SUDWALA CAVES

Once the lair of a few Swazi groups, the caves are now buried in the vegetation of the Houtbosloop valley. Thanks to the work of speleologist Harold Jackson, it is known that they extend over at least 2,500m. The local chronicle says that the network of chambers, partially explored. In the part open to visitors, above the Screaming Monster the fossilized primitive algae. 2,000 million years ago, these stromatolites produced by photosynthesis the oxygen necessary for the appearance of more developed life forms.