City: Western Cape
Top Things to do in Western Cape
The 7 Best Caverns & Caves in Western Cape, South Africa
South Africa’s most popular tourist destination offers the urban thrills of Cape Town, its adjacent wine country and an aura of the rich political history of South Africa. The Overberg's perfect whale-watching perches provide excitement of a different nature. The Garden Route's lakes and forests and the Klein Karoo's ostrich-farming towns and vineyards present another take on the Cape. For extra kicks, try bungee jumping or cage-diving among Great Whites.
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1. Elephant's Eye Cave
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By NazlieD1 - Milnerton, South Africa
We are a team that hike every second week on one of the trails in Cape Town on a Sunday morning. This week’s hike took us from Silvermine to the Elephant Eye Cave. The trail is a round strip of about 6km and took just under 2 hours to complete. A person need to be moderately fit, even though it is a very easy climb. The route is well mapped. It is best to do this hike in a group as there were past security incidents. Some of the routes are shared by mountain bikers and hikers. The views are fantastic. The cave has seating where you can enjoy your snacks. There are lots of photo opportunities throughout the trail. At the start of the trail, you will walk past the Silvermine dam which is a super dam to swim in. The triathletes and water lovers swim the circumference of the dam as practice. The Silvermine area is part of the Table Mountain National Park and easy to find. It is best and safer to park inside the park. You can expect to pay R35 per person for a day visit.
2. The Cango Caves
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4.5 based on 4,151 reviews
Though damaged through shortsighted tourism schemes in the 1960s, these caves are still worth a visit for their eerie dark tunnels and stunning limestone formations.
Reviewed By magsboy - North Vancouver, Canada
The Cango Caves are well worth the visit to see to large underground caverns and the awesome geologic formations (we only did the Heritage Tour) and you can get some spectacular photos - we took the earliest available tour and glad we did because the tour buses were rolling up when we left and hordes of people were arriving - I do think they need to limit the numbers - and also enforce their requests for visitors not to sit and touch where they are asked not to!
3. Waenhuiskrans Caves
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4.5 based on 152 reviews
Reviewed By 269andreh - Cape Town, South Africa
Visited on 12-14 March 2021. We heard about this cave but did not realise it was so spectacular. Very easy to find as most locals hang out here as there is a small beach , quite a few walking trails & mountain biking opportunity. Some nice sand dunes to climb. The cave is only accessible at low tide by walking over the rocks so some footwear is advisable. We wore slops & it was fine. The entrance to get inside the cave is a small hole in a rock on your right as you walk towards the ocean. This gives you access to quite a big cave where you have amazing views of the ocean. You cannot access the cave from the ocean side as its a bit dangerous. Great photo opportunities within the cave and all the surrounding areas. If you have a 4x4 you can stop fairly close to steps to get down to cave area otherwise like most you park in the public area & walk , about a 10-15min on sea sand & there are signs showing the direction of the cave , the signs are a bit weather worn. The rock steps lead down to the ocean & you keep to the right walking towards the ocean. Definitely a must visit if in Arniston or surrounding areas
4. Stadsaal Caves
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4.5 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By MuKWilderness - Wilderness, South Africa
such a picturesque place - peace and tranquility that's what one finds there - besides the uncountable possibilities of capturing stunning images. Especially the light early in the morning and late afternoon. We stay near the caves in a self catering cottage so it takes just 15min to get to the entrance. It's useful to get as much information about the Stadsal beforehand to find all the special named rock formations.....
5. Klipgat Caves
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By Chikjo01 - Johannesburg, South Africa
My highlight of visiting the Klipgat Caves was climbing the steps, being rewarded with the great views of the coast and throwing caution to the wind by picking up shells on the beach, like a little girl.
6. Bushman's Cave
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
