Ngilgi Cave

Ngilgi Cave, previously known as Yallingup Cave, is a karst cave to the northeast of Yallingup, in the southwest of Western Australia. In many sections of the cave a red layer of soil can be seen; this is called paleosol.

Photo: SeanMack, CC BY 3.0.

Opening hours:
9:00 AM—5:00 PM
December 25th: closed
Type: Cave
Description: cave in Western Australia
Also known as: “Nigili Cave” and “Yallingup Cave”
Address: 76 Yallingup Caves Road, Yallingup, 6282

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Caves House and Mount Duckworth.

Caves House

Hotel

Photo: Samwilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Caves House is a hotel, which is situated 430 metres southwest of Ngilgi Cave.

Mount Duckworth

Peak

Photo: Samwilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Duckworth is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yallingup and Quedjinup.

Yallingup

Photo: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au.

Yallingup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, 256 kilometres south of Perth. Yallingup is a popular tourist destination because of its beaches and limestone caves, and proximity to Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park.

Quedjinup

Suburb

Quedjinup is a semi-rural locality of the City of Busselton in the South West region of Western Australia, located adjacent to the west of the town of Dunsborough. Quedjinup is situated 5 km east of Ngilgi Cave.

Dunsborough

Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dunsborough is a coastal town in the South West region of Western Australia, 254 kilometres south of Perth, on the shores of Geographe Bay. Dunsborough is a popular tourist destination for Western Australians; in 1999 it was voted the state's best tourist destination and in 2013 awarded the Top Tourism Award for Population Under 5,000.

Ngilgi Cave

Categories: show cave, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
Location: City of Busselton, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.64242° or 33° 38′ 33″ south

Longitude

115.03446° or 115° 2′ 4″ east

Elevation

86 metres (282 feet)

Open location code

4PRQ925M+2Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1808852311

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

9179999

Wikidata ID

Q14935882

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ngilgi Cave” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Nigili Cave”
Egyptian Arabic: “كهف نجيلجى”
Swedish: “Nigili Cave”

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