5 Best Sights in The South West Wine Region, Western Australia

Near Yallingup, this is a main site for adventure caving. In between crawling through tight spots, sliding down smooth rock surfaces and gazing at stalactites, you'll learn about the fascinating history of this special cave, explored by candlelight in the 1900s. Semi-guided cave tours take about one hour, cost A$22.50 and run every half hour from 9:30 to 4. Highly recommended adventure caving tours operate at either 9:30 am or 1:30 pm on various weekdays. Prebooking at least 48 hours in advance is advised. Adventure tours cost from A$60 to A$158, and vary from 45 minutes to four hours in length, depending on the tour.

The southernmost cave of the entire underground system, Jewel has one of the longest straw stalactites in any tourist cave in the world—measuring about 16 feet. There's also an interpretive center on-site and a café nearby.

Centered around a tranquil, eerie-looking underground lake, Lake Cave is the deepest of all the open caves in the region, and there are tearooms on-site.

This eco display center at Lake Cave gives a good introduction to the whole cave system and how it was formed. There's a simulated cave tunnel called a cave crawl for kids to safely experience tight spaces.

Here you'll find ancient fossil remains of extinct animals and a tannin-stained stream. You can do a self-guided tour or opt for an audio experience, available in English, German, and Mandarin. Wheelchair access is possible to the first chamber.