Table Mountain is a South African icon and the only natural site on the planet to have a constellation of stars named after it - Mensa, meaning “the table.” The flat-topped mountain has withstood six million years of erosion and hosts the richest, yet smallest floral kingdom on earth with over 1,470 floral species. Table Mountain boasts numerous rare and endangered species. It is the most recognized site in Cape Town, the gateway to Africa, owing to its unique flat-topped peaks which reach 1,086 m above sea level.
The 1 086m-high, flat-topped mountain was voted into the group a year ago in a worldwide poll and is the 5th of the sites to have its inclusion in the prestigious selection confirmed. It joins Vietnam’s Halong Bay, the Iguazu Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil, South Korea’s Jeju Island and Puerto Princesa Underground River in the Philippines. Still to be inaugurated are Komodo Island in Indonesia and the Amazon in South America.
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