Not far from the Ostrich farm we can fill our eys with splendors: The Cango Caves.
The Cango Caves, one of the world's great natural wonders, provide a magical journey through massive caverns and fascinating limes stone formations.
It took Nature millions of years to sculpt those magnificent grottos.
The Cango caves are a series of 80 caverns that extend over thre km and two miles underground. The caves are regarded as one of South Africa's foremost natural wonders with their impressive display of stalactites and stalagmites.
In 1780, a Ductch farmer, named
Van Zyl, was the first to enter the magnificent chamber , that was named after him, at the entrance of Caves.
The Cango Caves were discovered in thee phases. Only one section, Cango 1 is accessible to the public. Cango 3 has the longest cave which is equal in length to 3 football fields.
I some other caves they discovered the skull of a woman (Mrs Ples), estimated to be about 1.5 millions years old.
Bushman paintings dating back 10 000 years have been discovered on the walls.
Implements and tools from the Middle and Late Stone Age, and the earlier Iron Age were also discovered.
At the entrance there is a scene depicting the early Bushmen inhabitants of this cave system. This little "San" people named this area "Kango " meaning : the water mountains. We can see their primitive way of life.
The Bushmen never did go further cause they believe it was the home of the Spirits.
I could not go further because I suffer from claustrophobia... I could not push myself crawling for more than 30 feet long in a very tiny tunnel
just big enough for a person... imagine 20 people crawling one after the other.... In the middle I would have panic. I contented myself to sit and admire that great Nature work of Art.
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