One of South Africa’s greatest natural attractions, the Cango Caves, has suffered huge economic losses during the country’s extended national lockdown.
Reports have recently surfaced on social media, suggesting that the Cango Caves will be privatised. However the Oudtshoorn municipality says the posts are misleading and false.
CANGO CAVES: TOP HERITAGE ATTRACTION
The Cango Caves, located 30km outside the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn, is one of South Africa’s prime attractions and is known to be the country’s oldest tourist attraction.
The 20 million-year-old site consists of a series of hidden chambers that cut deep into a thick limestone rock layer. The Cango Caves were inhabited since the Early Stone Age. They are the largest show cave system in Africa and are often described as one of the great Natural Wonders of The World.