Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

Nelson Bay Cave

Nelson Bay Cave, previously known as Wagenaar's Cave, is a coastal archaeological site in the Robberg Nature Reserve on the Robberg Peninsula in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, about 250 km east of Cape Town. The cave is 18 meters wide and 35 meters deep, and the cave opening is 21 meters above mean sea level. The cave was amongst the first sites excavated in the southern Cape aimed at recording changes in terrestrial fauna caused by changes in climate and sea levels.

City
Plettenberg Bay
Country
South Africa
Category
Historic
Suggested visit
About 90 minutes

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