Mammoth Cave National Park Tours, KY
Notice:Reservations for same day tour sales can only be purchased in person at the park. Advance reservation cut-off is midnight prior to date of tour. Bags of any type are not allowed on any of the cave tours. This includes backpacks, fannypacks, purses, camera cases and diaper bags. Visitors may carry small children in a front carrier only - backpack carriers for small children are not allowed. SOME TOURS ARE SEASONAL - CLICK ON TOUR TO FIND CURRENT TOUR STATUS
Time Zone: Mammoth Cave National Park is located in the central time zone and observes daylight savings time. The following items are prohibited on all cave tours: all containers including purses, fanny packs, backpacks, diaper bags, camera cases, firearms, knives, or other edged weapons, pepper spray, mace and stun guns.
Small medical bags can be taken on tours, check with the information desk for a medical tag.
Strollers and infant backpack carriers are not permitted in the cave.
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Broadway Tour
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Cave Tour |
2 hr. 00 min.
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Moderate
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| Walk a hillside trail down to Mammoth Cave's most famous entrance as you follow the path traced through nearly 200 years of touring. Experience the gently lit ambience of a large trunk passage in the world's longest cave. Prices: Adult: $11.00, Youth: $8.00, Interagency Access Pass: $5.50, Interagency Senior Pass: $5.50 |
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Discovery Tour
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Cave Tour |
0 hr. 20 min.
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Moderate
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| Visit the Rotunda, one of the largest rooms in the cave; explore a vast canyon passageway; and learn about 19th-century saltpeter mining operations and the geologic origins of Mammoth Cave on this self-guiding tour. |
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Focus on Frozen Niagara Tour
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Cave Tour |
1 hr. 45 min.
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Easy
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| Caravan in your private vehicle over the top of the cave to the Frozen Niagara Entrance. Walk through this fairyland of formations through the most photographed area of Mammoth Cave. See rooms of formations in the most photographed area of Mammoth Cave. Prices: Adult: $10.00, Youth: $8.00, Interagency Access Pass: $5.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $5.00 |
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Frozen Niagara
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Cave Tour |
1 hr. 15 min.
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Easy
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| Depart by bus and journey over the top of the cave to the Frozen Niagara Entrance. This entrance created in 1924 makes it possible to see this decorative area of the cave. Prices: Adult: $10.00, Youth: $8.00, Interagency Access Pass: $5.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $5.00 |
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Grand Avenue
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Cave Tour |
4 hr. 30 min.
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Difficult
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| This physically demanding trip will give you an excellent idea of the size and complexity of the Mammoth Cave System. Learn how the cave's natural and cultural histories are interwoven. See some of the most dramatic passages in this 'mammoth' cave. Prices: Adult: $24.00, Youth: $17.00, Interagency Access Pass: $12.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $12.00 |
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Great Onyx Tour
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Cave Tour |
2 hr. 15 min.
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Easy
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| Exploring this geologic beauty by lantern light offers a shadowed backdrop for the multitudes of dripstone gypsum and helictite formations. Prices: Adult: $15.00, Youth: $11.00, Interagency Access Pass: $7.50, Interagency Senior Pass: $7.50 |
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Historic
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Cave Tour |
2 hr. 00 min.
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Moderate
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| Entering the cave through the Historic Entrance you will feel the excitement that intrigued the earliest explorers and visitors. Discover the historic role Mammoth Cave played during the War of 1812. Prices: Adult: $12.00, Youth: $8.00, Interagency Access Pass: $6.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $6.00 |
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Introduction to Caving
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Cave Tour |
3 hr. 30 min.
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Difficult
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| A good choice for families who want to learn and experience the basics of responsible caving. Visit passages off traditional tour routes. Prices: Adult: $23.00, Youth: $18.00, Interagency Access Pass: $11.50, Interagency Senior Pass: $11.50 |
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New Entrance Tour
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Cave Tour |
2 hr. 00 min.
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Moderate
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| This trip begins with a bus ride over the top of the cave to the New Entrance. Discovered in the 1920's it opened a whole new opportunity for visitors to see Mammoth Cave. Prices: Adult: $12.00, Youth: $8.00, Interagency Access Pass: $6.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $6.00 |
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Passage Tour
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Cave Tour |
1 hr. 15 min.
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Moderate
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| Follow your guide to the Historic Entrance where the cave was first discovered more that 4,000 years ago. Entering the cave, imagine early visitors as they walked through these "Mammoth Passages" Visit one of the largest rooms in the cave and see remains of an early saltpeter mining operation. Prices: Adult: $5.00, Youth: $3.50, Interagency Access Pass: $2.50, Interagency Senior Pass: $2.50 |
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River Styx
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Cave Tour |
2 hr. 30 min.
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Moderate
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| Trace the stages of cave development from solid layers of limestone to the world's longest known cave system. Follow the course of water from ridge top to river bottom and witness the persistence and power required to create this geologic marvel. Prices: Adult: $13.00, Youth: $9.00, Interagency Access Pass: $6.50, Interagency Senior Pass: $6.50 |
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Snowball Tour
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Cave Tour |
3 hr. 00 min.
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Moderate
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| Descend and ascend nearly 200 stairs at the Carmichael Entrance of Mammoth Cave, pass the craggy breakdown of the Rocky Mountains and enter gypsum encrusted Cleaveland Avenue. Purchase lunch from the parks concessionaire at the Snowball Dining Room. Prices: Adult: $14.00, Youth: $8.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $7.00 |
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Star Chamber
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Cave Tour |
2 hr. 15 min.
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Moderate
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| See the cave by lantern light as it was seen by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jenny Lind and other 19th century notables. Follow the passageway taken daily by Dr. John Croghan as he tended consumptive patients in his "hospital" 160 feet underground. Prices: Adult: $12.00, Youth: $8.00, Interagency Access Pass: $6.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $6.00 |
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Trog
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Cave Tour |
2 hr. 15 min.
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Moderate
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| This tour offers an off-trail adventure for children 8 - 12. Begin with a short hike through the forest down to the historic entrance and see how the surface and sub-surface are connected. Prices: Youth: $14.00 |
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Violet City Lantern
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Cave Tour |
3 hr. 00 min.
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Difficult
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| Walk by lantern light through some of the cave's largest passages as guides recreate the experiences of the first visitors in the 1800's. See evidence of saltpeter production an underground hospital and prehistoric mineral mining. Prices: Adult: $15.00, Youth: $11.00, Interagency Access Pass: $7.50, Interagency Senior Pass: $7.50 |
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Wild Cave
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Cave Tour |
6 hr. 00 min.
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Difficult
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| Hand and knee crawling belly crawls as tight as 9" through small cave passages off traditional walking tour routes. Visitors are required to perform several freehold climbs up or down ten-foot cave walls. Prices: Adult: $48.00, Interagency Access Pass: $24.00, Interagency Senior Pass: $24.00 |
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