The Bothongo WonderCave Experience

The Bothongo WonderCave Experience

Natural Wonder 5 – 10 million years old

Cave Pearls

Formations up to 15m

Rim Stone pool

Stalactites & Stalagmites

Abseiling by booking only

Conducted tours every hour on the hour

Entry by steep staircase & elevator

No crawling necessary

Picnic area, Kiosk

Restaurant

Ablution Facilities

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Wondercave, 520 Kromdraai Road Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, Kromdraai, Krugersdorp 1739 South Africa

History of the Wondercave

The cave was discovered by Italian miners in 1898. They mined out approximately 15% from the formation and brought them to the surface. The formation consist of calcite which they placed in a self built oven for 2 week about 1100 degrees. This formed a powder which was taken by ox wagon to Pretoria & Johannesburg to make cement, toothpaste, use to extract gold and the like. Mining was stopped in 1902 due to the outbreak of war and low productivity. This is the 3rd largest chamber is South Africa, the largest being Cango Caves and second largest Sudwala Caves.

Wondercave Entrance

The entrance to the cave is going down 87 stair at a 45degrees angle dropping 22 meters below the surface. You will then go down an elevator with a drop of a further 18 meters into the cave.

Duration: 3 hours