Table Mountain is the 5th Most Popular natural wonder of the world

A new study has found that South Africa’s very own Table Mountain is the 5th Most Popular natural wonder of the world. Here are the details…

Table Mountain: A favourite natural wonder globally

South Africans have always known that Table Mountain is something special, but now a new study has revealed that Cape Town’s iconic mountain is the 5th Most Popular natural wonder of the world.

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According to UK travel site, Titan Travel, who gathered data from Instagram, TikTok, Google search volumes and Tripadvisor reviews, Table Mountain was found to be one of the world’s best natural wonders, even beating out other famous mountains like Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Cape Town’s famous peak ranked as the 5th natural wonder of the world, with an overall “wonder score” of 7.67 out of 10. The mountain also has an impressive 81.83% of “excellent” reviews and only a tiny 0.26% of “terrible” reviews.

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The data also showed that Table Mountain had 1.4 million Google searches, 44.5 million TikTok views and 1.3 million Instagram posts.

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World’s Top 10 best natural wonders

The study also revealed the natural wonders which placed in the Top 10. Take a look:

1. Arches National Park, United States
2. Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil
3. Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe
4. The Grand Canyon, United States
5. Table Mountain, South Africa
6. The Matterhorn, Switzerland and Italy
7. Mount Everest, Nepal
8. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
9. Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
10. Angel Falls, Venezuela

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