The Cango Caves South Africa
In the foothills of Swartberg Mountains, located in the region of Little Karoo in the Western Cape, you will find the magnificent caves of Cango, which are some of the most prolific caves open to the world's public. These caves stand out from the rest.
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The feeling you have while finding yourself in gigantic masterpieces of nature, capable of surpassing the aesthetics of any reminiscent cathedral. Several hundred thousand years of existence on Earth before humanity came, only reminds us that we are just last minute guests on this planet. And, unless we fill them up, they will only continue doing so after we're gone.
Inside the caves, there are numerous halls and corridors that will take you from one place to another. Once you enter the cave and descend the 200 steps you have, you can see in one of the main rooms the spectacular stalactites that nature has formed through the slow filtration of water over the years.
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According to the guide, the Cango Caves are the only tourist caves in Africa that offer a normal, Heritage Tour, which is laid-back, and an exciting Adventure Tour. In both of them you can see the main traits of Cango, but in the Adventure Tour, you also experience a little of the experience of discovering new steps and narrow accesses to other areas of the cave. In fact, the Adventure Tour is the Heritage Tour and half an hour more of speleology.
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Everything inside them is overwhelming. The silence is only broken by our steps and the words of the guide. The darkness which shows all of its power and the amplitude of spaces in front of its narrowness in some points! Get ready to crouch and crouch in the Cango Caves!
These caves were the first tourist attraction in South Africa to experience official protection, after the Governor of the Cape, Mr. Charles Somerset, passed a law in 1820 to prevent visitors from damaging or removing the incredible stalagmites and stalactites found there.
Only a portion of this limestone marvel is open to the public, and to protect the formations, only a limited number of people are allowed to enter this cave at once, so it is essential to book a tour beforehand.
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Other cave facilities include a restaurant with an ostrich menu, a souvenir shop and an excellent interpretation center that puts into perspective the immense calendar that created this beautiful cave system. On the same day of the visit of the Cango Caves, in Oudtshoorn you can also visit some of the ostrich farms or the Rancho Cango Wildlife, where they scuba dive with crocodiles!
But the best of all are the tunnels and corridors among which is "La chimenea Del Diablo", forty-five centimeters wide and three-and-a-half meters long. Another tunnel is "The lumbago tunnel", eighty-five-meters long in which the highest point is 1.2 meters; therefore, visiting the Cango Caves is an activity for non-claustrophobic adventurers. So when are you planning to visit this magnificent place?
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