a trip to El Dorado in Bolivar State
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