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Mammoth Cave National Park

This classic Mammoth Cave Tour visits many of the historic areas that originally made Mammoth Cave famous. Going through tunnels that humans have used for thousands of years, this tour not only explores huge rooms that gave Mammoth Cave its name, but also descends to much tighter places deep inside the cave. Please note that this tour ascends and descends hundreds of stairs and several steep inclines, which can be difficult for many visitors, as there are no alternative routes. This tour is ideal for people with an interest in history and a sense of adventure.   This tour is seen in its entirety on the River Styx Modified Tour.

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A large staircase leads into a cave entrance from the surface.

Historic Entrance

A trail lined with handrails leads deeper into the cave.

Inside the Historic Entrance

A paved trail travels through a narrow cave passage.

Houchin's Narrows

A large cave room with people standing around the center of the room.

Rotunda

Large wooden boxes filled with dirt.

Saltpetre Vats (Rotunda)

A paved trail leads thorough large cave passages.

Entering Broadway

Wooden logs sitting on a stack of rocks.

Saltpeter Pipes

A group gathers in a large cave room.

Methodist Church

A paved trail splits around a large rock in the cave.

Broadway

A large rock feature that looks like a coffin.

Giant's Coffin

The tour trail begins to enter into smaller cave passages.

Wooden Bowl Room

A small narrow staircase takes you deeper into the cave.

Descending Deeper

A narrow winding paved cave trail.

Black Snake Avenue

Historic signatures on the cave ceiling along the trail.

Historic Signatures along the trail

Stairs lead further down in the cave.

More Stairs

A metal bridge with handrails crosses a pit.

Side Saddle Pit

A metal bridge crosses a large pit in the cave.

Bottomless Pit

A narrow staircase with metal handrails.

Going even deeper

A very narrow trail leads into a small passage.

Fat Man's Misery

A person stands in the narrow passage.

Inside Fat Man's Misery

Historic signatures decorate the ceiling of the cave with a paved trail leading beneath them.

Great Relief Hall

A large gathering area with benches.

River Hall

A large staircase climbs higher in the cave.

The Stairs Go Up

A narrow cave passage.

Sparks Avenue

Handrails line the edge of a large vertical cave shaft.

Mammoth Dome

A large stair tower.

Mammoth Dome Stair Tower

Flowstone clings to a small section of cave wall.

Butterscotch Falls

A large cave passage with a paved trail.

Little Bat and Audubon Avenue


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