Which country has the eighth wonder of the world?

Perhaps described by the historian Herodotus or the poet Antiparos of Sidon, the seven wonders of the ancient world They were the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis, and the mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Of them, only the pyramid remains standing.

Now there are seven more wonders: the ruins of Machu Pichu (Peru), the Great Wall (China), the pyramid of Chichén Itzá (Mexico), the city of Petra (Jordan), the Colosseum (Italy), the Christ the Redeemer (Brazil) and the Taj palace Mahal (India).

They were elected in 2001 through the vote of over 90 million people around the world.

Since then, some tourism publications have promoted various places as “new wonders of the world”. This way it is easy to discover that there is not one but several candidates for the “eighth wonder”.

Among the candidates is one of the most fascinating places, which is located in a Far Eastern country.

Which country has the eighth wonder of the world?

The now famous Doodle search engine was born on April 14, 2022 Google it showed an allegorical drawing of the cave Son Doong in 17 countries, including Argentina. The event was part of a promotional campaign carried out by the Vietnam National Tourism Administration, where is the cave.

Two years earlier, the magazine Condé Nast Traveller had named Son Doong one of the “new wonders of the world”. Since then, she appears as would be a candidate to join to the seven elected in 2001.

Discovered in 2009 by Howard Limbert, it is the deepest cave in the world: It is 150 meters wide, 200 meters high, nine kilometers long and covers an estimated surface area of ​​1,233 km2. Furthermore, Nha-Ke Bang National Park, where it is located, is known as the “kingdom of caves” as it protects more than 350 caves, including the third largest in the world.

Protected by dense forests, in Quang Binh province, the cave hosts several groups of monkeys that may be unique on the planet since they do not live in trees but underground.

The Oxalis Adventure company sells packages so that only a thousand tourists a year visit the cave. Last December he reported it the quota for 2024 has been exhausted. So, to visit the “eighth wonder” we will have to wait until next year.

Other natural beauties

Among other monuments and landscapes that stand out for their natural beauty and are usually included in the lists of Wonders of the worldthere are the Angkor Wat Temple (Cambodia), the Grand Canyon of Colorado (United States), Mount Everest (border between Nepal and Tibet), the Perito Moreno Glacier (Argentina), the island of Amami-Shima (Japan) and many others that fascinate international tourists.