The other six natural wonders

Ha-Long Bay

The Ha-Long bay is located at the Northern province of Vietnam, Quang Ninh, and has 120 kilometres along the coastline and a water extension of over 1,500 kilometres. The bay has a dense collection of 1,969 islands of different forms and sizes.

Many of these islands have enormous caves, lakes and beaches. Another characteristics of the area is its wildlife that includes 200 species of fishes and 450 different species of molluscs.

Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest covers 5,500,000 sq km of the 7 million sq km of the Amazon forests. It represents more than half of the tropical forest remaining in the world, and has the greatest collection of plant and animal life. The Amazon Rainforest covers the majority of the Amazon Basin and the high temperatures of the area are favourable for its biodiversity.

The volume of the Amazon River is the largest of the world and it’s the largest basin of the planet.

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River is located at 50km north to the Puerto Princesa City in the Philippine Palawan Island. One of the main characteristics of this river is that it travels through a cave with stalactites, stalagmites, and many large chambers and then flows into the South China Sea.

Komodo

The Komodo National Park is formed by three large islands: Komodo, Rinca and Padar, and also smaller ones, for a total area of 1,817 sq km.

The park located in Indonesia was founded in 1980 aimed to protect the Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) and other species of plants and animals. The origin of the Islands of the national park is volcanic.

Jeju Island

The Jeju Island is a volcanic island located 130km to the South of Korea. Jeju is the smaller province and largest island of South Korea, it has a surface area of 1,846 sq km.

The island’s main feature is the Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea, and it has 360 satellite volcanoes around it.

Table Mountain

The Table Mountain is one of the icons of South Africa and the only natural place in the world that receives its name from a constellation of stars: Mensa, meaning table. The flat top of the mountain has resisted the erosion during six million years and hosts the smallest but richest floral kingdom of the world with over 1,470 floral species.

The Mountain also has in impressive selection of wildlife with numerous endangered species.