Oudtshoorn

Located along the well-known Route 62 in South Africa’s beautiful Klein Karoo, the charming town of Oudtshoorn is known as the ostrich capital of the world. It is surrounded by numerous ostrich farms and the golden arid landscape of the Karoo. Visitors can enjoy the locally produced wine and port, sample ostrich meat and biltong, learn about the ostrich feather boom at the C.P. Nel Museum, and visit the world-renowned Cango Caves, the largest cave system in Africa featuring ancient rock formations and sparkling stalactites and stalagmites. Visitors can also go out before sunrise to the De Zeekoe Guest Farm outside Oudtshoorn on Route 62, and encounter meerkats in a non-invasive way, gaining a real insight into their lives within their natural habitat.

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Cango Caves Tour, Oudtshoorn

Explore the 20 million year old Cango Caves system consisting of a series of hidden chambers cut deep into a thick limestone rock layer in the Swartberg Mountains, 30 kilometres north of Oudtshoorn, in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. Learn about the various rock formations including stalactites and stalagmites in a wide variety of colors, especially Cleopatra’s needle which stand nearly 9 meters high!

Oudtshoorn

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Cango Caves Tour, Oudtshoorn

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