Visitors climb stairs along a steep hill in a large underground cave passageway.

Grand Avenue Cave Tour

Mammoth Cave National Park

  • Every day at 9:45 AM from June 01, 2025 to June 14, 2025
  • Fees apply

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Advanced reservations are strongly recommended as tours often sell out.

At 4 hours long, this lengthy tour explores the geologic diversity of what Mammoth Cave has to offer. Going through slot canyons, tubular passageways, tall canyons, and tunnels sparkled with gypsum. This tour also encounters hundreds of steps and ascends and descends many tall, incredibly steep hills.  Covering a wide variety of the history and geology of Mammoth Cave, this tour is ideal for those wishing for a lengthy, half-day hike inside of the cave. 

This tour requires a short bus ride to and from the visitor center to the cave entrance.

This tour includes the entire Frozen Niagara Tour route and all of the Domes and Dripstones Tour except for the 280 stairs descending the vertical shafts at the entrance.

Duration: 4 hours
Distance: 4 miles (6.4 km)
Total Stairs: 1521 plus an optional 96
Difficulty: Strenuous
Ages: 6 years and older. Youth under the age of 16 years, must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older.
Restrooms: Yes
Tickets available for each tour time: 78

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Fees

$42 Adults, $34 Youth, $21 Senior Pass Holder, $21 Access Pass Holder

Location

This tour departs from the Mammoth Cave National Park Visitor Center.

Latitude and Longitude 37.187022, -86.101071

Schedule

Days:

Every day

Dates:

June 01, 2025 to June 14, 2025

Time:

9:45 AM

Duration:

4 hours

Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your tour time.

Event Type

  • Guided Tour
Tags: cave tours, mammoth cave, ranger-guided tour, mammoth cave national park