Sunday, July 12, 2020

Exploring The Natural Bridge Caverns

If you're looking for a fun and safe activity to do over the summer, check out Natural Bridge Caverns! I went with my mom and kids. It is family owned and operated and open daily.




The Natural Bridge Caverns were discovered in 1960 and they've found human remains that are 8000 years old. It's pretty neat. If you're worried that the children's brains are turning to mush, they'll learn something here.






And yes, it is safe, there are signs everywhere and I noticed people cleaning constantly. We kept our masks on throughout the tour.







You can reserve times online and you have a tour guide who takes you into the cavern. If you reserve in advance it's cheaper, and you're guaranteed a spot. They only have so many slots per tour to keep the group small. We did the Discovery Tour which is about a 1/2 mile in the cavern. I believe it took about an hour.





You're lead down to the cavern entrance and it looks like this:






I recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes because you will be going up and down throughout the tour. My mom is in her 60s and was able to do it, so if you're healthy, you should be okay.





It is about 70 degrees inside and the humidity is 99%. So it will feel a bit warm.





It feels like you're in another world. I felt like I was on the set of a Star Wars movie.





There is sanitizer throughout the tour, so I never felt like I was in danger.


If caverns aren't your thing, you can do the Twisted Trails Zip Rails and Rope Course. There's also a Hidden Passages cavern tour, plus shopping. There's also a maze and you can go gem mining. We just did the Discovery tour but will probably return to do the others at some point.





We had a fabulous time! If you want to learn more, click here.






Have you ever explored caverns?

41 comments:

  1. We have been to a place like this in MO!

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  2. Wow that is beautiful! I've never been anywhere like that but I would love to.

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  3. I get very claustrophobic so I usually skip tours like this. You'll find me at rope course! :)

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  4. This looks like a fun place for a family outing. Love that they also have a ropes course

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  5. I've never heard of this place but it definitely looks like something my kids would LOVE!

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  6. Ohh this is such a cool adventure! I actually don't think I've ever really explored caves before. Must visit!

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  7. Wow, those remind me of spend of the caves I visited in my early childhood—Mammoth Cave, Wind Cave, and Jewel Cave. Can confirm that kids + caves = memorable fun. If I’m ever in the area, I’ll try these too.

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  8. This looks like an amazing experience, I would love to visit with my family.

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  9. Kristine Nicole AlessandraJuly 13, 2020 at 4:54 PM

    Those caves are awesome! It is just amazing what beautiful structures nature can create! I hope someday I can explore those caves too.

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  10. I haven't been to Natural Bridge Caverns, but we have a place called Cathedral Caverns near our house that is fun to visit. Putting Natural Bridge Caverns on my to-see list.

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  11. I haven't been to this place but by the looks of it I can learn so much and my kids too. Thanks for featuring this place.

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  12. I love rock formations and caves like this! I would love to visit this place.

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  13. wow! What a special place. I love the beauty of the nature. My kids will be happy to discover this wonder!

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  14. This place looks amazing! I had to look to see where it was, but if it was closer, I would totally go.

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  15. My son explored a cavern before during their field trip and he had a blast. The photos he took were amazing. -LYNNDEE

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  16. What an amazing place to visit. I love seeing places like these. My youngest was suppose to go to see a cave before school ended up being shut down. Luckily I told her we'd take her and she's excited. These kinds of places are so neat to see.

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  17. I have explored many caves during my life time. The most impressive of these was the Harrison caves located on the island of Barbados in the Caribbean.

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  18. Isn't it amazing my family and I love the cave tours. Although the total darkness and cold temperature is whole lot story but the view at the bottom is breathtaking.

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  19. The place and the caves sounds quite interesting and lovely to visit and explore..all of the views looks amazing and great...glad you shared your experience with us..Thanks indeed for sharing..Great work...

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  20. This looks like a great day out, I love exploring caves.

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  21. Yes it Natural bridge Caverns was really fun we went there last year. This year we are not going out. Looks like they are keeping up with cleaning.

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  22. This is an awesome experience! Inside looks like you are not on Earth anymore. Glad you visited this place.

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  23. A perfect place to visit! i hope you had an awesome experience.

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  24. Woah! This looks super cool! I visited a place kinda like this and I got majorly claustrophobic! LOL

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  25. What a neat place. This is the kind of place that we would like to check out on a road trip. So interesting!

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  26. Such a fun place for a family outing. It would make a great road trip destination.

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  27. I have been here before its very cool :) Thanks for sharing this info

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  28. I would love to explore this. I am a big fan of caves! I love your photos.

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  29. I love this idea! It's not something you do very often,and it would feel so good to be in a nice cool cave on a hot summer day!

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  30. My claustrophobic self could never, but I'm so jealous that you got to experience that, lol!

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  31. Thanks for the knowledge! This cave is so amazing!!

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  32. Wow! That looks beautiful! What a great place to bond with family!

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  33. What an adventure! I love how stunning the formations inside the caves look.

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  34. This looks like a great trip! I've never done a trip like this but will add to my list to research for sure.

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  35. I am a little bit afraid of natural caverns, but they are a miracle of the nature. So beautiful!

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  36. These caverns look like so much fun to explore. I'd love to check them out some time.

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  37. Love exploring trips! This looks like a blast! I'm adding this to the list of must do trips when my baby gets a little older!

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  38. Oh wow, how exciting. It looks so pretty in the caverns. I went somewhere like that years back and it was quite amazing. My kids would love gem mining, and so would I lol.

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  39. What a unique an interesting destination. I think this would be a fun place to visit as a family.

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  40. Oh wow! The place looks really amazing! I would love to visit this place someday!

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  41. Wow, these are amazing. I love exploring natural caves.

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