Not just caves! (Dan yr Ogof Showcaves)

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Product:	Dan yr Ogof Showcaves
Date:	31/05/01 (429 review reads)
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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: -

Dinosaur Park – Britain’s largest dinosaur park that has a 9.1 metre T-Rex amongst over forty other prehistoric giants

Shire Horse Centre – ‘Twm’ the talking sheepdog will take you back through the history of the Shire horses and see the fine shire horses that still pull various farm wagons about the farm. There are also other farm animals to visit with Shetland ponies, donkeys, cows, goats and ducks.

Iron Age Farm – Learn about life during the Iron age in the Iron Age farm. Life size models of people and animals give a realistic idea of how they lived during this period.

There is also a dry ski-slope centre and a trekking centre but these are additional to the cost of paying to go in.

Open first of April till the end of October and at £7.50 per adult and £4.50 per child its quite expensive but you can spend many an hour for that money being educated and enjoying.

There is a café and craft shop on site but they are a little bit expensive.

If you want more info try www.showcaves.co.uk which is fairly extensive but go for the simplified site or else you will wait all day for the pictures to load.

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