Located in the southern foothills of the Swartberg mountain range just 29km from the town of Oudtshoorn, the Cango Caves is considered to be South Africa’s oldest tourist attraction, with increasing visitor numbers and resultant damage to the formations requiring special regulations to be gazetted as early as 1820 to protect the caves from damage by indiscriminate collection of souvenirs. The caves, formed about 20 million years ago as a result of a geological fault, were rediscovered in 1780, but evidence suggests that parts of the cave system was inhabited by humans since the middle stone age. The caves have been explored to a distance of 4km underground, of which about a quarter is accessible to visitors on guided tours (the adventure tour takes in some challenging, narrow tunnels requiring visitors to crawl, climb and slide and takes longer than the standard tour, which is much easier going)
Facilities at the caves are rounded off with an interesting interpretive centre, curio shop and restaurant. The Cango Caves is a national monument and administered by the municipality of Oudtshoorn. DeWetsWild will be glad to include the Cango Caves on a bespoke guided tour of the South Africa arranged specifically to your requirements.
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