The Seven Natural Wonders
Project, a non-profit conservation initiative based in Dallas, Texas and
spearheaded by Dr. Phillip Imler, has declared award winners of the Seven
Natural Wonders of Africa, and they are:
The River Nile; Mt. Kilimanjaro; The Red Sea; Ngorongoro Crater; Sahara
Desert; Okavango Delta; and the Serengeti Migration. Tanzania’s Minister of
Natural Resources and Tourism, Ambassador K. Kagasheki, presided over the
awards ceremony which was sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines.
The voting process was conducted by specialists*
and criteria included “grandeur; amazement and wonder.”
Uganda’s Minister of State for Tourism,
Wildlife and Antiquities, the Hon. Agnes Egunyu, accepted the award for “The
Nile, longest river in the world with its source in Uganda.” She noted that this prestigious award is yet
another in a series of accolades bestowed on Uganda, among which was being
selected in 2012 by the New York Times as a top tourist destination.
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*The Declaration Committee of the Seven
Natural Wonders Project includes Alexandra Cousteau, daughter of the legendary
marine explorer and founder of Blue Legacy International; Rich Beattie,
executive editor of Travel + Leisure; Dr. John Francis, a vice president of the
National Geographic Society; TV host Julia Dimon; Dr. Frank Gill, president of Audubon; and
Arend de Haas, co-founder of the Africa Conservation Society.
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