Capricorn Caves Reviews

This hugely popular limestone cave system lies just 30 minutes north of Rockhampton and is one of Queensland s oldest attractions, having been discovered in 1881. You can experience the Capricorn Caves through a choice of tours, the most popular being the hour-long Cathedral Cave tour.

This leads you into the phenomenal Cathedral Chamber, which has sparkling natural acoustics.

There s also a riveting Fossil Tour, showing the many thousands of fossils that have been discovered in the system, ranging from miniscule creatures to massive prehistoric beasts.

Great little tour, fantastic guides full of information which they delivered with fun and enthusiasm!

Great tour guides with interesting and detailed knowledge of the caves. I did the adventure tour. I weigh 90kg & couldn't fit through some parts, so please consider that before you book.

Amazing guide, and a an enjoyable experience. Must do in Rocky region!

I took 2 backpackers from Scotland and enjoyed them so very much They recommend people to see tbe

The caves were really cool! Fantastic tour guide very informative and entertaining. Welcoming atmosphere and nice surroundings.

Do it! Now! Stop reading reviews and considering it. Just go do it! Not only is it one of the most spectacular places to visit environmentally, the tour guides are SO engaging. My kids were enthralled. I've done this place a few times now and they keep getting better and better. We camped overnight this trip. Fantastic facilities!!! So why are you still reading this already??? Go visit them!!

Most amazing experience. Our tour guide was marvelous and very informative. Loved the caves,it my second time time.
They need to have kids free tours as the kids running around and being very noisy for the whole tour was very annoying and ruined it a fair bit.Parents should be controlling them but I guess they only care about themselves.
Well worth the visit.

We just did the cathedral tour (well, stuck with a 4 year old!) and it was well done. Good guide, spectacular caves. Felt a bit like something was missing though, like it would have been nicer for a longer tour or more information. But it was nice to see something that wasn't a beach! My husband called and they gave him some odd directions that didn't make any sense - by the looks of it, travelling from Yeppoon there aren't any meandering shortcuts via Artillery Road that aren't on unmade roads. So stick to the main roads to get there else you may end up on dirt tracks.

Great for a quick detour/excursion. Price is a little expensive but very educational. Tours are scheduled so probably good to time your arrival just before the hour so you don't have to wait. Photo opportunities have a bit of a time limit as your with a group. Bring a jacket it can get quite cool inside.

Awe inspiring mother nature at her finest. Great tour guide who was very knowledgeable and fun. To think you can get married in there is pretty spectacular. Will be back for the adventure tour. Ps. Please stock more stubby coolers

Must do tour, I ll be back to try the adventure cave portion in the future. Also, please read Amanda Hiscox review if you want a good laugh and if you want to feel better about yourself as a human

It's expensive for what it is. But finally it's the coolest thing to do in this uninteresting city.

We did the cathedral tour. It was hauntingly beautiful. Especially when they turn out the lights and just the music plays. They also have tours for the more adventurist with climbing and small holes to crawl through.

Amazing and beautiful worth the visit. Mindi was a 5 star tour guide and very passionate about her job

Awesome tour led by very knowledgeable people and quite humorous too, we did the cathedral cave tour and the acoustics in the main cave are amazing, there are also adventure paths that require crawling and very small tunnel traversing so definitely plenty of adventure to be had, highly recommended

Awesome stop for a long drive. Worth a short detour. Cool extensive cave system and awesome summer solstice light in a huge cavern. We got lucky with an amazing tour guide Lydia and were in a small group of 4. Suggest you get there before noon as it was a lot more busy when we left at 1230. As with many spots in Oz the summer holiday/foreigner price was magically $2.50 more at the gate than advertised on website.

Excellent quick tour (cathedral) if you are in the middle of a long road trip (need to book in advance, though). Just hope you don't have a bunch of obnoxious kids with their carefree parents along...

Caves are not really that spectacular but the guide was excellent

Our guide Emily was fantastic, the tour was interesting and the caves beautiful but the special event in the Cathedral cave just made the day!

Enjoyed the tour. Would like to go on the Adventure next time...

Was a lovely Tour . Very good to do with kids . We did the cathedral tour with our 2 and a 6 year old Kids

Small cave but the roots, the bats and the cathedral music experience was cool. The twisty exit passage an unexpected bonus

Was great experience... Did it with whole family. I am not exactly slim, but I was still able to go though all the tight fits without a problem....

Bit pricey, but really fun experience with lovely guide.

Love every second we spent there friendly staff and amazing adventures had by all how went

Phill made the tour very entertaining, i would bring friends here because it is amazing

Beautiful caves and a very nice, funny and informative tour. Our tour guide was both fun and knowledgeable. Would recommend!

We did the Cathedral Tour and our house was Phil. He was an absolute delight! Phil engaged the kids and adults and entertained us all while educating. He's a superstar and I would cheerfully go back and do the tour again because of his fantastic commentary. The site is spectacular and I hope to return sometime to do more of the tours available.

Well worth a visit. One hour tour and very knowledgeable tour guides. Lots to photograph.

Excellent. Will definitely be back here when time allows to view the full tour. Guide was awesome, great facilities.

Fascinating adventure brilliant guide can't remember his name but he's the bearded one lol..highly recommended

Had Catherine as our tour guide and she is tremendous. Great place and amazing tour.

Thank you Stacey for the guided tour. It s truly an amazing place.

Picturesque. Love the Limestone caves, even if i had to squirm away from a couple of spiders.

Excellent small park to stay in if you are going to do cave tours. Lovely and quiet at night. Need the satellite dish for TV. I'd stay here again.

Nice to know a bit more about the country we live in and nothing is better than doing it from the nature. Good customer service at counter and friendly guide during the tour. We had a great time.

Nice and impressive caves. The cost is $30pp which is a bit too high for those travelling on a budget though e.g backpackers.

Great place to visit, never knew it existed till I was taken there.

Enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide made for an interesting experience in the Cathedral cave.

Unexceptional place to visit. Millions of years old stuff to be watched.

Beautiful place. Visited 2nd time. Guide was so funny n entertaining. Gives us lots of knowledge.

Really neat caves, the acoustics in the cathedral cave are amazing, the staff and guides are very nice and knowledgeable. Fun experience for all the family (7yr old did the explorer and 10month old the cathedral tour)

The guide was very passionate about his work and even entertained the kids

Very nice tour with impressive musical insert in the cathedral.

So many cool things to do here - we did the Organiser group activities for 2 days and it was fantastic. Loved climbing into the guided small caves.

Amazing !!! Our guide was totally entertaining and informative too

The fossil tour is really interesting! So much history in one place!

The caves were impressive and the guide was excellent. Very well informed.

Wonderful tour with knowledgeable gland friendly guide.

Beautiful spot to stay, the cabins are mint condition, always clean tidy and fresh.
The staff here are very friendly and helpful and more than accomodating, facilities are great with fresh showers toilets and washing machines with an outdoor undercover area to cook on and watch TV, it's very quiet, very relaxing and would recommend it if you're looking at breaking away from everyday life.
The downside, however, very little to no phone service but overall that can be a good thing.

Absolutely amazing! Tour guides are very friendly and funny. Such a fantastic adventure takes an hour and well priced for adults and my 4 year old child was free!

Our very own caves and cathedral. Great tour for young and old and food available at the end!

This was an amazing experience. The caves are spectacular and have lots of interesting facts behind them, effectively portrayed through the friendly tour guide named Pete. There are many tour options avaliable, I participated in the scenic tour and had lots of things to view. Some sections of the cave are claustrophobic so be mindful of that if you do not like tight spaces. There is a gift shop that sells a few small snacks and drinks with lots of little souvenirs to buy.

We had a fantastic tour of the caves today. We arrived early to try the burger for lunch and it didn't disappoint! Proper home made Aussie deliciousness. Our guide, Emily, was very relaxed and laid back about our tour which made it a lot more fun. I managed to konk myself in the head before we entered the caves but I was very careful once inside. The lighting and the bats were wonderful to see and if we had another day here I would love to try adventure caving. It's a great excuse to return to the caves on our next trip north. Excellent work guys!

Such a beautiful place, ancient and wonderful. Great for families and would make an amazing wedding venue

Of you find yourself in Rockhampton with time to spare then it is definitely worth the visit. Went for the Cathedral Tour which is a 1 hour guided tour and was not disappointed. The tour guides were pleasant, patient and knowledgeable. They were even nice enough to accommodate me when I turned out to be the only person who came for the tour and they had a minimum of 2 people policy. Would have wanted to do the Geo tour package as well but unfortunately did not have enough time.
Best time to visit is during the Summer Soltice (late December to early January) where apparently the sun lights up the cave in quite a spectacular fashion.

Cool caves and a well guided tour. There were even bats!

A must do for anyone in the area! Our tour guide Nat was warm and welcoming from the get go. The tour is rife with history ranging from how the caves were formed to their more recent discovery and subsequent generations of private ownership. We did the Cathedral Tour as we had a 3yr old with us and there were no issues with them completing the walk. There are countless opportunities for great photos as you can see from my attachments and once the tour is complete the reception/departure area has clean facilities, smiling staff along with various food & beverage selections to go with any Capricorn Caves memorabilia you may wish buy.

Great experience good information about caves gives you a sense of what things were like when they were first discovered and people only had candles to explore

Great tour and wonderful guide. Be aware there are lots of mosquitoes.

Easy walk through an above ground cave system. Staff clearly loved their cave and the residents that reside there. Knowledgeable and fun tour. Kids loved it

Great short attraction. Fantastic caves, nice guide. Easily accessible however Google maps sends you to wrong place.

Interesting place for all the family to see, guide was very informative with the history of the caves, she even sang while in the cathedral section of the cave, well worth the visit