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Cango Caves, Page 2
(A link on any picture will take you to a bigger view in the gallery.)
All the pictures are from postcards.
An area inside the caves show how the Bushmen are living today, and
how the San and Khoi people probably lived. Groups of them must have lived
in the caves in earlier years.
Different coloured lights make this formation spectacular. It is called
the "Organ chamber" if I remember correctly, and really looks like organ
pipes running along the wall.
The Letterbox is the name of an opening in the rocks, about
30cm (12 inches) wide. You have to slide through it if you want access
to another series of chambers and halls.
This is the way to slide ....
The caves were formed millions of years ago when the underground water dissolved the limestone and then deposited it in various places in the caves.
The caves were accidentally discovered in 1780, when a farmer stumbled on them while searching for a wounded buck. By 1881 they already became a tourist attraction. New limestone caves and passages are still being dicovered. About 80 of them are already open, winding through the bowels of the earth for about 3km.
For wonderful pictures of some of the scenes in the caves, click here.
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