Seven Wonders: fact files

Find out more about the Seven Wonders of the Commonwealth featured in the show.

Fingal’s Cave of Staffa, Scotland
The cave that inspired monarchs and geniuses.
Fiordland, New Zealand
New Zealand’s Fiordland, steeped in Māori legend, feared by Captain Cook
The Namib Desert, Namibia
The oldest desert on earth. One of the most inhospitable places imaginable.
Papua New Guinea
The most pristine unexplored rainforest in the world.
Solomon Islands
The Coral Triangle has ten times the bio-diversity of the Barrier Reef.
Sundarbans, Bangladesh
The largest mangrove forest on earth, an impenetrable and dangerous ecosystem.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The biggest waterfall on Earth, steeped in history