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The Cango Wildlife Ranch and its breeding centre is carefully designed so that its more than 47 species of animals and reptiles can roam peacefully in comfortable natural enclosures, giving visitors the opportunity to closely observe, and in some cases, interact with a wide variety of unusual and endangered animals. Leave a Comment
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This was something I had always wanted to do! The caves have been declared a National Monument and has breathtaking beauty and charm.
The tunnels, halls (called 'phreatic chambers') and rock formations here are formed of limestone and rock, after many thousands of years of water dripping into the cave through cracks.
The cave itself is 5.3km in length, with some massive halls and smaller and narrower tunnels. The speleothems, stalagtites and stalagmites (please excuse my spelling?) are awesome, as are the crystal and flow structures.
A standard tour can be done in one hour, or a more involved adventure (and dirty!) tour and a half hours... but you need to be rather slim to do this one! I opted out ;)
The tour guide was very good and knew his stuff... although he did tell a few 'trying-to-be-funny' stories too... but some people enjoy that I guess! We tipped him R10 when we exited as a thank you. Leave a Comment Address: Cano Valley, Swartberg MountainsPhone: +27 (0)44 272-7410Directions: The Cango Caves are situated within the Swartberg Mountains, about 28km from Oudtshoorn itself.Website: www.cangocaves.co.za Other Contact: reservations@cangocaves.co.za
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The Cango Wildlife Ranch is a particular favourite for visitors, especially those with kids!
They have ostriches to ride on, cheetahs, Pygmy hippos, Nile crocodiles, white lions, Madagascar Ring-tailed Lemur, Campbell ducks, King Cobras and even Bengal tigers.
On their website they say 'Welcome to Cango Wildlife Ranch the conservation heart of the Little Karoo'
And they mean it.
They are a big part of the conservation process of various animals.. and many animals here arent local (South African, or even African!) animals, as seen in the list above.
They have breeding programs too, whcih mean some animals are only here for s short time, during their breeding season.
THE CHEETAH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
This foundation was founded in 1988 and aims to ensure the survival of the cheetah and other endangered species. It is a registered non-profit organisation and depends on private funding and visitors to pay for the upkeep and ongoing running of the program.
They have an 'adopt a cheetah' facility, which is an excellent way to bring funds in for the cheetahs. Leave a Comment Address: Baron Van Reede Sreet (R328)Phone: + 27 (0)44 272 5593Directions: Just outside the town itself.Website: www.cango.co.za Other Contact: reservations@cango.co.za
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 Me on top of an ostrich by IIGUANALeave a Comment Address: All around Outdshoorn
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 Botha Hall - Cango Caves by IIGUANALeave a Comment Address: Just off OudtshoornDirections: It's quite close to town and there are road signs everywhere
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 by Jenniflower
The South African ostrich farming industry is centred here.
They have lovely things for the kids to visit, go for rides etc... and are educational and fun. Adults riding them does damage their thin ankles and hinders their running ability, so I wouldnt personally ride them.
Many visitors do though.
After visiting a farm one realises how magnificent these huge flightless birds are, and how we should be wary of them... they run very fast and can hurt people quite easily. They stand taller than the average man and weigh about 150 kg. Leave a Comment Address: Baron Van Reede Sreet (R328)Phone: + 27 (0)44 272 5593Directions: Not too far outside the town itself.Website: www.cango.co.za Other Contact: reservations@cango.co.za
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There is no shortage of things to do in this locality with a tour through the fascinating Cango Caves of stalagmites and stalactites, and Cheetahland, a place where you can stroke the fastest animal on earth while it purrs like a tractor.
There are some spectacular mountain passes with the Swartberg Pass the most sensational in South Africa. The wonderful twisted sedimentary layers of rock sport colours that look as if a painter were splashing about with his palate. The 24 km road has some awesome sheer drops and hair pin bends leading down to great echoing canyons. Leave a Comment
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 Botha's Hall (postcard) by Alain_Smeets
It's open 364 days in a year and only on Christmas day it's closed.
For more information and photos see my travelogue: The Cango Caves Leave a Comment
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 Swartberg Pass (photo Thieu) by Alain_Smeets
There are lot of sharp turns, but the views are worth it.
We drove through the Meiringspoort and on to the Swartberg Pass. This pass surprised us. We thought about a normal road, but it was a sand road, and mostly so small that only one car can travel on it. Here and there, we saw an opportunity to let other cars pass. But this was not necessary because going up, we didn’t see one car. You can imagine that this took a long time to drive up. But the view on the top was great. That winding sand-road going up. We were glad we did this. But after the top, the road didn’t ended as we thought. It was downhill and then ups again. We saw the first car just behind the first top, one car in more than one hour; it sounds like a very busy road. But a the second top, we saw 2 cars standing with tourists, also taking pictures. And on the way down, we passed more cars. But we still are on a sand road. Leave a Comment
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