Address: Dan-yr-Ogof, Abercrave,, Swansea SA9 1GJ
Tags caves day out dinosaurs natural history welsh
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BushGirl (30-04-2008)
Another place in Wales that was a real treat to go to as a kid.
The caves are, well, cavernous. Sorry.
The caves are amazing, there’s loads of them and you get taken through them with or without a guide (I think). There are really tall ones, little ones, ones where cavemen used to live (and they put in some cavemen mannequins to get the point across), really massive ones that have fun acoustics, ones with rivers running through them. Oh, basically a lot of caves = a lot of fun.
There’s also sort of musuemy bits which tell you how Welsh workers would use coracles to navigate through the caves, and what the caves have been used for over the millenia.
There are some big fibreglass dinosaurs, which are fun. And a shop and cafe.
Glorious to visit on a nice summer day, when you step outside and the sun blinds you after the darkness of the caves. It’s quite a good rainy day place too, as you can spend lots of time in the caves, away from the rain. It is freezing inside them though. So take a coat.
A fascinating family day out.
Tags wales, welsh, caves, day out, family friendly
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bethanboo02 (20-04-2008)
This is a fasanating place you can walk deep into the side of a Welsh Valley and go deep under ground to see the natural formations that have been created over time and they truely are amazing.
You can get the full story of how these caves were discovered and the dangers that the men faced in bringing them to life and truely going into the heart of wales.
The Dinosaurs were somewhat primative to say the least but they were an added bonus as we had paid to see the caves and wow we were no disappointed.
The cafe was reasonable and the gift shop had the usual suveniers but on the whole the place was amazing.
One thing I must add that is as part of this attraction to get to go and see a small farm at the bottom of the hill which had horses, ponies, pigs and various other farm animals and working attractions so it was a real bargain day out and great for the entire family.
Tags dinosaurs, caves, natural history, family fun
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