Puerto Princesa Underground River is officially among the New7Wonders of Nature

Our very own Puerto Princesa Underground River is now confirmed as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature as announced by New7Wonders Founder and President Bernard Weber in Manila. 

Weber congratulate Filipinos for this achievement and also he said that he knew that Philippines was taking the New7Wonders of Nature Poll seriously when our President Aquino came out to support the PPUR.

Meanwhile, PPUR is the second to be confirmed on a preliminary basis, following Jeju Island, as New7Wonders has now completed the telephone voting validation in the Philippines. 

The remaining 5 provisional New7Wonders of Nature namely; Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls,  Komodo and Table Mountain. are currently undergoing the three steps of the verification process, namely the national voting validation, the global voting calculation confirmation by an independent audit firm, and the preparation and implementation of the Official Inauguration ceremonies.

Puerto Princesa Underground River.

Puerto Princesa Underground River is located some 50km north of the city of Puerto Princesa, on Palawan island in the Philippines. It consists of a limestone karst mountain landscape, several large chambers containing significant formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and an 8.2 km. navigable underground river that winds through a cave before flowing directly into the West Philippine Sea. At the exit, a flawless lagoon is framed by ancient trees growing right to the water’s edge.

This confirmation is wonderful news for Puerto Princesa, and a great example of how now its more fun to be in the Philippines,”
-- Purto Princesa Mayor Hagedorn

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