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• South Africa is ranked number one in the world for its floral kingdom.
  
• South Africa’s Coastal Management policy is one of the best in the world with the country being the first outside Europe to gain Blue Flag status for its coastal management.
• South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mocambique are removing borders and fences to create the largest widlife conservation area in the world.
• South Africa has the third highest level of biodiversity in the world.
  
  
• South Africa has the oldest meteor scar in the world. The meteor plummeted to Earth nearly two billion years ago, predating the heady days of oxygen and multi-celled life. The Vredefort Dome was recently declared a World Heritage Site.
  
  
• The rocks around Barberton in Mpumalanga are some of the most ancient in the world - over three billion years old.
  
  
• The Tugela Falls is the second highest waterfall in the world, where the water tumbles down 850 metres. [First place goes to the Angel Falls in Venezuela at 979 metres].
  
  
• Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world (and the largest ‘green canyon’).