Description
The Sudwala Caves are an incredibly deep system of caverns lying in the Mpumalanga region of the Drakensberg escarpment. Considered the oldest known caves in the world, this astonishing unplumbed complex of passages and giant chambers extend into the mysterious Mankelexele massif.
The caves are situated in the Precambrian dolomite rocks of the Malmani Group, formed over a period of some 3 000 million years, capturing in stone an era when this place was a shallow in-land sea.
The very earliest known life forms are preserved in fossil form in these rocks. In the cave are fossils of the first oxygen producing plants on the earth called collenia – fossilised bacterial colonies that date back 2.2 billion years!
And there's a Dinosaur Park too. Kids will love the life-size monsters guarding the cave entrance.
If you time your visit on the last Saturday of the month, you can go on a crystal tour inside the deeper chambers. It last for six hours and bookings are essential.
Sudwala Caves Map
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