A Spectacular natural underground ‘wonder world’ that took millions of years to form...
Simply breath-taking – Africa’s largest cave system, ‘Cango Caves’, consist of a series of the finest dripstone caverns that open into vast halls of (stalactite) and towering stalagmite formations with names like ‘the bridal couple’, ‘glass flower fantasy’, ‘weird Cango candle’ and ‘the hanging shawl’. Then of course there is Cleopatra’s Needle, which stands 9 metres high and is at least 150 000 years old, is one of the main attractions at the Cango Caves.
The ‘Cango Caves’ are located in Precambrian (a time about 4500 million years ago) limestone, at the foothills of the Swartberg range, in the Western Cape Province - 'Klein Karoo' of South Africa. It is said that some of the biggest stalagmite formations in the world set in Precambrian limestone.
This underground adventure is the only 'show cave' in Africa which offers a "Standard Tour" which takes an hour and an "Adventure Tour" which takes an hour and a half. The "Adventure Tour" consists of crawling through very narrow passages and climbing up steep rock formations guided by small lights.
Although the extensive system of tunnels and chambers go on for over four kilometres, only about a quarter of this is open to visitors, who may proceed into the cave only in groups supervised by a guide.
According to legend the caves were discovered during 1780 by a local farmer named Jacobus Van Zyl. Early visitors had to brave the pitch darkness of the vast caverns from the poor light of self-made candles.
‘Cango Caves’–
One of the world’s ‘spectacular’ natural underground
‘wonder-world’
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'Mother Nature'
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