Caves of South Wales Dragon

Swansea Valley Cave Photos


Dan Yr Ogof photo set Dan Yr Ogof is an extensive and well decorated cave that can be explored by cavers for over 15km beyond the showcave that is open to the public ..more information
Cwm Dwr photo set Cwm Dwr is the middle entrance to the vast Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave system to which it connects and offers a variety of sporting caving trips in the system ..more information
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1 ( OFD1 ) photo set Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1 is the lower entrance to the OFD cave system, and it was from this entrance that the original explorers first entered the largest cave in Wales ..more information
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 2 ( OFD2 ) photo set Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 2 is the top entrance to the OFD cave system, and is very popular as a large network of flood free passages can be explored in all weather ..more information
Tunnel Cave photo set Tunnel Cave is located on the hill above Dan Yr Ogof and a series of pitches and climbs lead into the tall rifty passages that eventually lead into Cathedral Showcave ..more information
Cathedral photo set Cathedral showcave contains a vast chamber that is open to the public and beyond this section of cave you can access the lower section of Tunnel Cave ..more information
Ogof Yr Ardd photo set Ogof Yr Ardd is a rarely visited cave that has formed just below the gritstone caprock. The cave is noted for the friable rock and the tightness of the passages ..more information
Cwm Dwr 2 photo set Despite it's proximity to SWCC this is rarely visted. A sump about 30m from the entrance can be drained to give access to a ladder pitch to a long streamway ..more information
Powell's Cave photo set Powell's cave is a short section of impressive sized phreatic passage that has been truncated at either end. This would have originally been part of the OFD System. ..more information
Twll Gwynt Oer Cave photo set Twll Gwynt Oer - Cold Wind Hole is a 8 metre shaft in the bottom of a shakehole that drops into the middle of a short section of streamway which can be followed in two directions ..more information