Someone on our tour over-estimated her abilities and realized after going down the first 280 stairs that this tour was not for her. Be sure that you know your limitations before attempting it. The Domes and Dripstones Tour is considered a moderately physical tour and covers a distance of 3/4 mile. Be sure to check the schedules before you visit. While there are only a limited number of tours available during the winter months, spring and summer schedules offer up many more tours and activities for visitors to take advantage of. Other tours offered are the Mammoth Cave Accessible Tour and the Frozen Niagara Tour. There’s even a ‘frozen waterfall’ that our kids loved. This Ranger-led tour was fantastic and was filled with great information, history, and of course, some cool cave formations. It’s roughly a two-hour tour that will require you to navigate lots of steps and narrow passageways, but if you can handle those things, you’ll be rewarded with some really amazing sights! Mammoth Cave Tour We took the Domes & Dripstones Tour ($15 for adults/$10 for kids) which is a wonderful introduction to the cave, and has lots of adventure to keep the kids interested. Things to do at Mammoth Cave Tours for Families and Younger Children There are several tours available for everyone of any physical ability, which is great. Today, Mammoth Cave welcomes well over half a million visitors per year and employs around 50 park rangers. Native Americans have a 4000+-year history here, and there are some really great stories and folklore to learn about during your visit. Mammoth Cave was established as a National Park in 1941, but of course its history reaches far beyond that. It is the longest cave system in the world clocking in at a whopping 405 miles in length and still going! Mammoth Cave is immense (as you may have gathered by the name). You can read more about the program here. This federal program allows for free admission to parks, seashores, monuments, etc., that fall under the care of the National Park Service. If you have a 4th grader in the family, be sure to sign up for Every Kid in a Park.
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