Robson Czaban, a Brazilian photographer who climbed Pico da Neblina in 1998, reports on his adventure account (in Portuguese) that there are always some gold panners on a small plateau just below the peak, at about 2,000 m (6,100 ft), called Garimpo do Tucano, which serves as the base camp for the last and steepest part of the climb.
Robson Czaban, en brasiliansk fotograf, der besteg Pico da Neblina i 1998, fortalte om sit eventyr, at der altid var nogle guld pannere på et lille plateau, lige under toppen, på omkring 2.000 m (6,100 ft), kaldet Garimpo do Tucano, der tjener som basecamp for den sidste og den stejleste del af klatringen.