Passages such as Broadway give the cave its name: Mammoth.

Duration:  2 hours
Walking Distance: 2 miles
Sells Out at: 120 visitors
Restroom available? Yes.
Description:  Enterning the cave through the Historic Entrance, you will feel the excitement that intrigued the earliest explorers and visitors. Experience the history and the role that Mammoth Cave played during the War of 1812. Large passages invite you to imagine what it would have been like for prehistoric discoverers who walked these passages over 2,000 years ago. Descend into the lower levels of the cave and follow in the footsteps of the first explorers who crossed the Bottomless Pit and squeeze through Fat Man's Misery. Climb 138 stairs up Mammoth Dome and exit through the Historic Entrance. 

Sections of the tour have confining spaces and heights. Those with claustrophobia and/or acrophobia may have difficulty.

Landmarks Seen:  Natural Entrance, Rotunda, Broadway Avenue, Methodist Church, Salt Petre artifacts, Giant's Coffin, Sidesaddle Pit, Bottomless Pit, Fat Man's Misery, River Hall, Mammoth Dome, Audubon Avenue
Elevation Change:  300 feet
Number of Stairs: 440, including up 138 at Mammoth Dome
Steep Hill Climbs? Yes, trail to and from cave entrance
Restrictions: General restrictions apply

Special Notice: Limited areas of the Discovery, Mammoth Passage, Broadway, Star Chamber, River Styx and Violet City Lantern Tours are visited on this route.