Cavers must descend a scree slope to access the entrance which is marked by a sign engraved into the rock with the inscription "To Leonora's Caves 1867".

[3] In 1914, the famous French prehistorian Abbe Breuil visited this cave in an attempt to research it properly and was the first to report seeing spiders, isopods, acaris, staphylindis and diptera.

Gilbard said:[3]"Ladies however need not be afraid of proceeding to the explorations of Leonora's Cave, from where, candles only having been used to light up the stalactites, pillar are undimmed by smoke, and the descent, although a little difficult is not too arduous an undertaking".These trips for ladies would only be to the Main Chamber since attempting the Crawl and later the drop into the Bell Chamber in a long skirt or dress would have been quite dangerous.

[3] There are accounts of military personnel having visited the caves in their spare time in an attempt to finally find the passage to Africa and were "never seen again".

It took a few visits to understand the system properly, but discovered two access points to chambers which had not been previously mapped, drawn or described.

This part of the system is much harder to navigate involving vertical rope pitches and steep narrow descents.