Jenolan Caves Tours

Services

Jenolan Adventure Caving

The adventurous can follow their experienced guide into the depths of the earth into wild, undeveloped caves. Squeeze, crawl and climb through winding, ancient passageways - with only a headlamp to light your way. Emerge exhilarated and with an enhanced understanding of this special environment. Your senses will reel with that special feeling of exhilaration and accomplishment. All specialised caving equipment is provided. Bring old clothes (to go under overalls), boots or shoes with tread and a hat and sunscreen for surface activities. Whether a first timer or skilled adventurer, there is an adventure to suit. Trips range in ease/difficulty from a gentle introduction, to the intense experience of a full day of caving and abseiling. Your guides are nationally accredited. Tours and abseiling trips can be designed to suit beginners through to experienced groups. The Two Hour Plughole Adventure tour runs daily. It is a comprehensive introduction to adventure caving, including a short abseil into the mountain, then slide and wriggle through to the infamous 'S-Bend' squeeze. The Three Hour Aladdin Cave Adventure tour runs on the last Sunday each month, and offers some of the most beautiful formations of the adventure tours, extraordinary in colour and decoration. The Six Hour Mammoth Adventure Cave tour is the most extensive cave at Jenolan. It runs on the first Saturday each month and features enormous caverns and a swift underground river. The Six Hour Wiburd's Lake cave Adventure tour enables you to experience the sheer size of Wiburd's Lake Cave and see the fine crystal of Hennings Cave. The Seven Hour Central River Adventure tour lets you explore further into the Mammoth Cave - more abseiling, more climbing, more mud, more adventure! Bookings are essential.

Jenolan Caves Concerts

Throughout the year, Jenolan Caves presents live music, underground. Stir your senses in the spectacular CATHEDRAL CHAMBER, home of the world's purest acoustics. When you attend a concert deep underground in the Cathedral Chamber, you usually also get a brief tour of the mighty Lucas Cave, followed by wine and cheese in historic Caves House, where you can chat with the performers. On the 3rd Saturday each month, you can be entertained by cello virtuoso, Georg Mertens. These are the longest series of cello concerts on the planet: more than 130 concerts. On the 4th Saturday each month, be swept away by the fiery and passionate Paganini Duo - guitar and violin - as they perform gypsy music from Hungary, Russia, Spain or Romania. Jenolan also presents larger concerts in the massive Grand Arch, including The Rhythm Hunters on November 22, 2008 and the annual Christmas Carols. For all concerts and other entertaining events, please see the Jenolan Caves website.

Jenolan Pass

Your Jenolan Pass provides two tours (one guided, one self-guided) and big discounts on further tours. You can choose from three Jenolan Passes: Wonders of Jenolan This pass lets you choose either the Chifley, Imperial or Lucas cave, providing a wonderful introduction to the magic of Jenolan. These fantastic caves include large chambers and wide variety of colourful features, including underground rivers. Jewels of Jenolan This pass lets your choose either the Orient, Temple of Baal or Imperial-Diamond cave, each richly decorated with sparkling crystal, ranging from tiny helictites to some of Jenolan's largest features. Magic of Jenolan This pass lets you choose either the River cave, Pool of Cerberus cave, Ribbon, Jubilee or the spine-tingling 'Legends, Mysteries and Ghosts' tour. Smaller groups explore these caves of great beauty and fragility, each with unique and famous features. These tours are not suitable for very young children. Included with every Jenolan Pass is a complimentary self-guided tour (Nettle Cave/Devils Coach House), which you can enjoy at your own pace. An easy to use Acoustiguide audio device provides a fascinating commentary in English, German or Chinese. Even if you are claustrophobic, you will like this tour, which has no confined spaces. 95% of this 'twilight' cave tour admits some natural light.

Experiences

• Adventure
• Educational Tourism
• Nature based
• Underground