Jasper Creek, Municipality of Bolivar State, Venezuela, South America

Jasper Creek is the name of a river and a series of cascades and waterfalls in Venezuela. Jasper Creek, known also as Quebrada de Jaspe. The name jasper is derived from the fact that the water flows over a smooth bedrock of mostly red and black jasper. The river is located in the Gran Sabana Municipality of Bolívar State, Venezuelan Guayana. They can be reached from the town of Santa Elena de Uairén. 

Jasper Creek is the name of a stream and a progression of falls and waterfalls. a perfect paradisiacal place to relax, bathe and enjoy the wonders of the mother Nature.

A semi-valuable stone of for the most part quartz and silica,  with a solid red shading because of the nearness of iron. Jasper is utilized all through the  world to make adornments and  decorations.

Quebrada de Jaspe, is a large slab of 300 meters in length, composed of quartz and silica, of a very strong red and black color, with a water level that does not exceed five centimeters; To the right, there is a small waterfall that is an excellent place to take a pleasant hydrotherapeutic massage or simply enjoy the water.

The National Park Institute (Inparques), has been a faithful guarantor of the preservation of this space, since it constantly carries out days of sanitation to the stream, as well as pruning of the bushes, and continuous talks to tourists so that they do not break or extract quartz, because within the rules of use of this spring, the extraction of the semi-precious stone Jasper is prohibited.

This monument has a parking lot and from there the visitor must walk through a small wooded tunnel that will lead to the ravine, which is surrounded by huge trees over 20 meters (meters) high loaded with flowers.

One of the peculiarities of this spring is that because it is a very slippery slab, very well polished by the passage of water, tourists are often seen sliding down the slab, which has been called “The Jaspe Slide”. Additionally, when the sun is very high, its rays hit directly on the Jasper stone which causes a burst of light that looks like stars and this entire semi-precious river turns bright red captivating its visitors.