Cueva Maravía de Kromdraai

La Cueva Maravía, en Kromdraai, Gauteng, Suráfrica, ye la tercer cueva más grande del país y créese que tien cerca de 1,5 millones d'años. La única cámara tien una área de 46.000 metros cuadraos, 125 metros de llargu y 154 metros d'anchu.

Foi afayada a fines del sieglu XIX por unos mineros que dinamitaban pa estrayer piedra caliar y faer cementu. La minería cesó mientres la Segunda Guerra Boer y nunca se volver# a entamar.

Esta cueva tien cerca de 14 estalactitas y estalagmitas de más de 15 metros d'altu, el 85 % d'elles entá ta creciendo. La cueva de 60 metros de fondura ye accesible a los visitantes por un ascensor allugáu na Reserva Natural del Lleón y el Rinoceronte na Trubiecu de la Humanidá, un sitiu Patrimoniu de la Humanidá.

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Wayne Wides
1 May 2012
Try to get on the tour early and when there is a small group. Then the guide will show you some extra sights they don't show large groups.
Boris Biba
30 November 2013
A nice cave, not really big one.
Emrah Özdemir
13 February 2014
Millions of years to form
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