Stretching into dense jungle, the National Park has been closed to visitors since 2003 as a result of failed tourism and mining activities which infringed on the rights of the indigenous Yanomami people.

Almost perpetually shrouded in clouds, Brazil’s highest mountain Pico da Neblina meaning ' peak of mist', towers 2,995m above the Amazon rainforest.

Yanomami elders during a ritual in the Pico da Neblina Park

In November 2017, a team of leading Brazilian scientists were granted rare access by indigenous authorities and the army to embark on an expedition to the region.

Ground troops and local guides from the Yanomami ethnic group assisted the scientists’ one-month journey to and around the mountain.