Cango Caves Cape Town – Nature’s Marvel

Whether you are an adventurous or not, Cango Caves Cape Town are worth visiting attraction of South Africa.The good news is, it does not require you to be an athlete or super skinny to crawl in these rocks rather, it’s like an activity that almost anyone can indulge in with ease. The caves offer both Standard (easy) and Adventure (for professional) tours.

So moving on, let me tell you that where these caves are located. If you are coming from George Airport, it’s about 90 kilometers from there. However, you will have to drive around 29 kilometers, if you are coming from Oudtshoorn up to the entrance of Cango Valley, where these wondrous limestone ridges are lying underground, opposite to the Swartberg Mountains. The caves offer spectacular rock formations; amazing dripstone caverns, vast halls, tall roofs and stone pillars carved by the best artist – Mother Nature.

The picturesque wonderland of South Africa, Cango Caves are famous as the eighth wonder. The various kinds of dripstone formation; in various colors and shapes are its most spectacular attribute. The stalagmites dripstones, which grow upward from the cave floor, the stalactites dripstones hanging down from the ceiling and needle like helictites dripstone, that grow in all directions form shapes and structure no less than nature’s abstract masterpiece. In 1929, the caves were illuminated with electric lights that complement the bright crystalline formations and natural colors of Cango.

A professional guide will accompany you on your tour to the caves. You can book a native English speaker guide or French, Afrikaans speaking but better check in advance if it’s any other language than English.

If it’s your first time going underground, opt for the Standard Tour. Standard tour is comparatively easy and the opening hours for this tour are from 09 am to 16:00 hours daily. One tour is for around 60 minutes, and tours depart nearly every hour until the…Read more

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