Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park

I had not been in many years. The visitor center is much nicer now. We booked the Extended Historic Tour. The tickets are easily bought online. We gathered at a nearby shelter where our guide told us a bit about the tour and what it would entail. We then walked to the cave entrance. Inside is quite an amazing experience. With the Extended tour, you get to see remnants of the huts where TB patients were kept in attempt to treat their disease. Our tour guide was fabulous in telling us about the cave an its history. The tour is a little over two miles and two hours. There are quite a few steps/stairs. However, there are several breaks (with benches for sitting) where the tour guide talks about the cave. There are other tours available to match your level of fitness and what you might to see there. Highly recommended.

Tour was nice. Well organized, but the caves didn't have a lot of natural formations. One part of our tour did, but the rest was a long walk through the cave. We took the Grand Avenue tour, very challenging for my wife and I (fairly decent shape for approaching 60). If you are here you kinda have to check out mammoth caves, but we enjoyed some one of the local privately owned caves much more. Crystal Onyx Caves where amazing. See my review on Google.

This was a great National Park. Quite large, but the sites are spacious and somewhat private. There are no amenities, such as water or electricity, so generators might be nice. We did well with just boondocks g and a pumpkin at the end. Very nice bathrooms everywhere. The small camp store is well stocked with basics and there was a laundry and post office. We took two tours, one we bussed to, and one was a walk to the original entrance and inside. Both were ranger led and our rangers were excellent and very well informed. So worthwhile. A great visitors center with gifts galore and it is here where you arrange your tours. Great experience.

One of my favorite national parks to visit! We did the historic tour that was 2 hours long with two small children under 8. This tour was rated as a moderate hike but they were able to do it! There are more ideal hikes for smaller children but my youngest child of 5 was able to do this one. Make sure to visit this park in the fall when all the leaves are changing colors. It is a beautiful park!

This is a very very beautiful, calm, family friendly park. We took the Mammoth Cave tour and it was a fabulous experience! Make sure you check ahead about times and you may want to book ahead. The tour guides (they refer to themselves as rangers, but they are definitely not full force Park rangers.. more like Yogi Bear rangers) are very knowledgeable and give useful information throughout the tour. Unfortunately there were some rowdy small children on our tour, so that impeded the enjoyment a bit unfortunately... so be mindful of the crowd you are taking the tour with. There are all kinds of Hands-On experiences to enjoy while waiting for tours to start.. as well as overpriced gift shops. Food concessions, hiking trails, picnic areas,.. just about everything you can think of is here. There are even cabin rentals, a hotel and a post office! Be mindful that the visitor center closes fairly early evening and they also close their restrooms. I would definitely plan to spend a few days but also a day trip is worth it if you are in the area. We do not have an rv, but I can say that there were dumb spots and ample parking spaces.