Dan yr Ogof Showcaves

Dan-yr-Ogof contains not only caves but several other exhibits. It is worth considering for a half-day visit for a family or group. When you arrive, even if there are not many visitors, consider parking low down rather than driving up the slope to the caves. The reason is that the visit comes to a natural end at the Shire Horse centre, which is at the bottom. Parking is free. Then walk up the slope to the caves. If you have small children with you, get them to use the toilet (which is in the café) before you pay to go in, as the first cave takes quite a while to get through. The caves themselves are reasonably impressive, with flowing ...  Read the complete review

Where to start with this one, difficult but think I will go with the full tour of my last visit with a few other bits from previous visits added in. Where is Dan-yr-Ogof for starters, well I think you can guess by the name that it is somewhere in Wales or to be more exact it is located on the A4067 which runs between the M4 close to Swansea and the A40 near Brecon, so we are in South Wales and on my last visit we approached from Cardiff to Swansea via the M4 and onto the A4067 as we where staying in the area. Previously I have been staying near Carmarthen and have approached from the West along the A48, M4 and then the A4067. The Showcaves are within the ...  Read the complete review

Situated in the Brecon Beacon’s National Park in South Wales are the Dan-yr-Ogof Showcaves. If Wales was to have it’s own seven wonders, Dan-yr-Ogof caves would definitely be one of them. Being about an hour’s drive from Cardiff where we live, I thought we would give them a visit as I hadn’t been then since being about 12 years old. When we arrived and made our way down into the caves, there was a noticeable drop in temperature to that of a cool autumn day – my wife thought it was colder, but she tends to feel the cold more than me anyway. Our guide explained that the temperature stays more or less the same all the year round. A great place to visit in a ...  Read the complete review

Located between Swansea and Brecon on the A4067 the Dan yr Ogof Caves are situated just after the village of Ynyswen. The Caves are some three hundred and fifty million years old and were voted attraction of the year for Wales in the year 2000. There are three main show caves with the Cathedral Cave and the Bone Caves being the favourites. The Cathedral Cave is like a large hall and was opened in 1953; it is full of stalagmites including one that looks like the Michelin Man. The Bone Cave is named as such because of the number of skeletons having been found their forty-two in total. The site is not just caves there are other parts to visit: - ...  Read the complete review