TOURS & TRIPS Walk Tour This popular 45-minute tour is suitable for the entire family, from kids to senior citizens. The tour begins with a five-minute walk to the cavern entrance and from there visitors travel deep within, where the temperature is a constant 55oF. Groups follow a well-lighted and hand-rail equipped trail as guides point out many natural varieties of formations including stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, draperies and rimstone pools. Popular features include The Pancake Room, a stalactite group called the Upside Down City, the Bat Grotto where bats spend summer days sleeping, and a flowstone formation called Mother Nature's Wedding Cake. The Drapery Room contains large drapery stalactites, long soda straws and twisting crystal helictites. Speleothems have developed to resemble familiar objects, as with the Taco Shell formations, the Baby Elephant and Mom stalagmites, and the Christmas Tree. There is also a subterranean stream and many other unique features Above Ground Activities/Amenities Picnic tables, geode cracking, gift shop. Availability Tours leave approximately every 45 minutes throughout the day, 7 days a week, between the hours listed below: SUMMER HOURS WEEKDAYS, WEEKENDS & HOLIDAYS First tour leaves at 10 am, last tour leaves at 5 pm WINTER HOURS EVERY DAY First tour leaves at 11 am, last tour leaves at 4 pm