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OUTDSHOORN TO TSITSKAMMA NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA (including Cango Caves)--Monday and Tuesday, March 3-4, 2014 1403-57 Cleopatra's needle

OUTDSHOORN TO TSITSKAMMA NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA (including Cango Caves)--Monday and Tuesday, March 3-4, 2014

March 4th 2014
Oudtshoorn to Knysna (127 km or 77 miles)—Monday, March 3rd. Rainy and overcast today. The whole group left the park basically together as we needed to be at the Cango Caves at the same time for a tour there. Climbed straight up and then up some more for about 27 km. The Cango Caves were formed 20 million years ago by acidic ground water chemically eroding the limestone rock f ... read more
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South African Flag After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more
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