I was under the impression that Batcave will be a
dry-cave, but this was not the case…. Actually the 200m walk from the
garage where we parked to the entrance through pouring rain, was the wet
part… the cave dry and warm.
As
I have never visited this cave, I joined Gerry Pretorius and 5 other
cavers to this magical place. Yes, that was my expectation from read-ups
and other’s comments, and they were not wrong. Batcave officially
became my new favourite cave to explore. A combination of big caverns,
long wide passages you can walk and explore, narrow passages requiring
you to eat dirt, together with climbs and drops requiring you to hang on
for dear life…not to mention a very exciting fixed steel-cable ladder –
a cave that provides something for all enthusiasts!
With
the group being pretty small (7 in total) we had to opportunity to
explore all over the cave. Some nice crawls and slides as well as
spectacular rock formations and a huge wall with flowstone formations
left us with some spectacular images from the cave. Batcave is however
one of those caves where you will do quite a bit of squeezing and
crawling. I will therefore advise for you to leave the backpacks at the
entrance as this will hinder you with your progress through these
spectacular passages.
Batcave did not disappoint and I cannot wait to go back and explore even more of this magical place!
Thanks
to Gerrie Pretorius, Hani Williams, David Groenewald, and the other 3
gentleman of which I cannot remember their names at this point,
apologies. Till the next adventure….
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