Oregon Caves National Monument Reviews

Great tour guides and great food all around great placce to check out with the kids/ grandparents/newly weds. I recommend u check it out

It was worth the drive out to SW Oregon. The Cave was really interesting, the forest magical, and the Chateau had a rustic charm.

It's a bit of a drive to get out here, but it's such a cool area. There are a few hikes around the area that can be done if you're waiting for your tour. The tour guide was super energetic and informative. It's lit up inside, but it's definitely a little chilly and there a quite a few stairs to climb.

Long 1 mile walk thru caves with over 500 steps. Many are tight and slippery. Very interesting but a challenging tour that takes about 1 hour.

Great cavern experience and beautiful trails inside the park. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable.

Beatiful cave with biggest formed room in all of Oregon. Hour and a half tour over a mile long.

Was super fun the kids left there very informed of the cave and the animals that call it home and our tour guide was very knowledgeable and very sweet.

A wonderful place to #findyoupark
Go explore the caves or hike around the park, the rangers are nice and willing to help!
Be aware that you shouldn't bring clothes you have gone into other caves with as there is a disease affecting bats spreading through the US, they will ask, be prepared!

Did the candle light tour with my husband and it was great,I am a bit afraid of the dark , but it was well worth the fear, and not difficult at all. Once in a lifetime experience.

Great way to cool off on a hot day. Good cave tour, and history. not too many tight places.

This is a great experience. Not recommend for those with closterphonia or a fear of hights.

The large cave offers guided tours for a reasonable price. Call ahead for start times so you don't wind-up waiting. No backpacks/purses/kid carrying is allowed on guided tours. Smaller caves offer self guided tours and are more kid friendly. Check their website for safety precautions including claustrophobia. Definitely a place you'd want to visit if you enjoy the wonders of nature!

Great tour. Make sure to eat or share a dessert in the lodge. Nice local staff.

It has a gorgeous lodge. It was a beautiful drive and even though we couldn't go in the caves due to Covid 19 the Rangers were very nice. It had a really good gift shop too.

Had a great time with my daughter and grandson . Be sure to bring a jacket , very cold in the caves even in summer !

My kids loved the caves, super informative! It's a great adventure for anyone!

A great adventure. Our guide was Chaz, and he was full of cool information. The cave is eye-popping and wonderful. A must-see if you're around there. Pro tip: your WHOLE PARTY has to be with you to reserve a tour time. So go early, and bring everybody.

Clean, beautiful, interesting, and cheap. The wilderness envelops you in an ecosystem lush w vegetation and wildlife.

I've been here a few times a couple decades ago and had a blast. Aboit a minth ago I took my girlfriend here for her first time and we both had an amazing time. The ranger that guided us really knew a lot about the cave systems and made the walk through a lot of fun. I will recommend this place to anybody anytime, no questions asked. This national monument is beautiful inside and out.

A hidden treasure of natural history and wonder. You need to commit to the drive...but I say the views are well worth it.

Staff are friendly and helpful. A pretty area, astonishing caves, and a rustic look and feel to it. Had a good time.

Amazing place! Our guide was extremely informative. I wish I could remember her name because she was able to answer so many of our questions!

This attraction is well worth the effort to visit. We did rent a room and stay the night here, dining in the hotel restaurant. A notable experience, I must say.

Total gem in the middle of nowhere and more than just a cave, but don't forget your jacket... its chilly in there.

This place is absolutely Great! The marble cave is 1.7 million years old ; one hour cave tour was amazing! I highly recommend to visit the cave.

We visited on a Saturday afternoon without having made a reservation. When we arrived there were no tours available. Spectacular and fun hairpin bend drive up to the attraction. Friendly and helpful staff. If you go to the diner in the cheateaux the ice cream root beer float is good.

We have meant to go to the candle light tour forever, and I am glad we did. The off trail tour is a wonderful experience, can't wait for next summer

A very nice place to visit. They have tours for a ages. After the cave tour, my husband and I were able to hike up the mountain which houses the cave.

If you haven't visited a cave before or want another one to go to, this would be a good one. A lot of good stories and information told by the guide (our guide was Chaz). Just so you know, you will have to stoop to the size of an 8 year old occasionally and climb a good number of stairs but it was worth the trip.

This is an experience unlike any other. Excellent service, unique accommodations, and fascinating architecture make the Caves well worth the drive.

A good experience.... visiting Oregon caves national park

Beautiful. Be sure to eat in the cafe, if only for a piece of pie. It has an authentic vintage vibe and great food.

Excellent time, tour was very good, other tourists really happy with the experience.

This cave is extremely strenuous to hike. Visitors are required to climb up and down 500 steps that are uneven, slippery, and more then half have no guard rail. Visitors are required to bend down to travel through low passages. The formations are not as pretty as other caves I have been in.

Amazing cave hike with many unique geological formations.

Interesting, informative, fun and a great family outting. Easy walk. Don't touch anything. Be prepared for damp. And incredible beauty.
Be SURE to stroll through the Interpretive Center beforehand, it's quick and full of interactive displays that even adults enjoy! (Well, this one sure did! )
Then go to the beautiful and historic lodge-style restaurant at the chateau across the street and talk about everything you saw over a meal. The architecture and decor is classic.

Beautiful! Make sure you bring good hiking shoes and a jacket.

I loved this!!!
The geology is amazing
The tour (you must the- no self guided tours here unlike the caves in Bend) was fantastic. The rangers are friendly and helpful.
We also did a few hikes around. There are no easy trails. But I didn't have any problem with the strenuous ones and we did all the hikes pretty quickly (about 2/3 the time they said it would take)
If you can stay at the Chateau, that's awesome. You can't beat the proximity to the cave entrance. No wifi, tv, cell service - so leave your phone in your room and enjoy the beauty and quiet!
The food was good. The bed was comfortable (maybe a little saggy but this isn't the Ritz. It was MUCH better than when we stayed at glacier or Yellowstone)
I'm itching to go again

Tour was great. Road in and out is a blast to ride and worth the trip by itself.

A definite place to visit. Our only dissapointment was that the last tour is at 4pm and is a candlelight historic tour that is only 45 minutes for the same price as the 90 minute Discovery tours offered earlier in the day. I will return for the 90 minute tour and the scenic highway that gets us there. Awesome.

The guided tour was amazing! Thank you Rob for escorting us through the caves

Outstanding tour through some pretty amazing caves. The tour requires many steps and sometimes ducking under ceilings as low as 48". Definitely worth the trip.

DO NOT wear any clothing that you have previously worn in any caves or underground areas since 2005. They will make you go change. There is an invasive species of fungi that has killed millions of bats in the US & Canada and they are trying to prevent it from spreading into this cave system.

Loved the hole thing. Nothing bad to say. The food was grate. The room was small so you had to stay in tuch with the one that you was with. All in all I loved it.

Had a great tour with a young zestful park ranger! Made tons of corny jokes for the kids and led us on a safe tour through the centuries old cave that was deemed a National Monument by President Taft because of it's unique characteristics. The tour guide really gave us a full history of the cave and put us in the perspective of the original cave explorers and their experiences. Even saw a bat!

I went as a child and I want my family to see another great part of our state. It was hot but great. Take a coat it's 44 degrees inside and lots of steps

Even better than I remember as a kid! Breathtaking and very well maintained.

Park says open 24 hours so we stopped in. Gate was locked but park ranger drove up and said that it was fine to go in and take a look around. Definitely going back to check out the caves.

Great tour definitely visit this location the prices are fantastic as well

Our tour of the cave was very informative and I really enjoyed this experience. Cave is only around 43 F so bring a coat.

Had a great time exploring the caves! Fun and educational. Quite a few steps to climb and elevation gain but nothing so strenuous that, even if you're out of shape, you likely won't have a problem with this tour.

We stayed the night at the Chateau and had a 10am reservation for the tour of the caves. We woke up earlier than expected and asked if we could switch it reservation for 9am and they let us. There were only 7 of us on the tour including the tour guide. She was very knowledgeable about the caves and the history of how they were "discovered". It was quite the experience knowing we were the first ones in the caves that morning and the caves were absolutely mind blowing. You must see to understand.

Great hike, need to be in good health, can be a little strenuous, you mostly hike bent over if you're tall.

Our guide for the Discovery Tour was so passionate and endearing. He got everyone involved in the process of exploring the caves, and had such a wealth of knowledge to share with us. On a separate note, the milkshakes at the chateau here are TO DIE FOR. Get a hazelnut chocolate shake. I promise you will not regret it.

great tour, informative, friendly and amazing cave.

Man... Not only did i have a beautiful guide but man thats just a great view cool and kinda weird but great time

A cool refuge from the heat of the summer smoke I enjoyed

It's a super rare marble cave, great short tour, well worth the drive

Breathe taking had the grandkids so they did a little mini tour in caves and told the story how caves were found and how loyal a person can be

I've been on the Cave tours several times. It's a good place to take visitors to our area and it never disappoints. This is one of the best cave systems in the nation (I've been to quite a few.) They have special tours during the year - the candlelight tour, tours of new rooms opened up, and more. In summer there is often a star party, a great chance to see meteors from the top of Grayback Mountain. Always call ahead to make sure tours are running and buy tickets ahead of time at the IV Visitors Center in Cave Junction, to make sure you get on the tour time slot you want. Signs at the Visitors Center let you know the wait time during busy summer hours. You can enjoy a more relaxed tour in spring and fall and the scenery then is magnificent. I recommend the Oregon Caves for cave tours, hiking the beautiful trails around the mountain top, and a stop in the gift shop for great animal, mineral and plant ID guides, hoodies, souvenirs and educational items. Cost for a tour is about $15 and well worth it.

Nearby lodging is at Country Hills Resort, about 10 miles fromthe Caves. Other places are Out n About Treesort, Kerbyville Inn on hwy 199 in Kerby, Holiday Motel in Kerby, and Vertical Horizons on Dick George Rd just outside Cave Junction. The Chateau at the Caves is closed for renovations till 2021.