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This tour commences with information on the real discoverers and inhabitants of the cave and then winds its way through the rest of the Caves’ cultural and historical heritage. A comfortable walk through the most majestic of the cave chambers.
Cango Caves - Wikipedia
The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of the Swartberg range near the town of Oudtshoorn, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The principal cave is one of the country's finest, best known, and most popular tourist caves and …
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The 20 million year-old Cango Caves system consists of a series of hidden chambers cut deep into a thick limestone rock layer. It is situated in the Swartberg Mountains, 30 kilometres north of Oudtshoorn, in South Africa’s Western Cape Province.
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Jul 19, 2022 · The Cango Caves are the largest show cave system in Africa and the most visited caves in South Africa. It is one of its country’s landmarks. In 1897, the South African Speleological Association mapped the Cango Caves showing the length (775m) and height (16m) of Cango 1.
Cango Caves, South Africa: The Complete Guide - TripSavvy
May 4, 2020 · In the starkly beautiful Klein Karoo area of the Western Cape lies one of South Africa’s greatest geological treasures: the Cango Caves. A series of hidden chambers carved by ancient water eroding the Precambrian limestone of the Swartberg Mountains, the caves are the biggest show cave system in Africa. They are also the most visited caves in ...
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Our mission is to manage the Cango Caves as a national asset for the inhabitants of South Africa and its future generations; and to proudly present the Caves as a true South African landmark to our foreign visitors.
Cango Caves - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024) - Tripadvisor
Feb 8, 2018 · Cango Caves. 4,335 reviews. #2 of 25 things to do in Oudtshoorn. Caverns & Caves. Write a review. About. Though damaged through shortsighted tourism schemes in the 1960s, these caves are still worth a visit for their eerie dark tunnels and stunning limestone formations. Duration: 1-2 hours.
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Apr 25, 2023 · Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn. This exquisite show cave is South Africa’s little town of Oudtshoorn is what you must-visit on your trip to the country. The caves offer adventure and heritage tour that displays the rich natural history of South Africa.
The Cango caves - this 4500-million-year-old cave of stalactites …
4 500 million years ago, a cave in the Klein Karoo was coming into being. Made of evocative dripstones, it’s been a major attraction for over 200 years. Discovered—or “discovered”, depending on how you view history— by a farmer in the late 1700s, the Cango Caves are a geological masterpiece.
Cango Caves – Oudtshoorn, South Africa - Atlas Obscura
Jun 21, 2013 · Situated near to the well-known Swartberg Mountains, the Cango Caves are decidedly huge dripstone caverns, with vast halls and towering formations, known as the biggest in Africa.