Cape Town’s Great African Sea Forest has just been crowned as one of ‘World’s new Wonders’!
Cape Town, Western Cape (28 May 2021) – Prepare for immediate readjustment of your bucket lists.
This after seven “new” wonders of the world have been chosen by Bloomberg… The underwater enchanted Kelp Forest, 16 kilometres south of Cape Town, ranks among them.
The Kelp Forest is also known as the Great African Sea Forest… But we know you knew that. The Forest’s profile was raised after its feature in the Academy Award Winning Documentary, My Octopus Teacher.
My Octopus Teacher reached global plaudits after its release on Netflix in the year 2020. It tells the heartwarming story of how filmmaker Craig Foster finds solace in the Kelp Forest and befriends an Octopus where the two form a unique bond.
Here are the full “seven new wonders of the world” listed in reverse order:
Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.
The name refers to a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres high.
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San Agustin is a large archaeological area earthed near the town of San Agustín in Huila Department in Colombia.
The park contains the largest collection of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in Latin America and is considered the world’s largest necropolis.
Belonging to San Agustin culture, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
The dates of the statues are uncertain, but they are believed to have been carved between 5–400 AD.
The origin of the carvers remains a mystery, as the site is largely unexcavated.
Photo: Bloomberg
The Kelp Forests, 16 km south of Cape Town form a shallow underwater jungle more than twice as wide as the Grand Canyon—and a home to millions of creatures… Yes, it too was the home of the octopus in Craig Foster’s Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher.
Spectacular rock art sites can be found throughout Kakadu and Arnhem Land.
The rock art here is easily accessible, large and prolific.
At Nourlangie Rock you can see famous paintings such as Namarrgon and Lightning Man while at Ubirr join a free Park Ranger talk to learn about the ancient rock art.
Photo: Bloomberg
The Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region. The centrepiece of the park is the South Nahanni River.
Photo: Bloomberg
Baalbek is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.
It is home to the Baalbek temple complex which includes two of the largest and grandest Roman temple ruins: the Temple of Bacchus and the Temple of Jupiter.
Photo: Bloomberg
The Antequera Dolmens Site is a cultural heritage ensemble comprising three cultural monuments (the Dolmen of Menga, Dolmen of Viera and Tholos of El Romeral) and two natural mountain features (the Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal) in and near the city of Antequera in Andalusia, Spain.
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