Often called the Nice African Sea Forest and recognised from the award-winning documentary, My Octopus Trainer, the kelp forests of Cape City have been named one of many new Seven Wonders of the World by Bloomberg.
Located 16 kilometres south of Cape City, the underwater jungle is bigger than the Grand Canyon and is dwelling to thousands and thousands of creatures.
In numerical order, listed here are the brand new Seven Wonders of the World.
Antequera Dolmens, Spain
The formations, believed to be burial chambers, resemble large caves with stone pillars and flat roofs.
Baalbek, Lebanon
Initially created to honour Jupiter and Bacchus, Baalbek is the most important temple compound of its form, making it extra like a metropolis advanced than a single web site.
Nahanni, Canada
Right here, the good spirit water of Nailicho (Virginia Falls) tumbles down vertiginous rocks for greater than 300 ft.
High Finish Rock Artwork, Australia
High Finish, the northernmost tip of the Northern Territory, the place a swath of sparsely populated orange-hued land roughly the dimensions of Portugal incorporates a constellation of elaborate rock work, some greater than 60,000 years outdated.
Kelp Forests, South Africa
Craig Foster calls the kelp forests South Africa’s ‘golden forests’ due to their mesmerising look, and the distinctive ecosystems contained inside them.
San Agustin, Colombia
Erected about 2,000 years in the past and deserted within the 1300s, the figures are believed to be burial markings.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An historic palace hewed into a chic rock mound on the command of King Kashyapa within the fifth century A.D., Sigiriya is the right amalgam of human-made treasure and pure marvel.
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