Mammoth Cave National Park Tours
Take a leisurely bus ride with a ranger across the park landscape and learn about the communities and people that were once here. This tour requires a bus ride to and from Wondering Woods. You will also enjoy a hike in the Tranquil Valley of Wondering Woods. At the end of the hike, a short cave tour awaits you where you'll be surrounded by beautiful cave formations!
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All tours begin at the Visitor Center. Tickets must be picked up 30 minutes prior to tour time. NO REFUNDS for no shows or late arrivals.
Mammoth Cave National Park is in the central time zone and observes daylight savings time.
Youth under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older on all tours
Total Steps 194, with 54 optional stairs.
Firearms, knives, or weapons of any type, pepper spray, mace, stun guns, etc. Please secure these items in the truck of your vehicle or in the lockers adjacent to the Visitor's Center.
The ticket holder assumes all risk and danger associated with tours, whether before, during, or after tours. All children under 18 year of age must be accompanied and in the presence of an adult at all times.
Lighting of trail surfaces will vary and surfaces may be uneven and wet. Use handrails and be careful of low hanging rocks. Stay on the trails at all times. STOP walking when using still or video cameras.
Evacuation from the cave to a hospital for medical attention could take several hours. Visitors with known heart or respiratory problems, poor circulation, or difficulty walking long distances and climbing stairs should carefully consider their limitations.
All visitors are required to walk on bio-security mats at conclusion of tour; this measure is to protect the spread of WNS, a fungal disease threatening cave-hibernating bats populations in our national parks.