7. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, South Africa
Backed by Cape Town’s Table Mountain, the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is one of the world’s most beautiful. Once a broken down farm, the KNBG is one of the only places on the planet to cultivate indigenous plants. It was the very first to be included on the list of UNESCO world heritage sites.
In 1913, they celebrated the park’s centenary founding with the construction of the now popular Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway. Inspired by the skeleton of a snake, this walkway is a curved wood and steel bridge that dips and winds over and even through the Arboretum’s trees.
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