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Popular Off the Beaten Path | Miscellaneous Off the Beaten Path Tips | All Tips (16) Guided Tours are a great way to see other parts of the cave. Some of the guided tours actually require you to squeeze between tight places and crawl on the floor. However there are some guided tours that are in lighted rooms with paths for walking. I've only been on one guided tour myself and I can't wait to go back and go on more. The whole cave experiance is great.
Here is a list of prices. For more info about each guided tour, check out the website.
Kings Palace: Adult $8.00, Kids $4.00, Departs Daily
Left Hand Tunnel: Adult $7.00, Kids $3.50, Departs Daily 9 a.m
Slaughter Canyon Cave: Adult $15.00, Kids $7.50, Departs Daily in summer
10 a.m. and 1 p.m
Lower Cave: Adult $20.00, Kids $10.00, Departs Mon-Friday 1 p.m.
Hall of White Giant: Adult $20.00, Kids $10.00, Departs Saturday 1 p.m.
Spider Cave: Adult $20.00, Kids $10.00, Departs Sunday 1 p.m. Leave a Comment Website: www.nps.gov/cave/
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This tour is advertised as a one and a quarter mile tour, which usually lasts around 2 hours. However, we discovered that this is often not the case, as we were only taken on one a half mile tour. In reality if there is a large group, you do not get the entire tour. It is during the “off season” when there are only a few people registered for this tour that they take you deeper into the cave. This is because as you get farther in the walking becomes rougher, so they only want really small groups. We unfortunately had 25 people, the maximum allowed. The ranger told us that November is the best month for this tour. The next best month for Slaughter Canyon Cave is January. We were somewhat disappointed, but it was still a nice caving experience. We were able to see the best known and photographed formation in Slaughter Cave. This is the 89 foot high Christmas Tree which is a huge, dome shaped, white column which sparkles with crystals as you turn your flashlight on making it look like freshly fallen snow sparkling in bright sunlight. Another formation I like here reminded me of a movie monster. This formation had a series of stalactites that resembled a face, which was framed by a white covering resembling a hood and cape coming down around the face. The formations in this cave were huge! The photo was taken by my husband. Leave a Comment
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We did not take these tours, but I offer them for your consideration. These are very strenuous caving tours that are offered only one time a week, so be sure to register for these ahead of time. If you have any problems with your knees or shoulders, or have a fear of enclosed space or heights these tours would not be for you. Oh, and you better not mind getting dirty, because you will on these excursions! Each trip lasts about four yours, and no child under the age of 12 is allowed on either one. You must wear sturdy shoes, and it is recommended that you wear long pants, bring drinking water, gloves, soft knee pads, and four AA batteries.
A half mile hike down a beautiful canyon will take you to Spider Cave. This is a very strenuous tour where you will there will be excessive crawling through tight spaces, climbing, and traveling through canyon-like passages. The park describes some of the formations that you will see as bizarre.
Hall of the White Giant is a strenuous and challenging tour to a remote area of Carlsbad Caverns. You will be crawling long distances, squeezing through tight crevices, and climbing up slippery flowstone-lined passages. Also expect ladder climbing, slippery surfaces, and free climbing on this trip. Long periods of time are spent in narrow passages, The prolonged amount of time spent in narrow cave passages, so this trip is not recommended for anyone afraid of tight spaces or heights. Leave a Comment
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