Colossal Cave Mountain Park - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Really fun day out! The scenery outside is stunning, great for photos, and the cave itself is so interesting. It was great to hear the history and so hard to wrap one's head around the sheer timescale involved in it's creation. Our tour guide Everett was great, really attentive, funny and personable.

This is under rated in our estimation! Super cool area and great tour. Tour guide was corny and trying to be funny, which...if he had just told the story, it would've been much better. But we just happened to see a sign on our way to Saguaro National Park and decided to check it out. It was well worth the trip to see it! Again, very underrated!

We loved our guided tour of the cave! Great tour guide-very knowledge and entertaining. The cave is beautiful and it’s well lit and easy to walk through. Highly recommend if you’re visiting Tucson!

Arek smelled great! Thanks for a fun tour!

this was a great tour. Our Guide Dalton was very informative. Recommend this tour to everyone.

Whew, what can I say. Dalton is one of the best tour guides. I mean, have you seen him? Does anyone know if he’s single, I wanna bite outta that guy.

Adam was an amazing tour guide for the ladder tour. Very knowledgeable and a great storyteller. He got everyone geared up as efficiently as possible and made sure we were all comfortable/safe in such a foreign environment. We even got to see a sleeping bat up close! Appreciate the skill and information that went into such an awesome experience.

Great tour, I almost fell down a hole until Emilio’s luscious locks pulled me up to safety.

We had an amazing tour guide, Emilio, and we really enjoyed his stories on the history of the caves. We laughed at the make believe ones while enjoying the factual ones. Emilio did a great job with our walk and the relaxing pace. I would highly recommend this tour to my friends and family. Thank you Emilio for sharing Colossal Cave Mountain Park with us.

Pretty cool place to visit. Wish we could have done one of the longer tours but they were sold out by the time we tried to buy the tickets.

Jaye was very knowledgeable and fun. I learned a lot and it wasn't boring. Lots of stairs. My 89 year old grandma did the tour!

Great cave structure and tour. Eric did a super job and was very knowledgeable about the history and geology of the cave system. The view from the visitor center is a great place to sit and have a coffee or other beverage and look out over a beautiful part of southern Arizona. Was better than I even expected….

Really great time! Tour guide (Eric) was amazing, very kind and shared a lot of cool information as well as kept us entertained! Will be back!

The cave is a VERY DRY cave with a very HIGH AMONIA from bat urine. If you have any respiratory issues take your inhaler with you and before you go in and wear a mask. It is not am easy cave hike. If you have any issues climbing steep steps up or down, you should not do this cave. The passages are very narrow. If you are a bigger, taller person, this cave will be difficult for you. I have done many cave hikes. This was the worst due to the high urine amonia from the bat pee and the dryness of the cave. Did not feel like a healthy air cave people should be in. The tour guide was fantasticand knowledgeable. The parking lot, gidt shop, all staff working were friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. I would rate as 5/10

It was a very nice road trip. All the personnel were very kind and fun. The tour was awesome. Thank you, Dalton! You were so handsome! (Inside joke) you got to go to know!

Great Tour! Dalton did great! Very handsome! He was a rockstar responding to all my 7 year olds comments about the cave. He was funny and knowledgeable! Will definitely do again!

Eric was an awesome and funny guide, but Adam really smells bad.

Emilio's tour guide skills and dad jokes were surpassed only by his long lucious locks of black hair, like a latin John Snow, the ladies loved him, and threw mountains of cash tips at his feet. He works those cave columns like some men work the pole.

It was a wonderful tour! Jaye was wonderful tour guide and she was the bravest out of all of the tour guides!! Loved her purple hair!!

Eric smells very nice. Prickly pear soft serve was really nice.

we did the ladder tour and it was so fun! learning about the history of the cave was so interesting. our tour guide emilio was the best. he had the coolest shirt and even cooler hair. 10/10 recommend

What a great option for everyone in all seasons, even on hot summer days. The tour guide and other staff on site were very welcoming. Fun introductory tour is available for most physical levels. Will opt for the ladder tour next time 😊

We had an enjoyable time at Colossal Caves. Our tour guide was both humorous and well-informed. He managed to keep the children entertained and made us all laugh. This location is highly recommended for travelers and visitors from out of town.

We had the best time at Colossal Cave! Our tour guide, Tex, was super fun, personable, and knowledgeable. Hidden gem in the Tucson area and definitely worth the visit!

This was our 3rd time at the Colossal Cave. We love coming here. This place has a great atmosphere. Arik, our tour guide was so knowledgeable. He has a great sense of humor. The whole tour was amazing! His stories were fascinating. The entire group was entertained by his anectotes. It looks like he really enjoys what he does. We will be back!!!

Emilio is fantastic! Loved the shirt choice and beautiful hair!!

Just a fun place to visit and relax and browse

it's a fun place to visit for families. it's was really cool and fun. Our tour guide was so friendly and such a fun person. it's so much comfortable inside the cave, the outside is soooo hot but inside you can even feel the cold breeze.

It was a cool cave but so many of the rock formations on the tour have been snapped off that it wasn't as impressive as it should have been. Still, really cool rock formations like the rocks are melting. Tour guide was entertaining, wish we stopped for more picture opportunities. Saw some cute bats, but oh boy those bats make the cave reek of pee! Definitely plan on some other hikes in the area as the tour was only like 45min long or so.

Adam was great. He has vast knowledge of cave, minerals and history around it. Me and my son did ladder tour, and it was exciting and adventurous. And it was cool in the cave! I definitely recommend it

Fun tour of the cave. If you’re in the Tucson area, I’d highly recommend. Our tour guide Jaye was rapid fire with the dad jokes and facts about the cave. Very positive attitude and good experience.

Awesome place to visit,Great views good food nice people

Beautiful, quiet location! The cave was very neat, and Xander was a great guide!

We didn't eat. We did a cave tour and it was amazing!!!!!!

Had an amazing experience! I’m new to the area and we live close to the park so I definitely had to check it out! Outside: The views were stunning! You can see for miles! Gift shop: super cool, a lot of different items; got me a neat collectable pin for $3. Staff was friendly! Cave: Legit cave vibes- It felt mysterious, adventurous, and exciting! There is a scent, but it just made it feel more authentic- and the Bats!! Get your cameras ready, cuz we gor some in film! So cool! Guide: 5⭐️ for Arik; he was not only informative, super chill; dad jokes were tasteful and entertaining, his knowledge of history was engaging, and did I mention he smells really good? Absolutely 0 complaints! Can’t wait to return for the other different tours they offer and also invite friends and family!

We came by a few days ago. Sunday. Just getting to review this new as we have just gotten home from our trip. The cave was cool. The tour guide was chill. She lnew a bunch abou the cave. I recommend taking the first tour of the day cause that seems to be when the animals are active. On the way down we ran into a rattle snake. Our guide didn’t get the snake but another guide came and got the snake pulled the snake out and let us take some pictures of the rattle snake. So cool but scary. I took off a star cause it did seem dangerous to pull out a rattle snake to let people photograph it. these people are professionals so they know what to do. Snake are still scary 😱

Amazing and beautiful. Plus tour guide was just as sexy as the cave. Dalton was fun, silly, informative and who would complain following him around in the dark. This really is a great tour for all ages though. My nephews had a blast as well.

We had the best time! Our tour guide (Emilio) was amazing. He had a great personality and we had all the fun! That long and luscious hair was amazing. ;) Seriously, he was fantastic and we would 100% recommend. We might consider Dalton on the next go round... but really... Emilio was where it was at.

Awesome tour this morning with Adam! He was an excellent guide- great mix of knowledge, experience and silliness. Definitely will be doing more tours with him. After the tour I grabbed food and it was perfection! Great experience!

Didn't get any food, but we did the cave tour. Our guide was Everett and he was awesome, cracking jokes and making sure we all had a good time. Gift shop was affordable, we got a small bag of dirt to sift and I was shocked at how many stones and gems were actually in it. Over all awesome experience

The tour was amazing and the tour guide Adam was 100% funny and joking alot which made the experiance even better well done.

Such a fun time. Loved our guide, who's name I forgot as soon as we left, LOL. Love to see people work that love their job.

Guide was superb and funny. It's worth going just for the guided tour..

first impressions. Cool place they do kind of have a procedure For the transaction verification so you need to show that you payed because “stow away”. Try the ice cream. I think there are 2 kinds of tours one that goes deeper? I bet Halloween this place is banging spoopy! Kid approved 👻

The tour was excellent. It was full of rich information that’s leaves you wanting more. The guide we had (Xander) is so helpful and keeps the tour entertaining. People of all ages can participate and enjoy the experience. I recommend this for everyone!

My family (2 adults & 3 kids between 6-16) all did the tour this last Sunday and holy cow was it amazing! I have been wanting to take my kids on one of these for a while but needed to wait until my littlest was old enough. All my kids, despite their varying ages, had such a great time and were in awe of the cave itself. Also, we had Noah as a tour guide & he was THE ACTUAL BEST. I'm not just saying that either. He was extremely friendly and knowledgeable and honestly surprised us with all he knew. He also told some pretty good dad jokes that we all got a kick out of and we chatted with him several times after the tour too. Everyone was super friendly and wonderful, we got prickly pear lemonade and some things from the gift store. It was a really cool experience and my little kids want to go back when they are old enough for the ladder tour next!

Our tour guide Adam was amazing. He is super nice and friendly, it feels like he really cares about the caves history and is passionate about it. He made our experience great and I would recommend having him as your guide!

Adam was our tour guide and he was phenomenal! Would recommend to anyone.

I typically don't like guided tours or to hear what they have to say, but our guide Eric was awesome! He had some very interesting information and showed us some really cool stuff. I highly recommend him and the tour.

Fun experience for the whole family, Emilio was a great tour guide! We did the Ladder Tour which was a lot of fun and not to challenging. Cant wait to come back and do the advanced Wild Cave Tour!

Eric was a wonderful guide and smelled absolutely amazing. He made me giggle with cave jokes and I thought I would share a few. Did you hear about the cave couple that broke up? They had a rocky relationship. Did you hear about the sassy rock? She was much boulder than the others. I will recommend this tour to any and everyone. For those who want a little more adventure the ladder tour looks amazing!!

The tour guide Eric was very enthusiastic, and funny jokes. great cave tour 10/10 would come again

We had an amazing first cave experience at Collasal Calve. Our guide Tex was phenomenal! Extremely knowledgeable, funny and so nice! He was great with my AuDHD kiddo, who had a blast! Highly recommend checking this cave out 10/10!

Wonderful place to explore Total 39 mile cave but we can go only up to.75 miles We got a wonderful guide Mr :Adam He explained everything to us Our group had some great kids they asked so many interesting questions and Adam explained everything very well It’s a must watching place It’s very cool inside also you need to be very careful not to touch them and watch the steps and your head

First time here and our tour guide, Arik, was very knowledgeable, funny, and smelled wonderful! He's in the photo above and even helped to pick up water bottles down in the cave! A must visit for residents and out of state visitors alike.

Fun cave to explore. The guide was great! Nice gift shop, great views, food and drinks available for purchase, including beer.

Coolest hidden gem in the Tucson area 😃 a great tour to escape the summer heat. Jaye was the best guide 10/10

Just entered the parking lot, but beautiful views

Emilio I believe his name was had terrific knowledge about the cave and funny dad jokes as he calls them. A great experience for all ages!

Excellent experience. We went for a cave tour. Our tour guide, Alex, was informative and humorous.

We didn't eat here. There is a small "Snack Bar" outside with seating which looked nice. Our group went on the basic walk through tour and had a lot of fun. Tex was a great guide and kept the group engaged.

My family and I went to tour the cave yesterday and it was amazing! The tourist was very entertaining and knowledgeable. I don't remember his name but he had really strong calves you could tell he was an outdoor guy. There was so much history in that cave. We plan on doing the other tour that requires the light hat and gloves.

We went on the "lights out" lantern tour guided by "Tex" (aka Xander). He was knowledgeable, funny and a joy to interact with. The lanterns have different settings, which were explained (we preferred the warm/more muted light), saw bats, explaining the history of the cave, etc. I've been do a few caves & caverns and this one did not disappoint. Thank you.

Great experience, funny tour guide, I was almost disappointed. I heard about the fabled slug lord, and I almost didn't see him. I was at the back of the line and just before we left... THERE HE WAS, he winked at me then left. Truly a magical experience. Also good history behind the caves.

Fantastic cave tour. Our guide, Tex, had a great attitude and was very personable. He clearly enjoyed what he was doing. However, my only complaint is the further you were back in the line of the other tourists, the harder it was to hear him. Whatever headset he had on didn’t exactly amplify his voice. Nonetheless, the tour was remarkable. And the summoning of the Old One, Cthulhu, proved very fruitful.

Honestly, I came with low expectations and could not have been more wrong. This was an amazing experience for our entire group (ages 11-63). Between the knowledgeable tour guide (Tex), the incredible cave formations and the bats flying around, the hour tour flew by. The tour guide even spent extra time with the youngest answering questions and helping him pan for gold identifying all the rocks in the bag. We highly recommend this experience. BONUS: You are encouraged to take as many pictures and videos as you desire! This is not the case in other AZ caves.

I have lived here for almost 20 years but have never visited the cave before. I'm sad it took me this long to check it out! It's such a cool place to see, rich in history, with so many scientific facts to learn about. I was absolutely impressed by how big the cave is and that it was a proper hour-long tour. I had heard it was a quick, small cave and didn’t think it was worth the drive. Not true at all. It's the perfect activity for a ridiculously hot day since you're in a cool, dark cave; it's a refreshing reprieve. My niece, who is five, also loved it! It’s easy to do—I went in a cotton dress and sneakers. I loved it and would recommend it to everyone! Also, my older sister is claustrophobic, and she did fine. I am 5'10" was able to stand upright pretty much the whole time, and it’s well-lit enough. I hate heights, but there were only a few parts that felt a bit scary. Overall, it was fun for all. I hope this helps. Our tour guide, Jaye Millet, was awesome—smart and really funny.

Tour guide was great the cave was super cool but the icing on the cake was the sword of Greyskull.

We had the Classic tour with Eric, and it was really good. The guide had so much knowledge about the cave, and he made it fun for all in the group. The place is amazing in the cave and outside as well. I do recommend the visit.

Everyone seems to love it. It’s over a hundred bucks for a family of four. I thought it was just ok. It’s also one of the smellier and hotter caves I’ve been to. Guided tours with vampire jokes are just blah. I don’t think you’re missing much.

Do yourself a favor and visit this stunning treasure! It's worth the 2 1/2 hrs to get there. Amazing place to discover with many different types of tours. Emilio was a great guide. Get your kids out and off of the games and discover a whole new hidden world beneath your feet. Best trip you'll take by yourself or family!

Zander was an AMAZING guide. Cracking jokes and spitting facts. Disappointed in the lack of human sacrifices.

Great tour of cave and the best tator tots in the world 😋

Our tour guide Tex did a great job of being entertaining and enthusiastic!

Today my boyfriend’s family and I visited the cave. If you get Everett as your tour guide be prepared for extremely cringy and cheesy jokes. That part of the experience we all could have lived without. The caves were really awesome besides the smell of piss from the bats. If you can I would recommend doing the “wild tour” the basic tour didn’t go super in depth. Everett pls skip the jokes <3

I had the privilege to visit Colossal Cave twice in one week. My husband and I went on Tuesday with our boys (6 and 8) to do the classic cave tour and our guide was Noah. He was great! He did an amazing job explaining the importance of conservation in caves, pointed out the animals in the caves, and did not sugar coat the danger. Unfortunately, this did scare my youngest a bit, but he's easily frightened and he made it through the tour just fine! The way Noah explained and presented things really excited my oldest, who wasn't sure he was going to have any fun, and he was asking me at the end why the corridor was called the haunted corridor. I told him I didn't know, but we'd find out. After we finished I looked online and saw they had a Ladder tour open on Thursday, which was my birthday. I figured why not book it for my husband and I as a nice little nostalgic adventure. I had done it with Girl scouts 20 years ago and him with Boy Scouts. Us and two of our best friends snagged the last 4 spots and surprise surprise Noah was our guide again! At first he didn't recognize us, but my husband's name was particularly memorable and once I reminded him he laughed and remembered. He took us through an amazing Ladder Tour! We had a lot of fun hearing stories and seeing the other parts of the cave including the haunted corridor. My oldest was so excited for me to tell him about it when I got back. When Noah found out it was my birthday, he planned something special at the end, and my husband said he doesn't think he's seen me so happy before. Colossal Cave is worth a visit, multiple visits in fact. I had so much fun learning about the conservation efforts with my boys and having them ask questions. I love the ladder tour and it's just as great as I remembered from when I was younger. Noah was a phenomenal guide and told us about so much of the history of the park, both recent as well as from its earliest inhabitants. I would recommend it and it was well worth two trips in one week. Thank you for keeping something this adventurous and fun so open and accessible to the public.

We did our first tour on Sunday and we are so glad we did! Our tour guide Noah was awesome and very informative. We can't wait to try the other tour options soon.

Living here, sometimes I forget that people drive all over the country to visit the park. The cave itself is definitely worth a visit! Once you have visited the cave once or twice, then visit the back of the park. They have some great picnic grounds and lovely trails. Keep your eyes open for the 'fairy tree'

Went to the cave yesterday with my family and had a wonderful time. We had easy online booking and our guide was fantastic plus bought handful of items from the gift shop.

Our tour guide Tex was awesome and we loved hearing the history and knowledge about the cave that he shared during the tour. He is extremely knowledgeable and you can tell he absolutely loves his job and loves sharing details. Do not forget to get some prickly pear ice cream before you leave, it is delicious!

Family of six who love cave exploring! Great tour guide Emilio, our kids loved his dad jokes!

Did the ladders tour and it was awesome. Our guide Jaye did an amazing job as our tour guide. Will definitely recommend this place to anyone and will be visiting again.

Daltons 3 o'clock tour was the highlight of our day. Fantastic and funny guide, would recommend. Ps he was handsome.

Ameilios luscious locks were mesmerizing

Our guide Adam was great! Great little walk; definitely recommend it! Even my little ones had a blast!

Concessions lady super rude to my wife and parents in law, she yelled at my wife asking if they had paid in a very aggressive matter when my wife had receipts in her hand and she didn’t apologize it was extremely embarrassing for us because tourist looked at us and the lady was super hysterical.

Only hiked in the cave. Very good experience!

We did the ladder tour with Adam. What an experience. Really saw a lot of cool things. It was interesting to go off the beaten path. Adam is a great tour guide. He really knows his stuff and has a good sense of humor.

I did the wild cave tour which I thoroughly recommend. This is a fantastic experience, but not for the faint hearted. You have to be pretty flexible and able to squeeze through small gaps! The guides were awesome.

Super fun! Kid friendly. Fun gift shop. Guided tours. Definitely worth checking out. They have an IG page too. Lots of trails to hike around as well. Gotta get the church, colossal pretzel, prickly pear icecream and the prickly pear margarita

the cave was beautiful and the tour guide was great. took my mind off my recent divorce. my kids would love it here but unfortunately i am not allowed to see them. recommend 👍

Eric/Adam was a amaizing, smart and funny. If you are in town for the day this is a great way to spend a couple hours. Lots of information and history. Bring your water bottle and the nice girl on the patio area will refill with ice. So sweet! Thank you!!!!

Very nice experience. We recommend it to all ages, needs moderate strength to climb tens of steps up and down throught the 1-hr cave tour.

Great Tour! Dalton was the best! Would highly recommend if you are in the area!

The most amazing experience on the Wild Cave tour with knowledgeable, fun and helpful tour guides! This is an experience you don’t want to miss!

We had a very entertaining and informative tour through the cave this week thanks to our guide, Tex. It was nice to learn about the history of the cave as well as see “the Witches Face” and other markers down there. We didn’t get a chance to eat anything but it’s a very scenic view up there outside of the cave entrance. There are several steps but there are also handrails, so hold on!

The atmosphere was a amazing. It was a bit dark but it just added to the ambiance. One of the few enjoyable outdoor activities to do in Arizona during summer. The guide made my son an honorary tour guide letting him help w/ stuff. He said it was one of the best days of his life. My only complaint is there's a steep staircase as you enter before your eyes adjust. I fell and sprained my ankle. Thankfully the walk is fairly easy and slow and I was able to make it through the hike allowing my son this very enjoyable experience.

I took the cave tour again recently. I learned something new this time-techtonic plates! I don't think I've ever heard that on a tour before. Plus--getting to cuddle the iguanas?!? How can you not love it??

We went on the cave tour with Xander. He did a great job and was patient with all the kids questions. Easy trail for the cave.

Didn't eat there, but the food looked good. The cave tour was amazing. Learned so much from Tex (Zander). He kept it fun, educational, and interesting. I liked how he made it interactive, especially with the kids. Hope this review keeps you guys on top of the list!!