In Texas’s Hill Country, only about 30 minutes from San Antonio, you can find some really incredible natural wonders. In fact, Natural Bridge Caverns are the largest network of caverns in Texas that are open to the public for exploration, or spelunking.
The Natural Bridge Caverns are the largest network of caverns in Texas open to the public for exploration! Click To TweetDiscovery Tour
The Discovery Tour is the most popular tour Natural Bridge Caverns has to offer. It shows visitors deep underground caverns with otherworldly formations formed by hundreds of years of water dripping. You’ll walk through a half-mile of the largest and most spectacular show cavern in Texas, 180 feet underground. The amazing stalactites, stalagmites, chandeliers, flowstones, and soda straws are still growing today! Who knew rocks could grow?
Hidden Passages Tour
See light and dark combine to create shadows that dance over delicate rock formations during the Hidden Passages Tour. Explore huge underground chambers decorated with natural stalagmites and stalactites, soda straws, and waves of “cave ribbon.”
Lantern Tour
Feel like a true spelunker, using only a lantern to guide your trail like a real cave explorer. See towering stone monuments, delicate soda straws, colorful cave ribbons, and spectacular sights in room after dazzling room on the Lantern Tour.
Adventure Tour
For more experienced spelunkers and people who are comfortable in tight, dirty space, there is the Lantern Tour. Go off the beaten path and down deeper than the other two tours with nothing but a lantern on your head to light the way. Rapel, climb, and hike through the deepest recesses of the earth in this naturally fun and physically demanding experience. Face the challenge!
Canopy Challenge
Take to the skies and tackle one of the outdoor adventures, putting yourself to the true test. Zipline, or climb up and over obstacles four stories high. Your agility, strength, and speed will be tested on challenges such as the Burma Buckets or Criss-Cross Tight Ropes.
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Find your way through a 5,000-square foot outdoor maze to experience a different sense of discovery. The maze will confuse and disorient you but don’t worry, you won’t let lost. If you do, there are three towers and a bridge to help you get your sense of direction back. Great for all ages!
Mining Company and Discovery Village
For some good old-fashioned fun, mine and pan for gems, fossils, and other treasures. Visit the new shops at Discovery Village with tasty treats, souvenirs, gifts, and jewelry.
Have you visited the Natural Bridge Caverns? Did you know such a wonder existed in Texas? If you’ve been there, which tour(s) did you do? Let me know in the comments!
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