Kartchner Caverns State Park

Buy your tickets online in advance so you can choose what time you want to go on the tour!!

Fabulous active caves. Leave your sweater in the car as caves are warm and humid.

Unbelievable! You can look at pictures all you want...there’s nothing like being there. You can’t take in purses, cell phones etc. they do have lockers that need 4 quarters. If you wear a coat and get too warm they ask you to roll it before tying to your waist to prevent flapping...it causes lint to get in the air and attach to the walls. Our guide Wilson was wonderful with a dead pan delivery that was funny as well as informative.

Unique cave system! I have visited many caves, but this LIVING cave was very different and very awe inspiring! The straw and bacon formations were fabulous. The old mud path left by the original discoverers in the '70's was amazing.

Kartchner Caverns is particularly unique because of the magnitude of its physical features. The caverns are home to the first cave occurrence of a “birdsnest” needle quartz formation, and the first reported occurrence of “turnip” shields.

Additionally, the cavern has the tallest and biggest column mass (a 58 footer named Kubla Khan), one of earth’s longest soda straw stalactites, one of the most extensive formations of brushite moonmilk, and other varieties of cave formations that are uncommon. Plus, the cave is living, which means many of its formations are still growing and changing!

This park is one that campers adore as well. There are spaces for RVs, tents, and even cabins here. Campers love this place, in part because Kartchner Caverns is a designated International Dark Sky Park, so the marvels don’t stop when the sun goes down.

We think a trip here is one of the best day trips from Phoenix, AZ!

Wow! This was an amazing cave. The formations are very beautiful, the guided tours were informative and fun. We appreciated their focus on preserving this cave in its pristine condition.