...to the cool, damp air of the cave below. The elevator sinks lower and lower. Anticipation builds. The elevator doors open 156 feet below the earth’s surface. Slowly, your eyes adjust to the invading darkness. The silence of life below the surface overwhelms. Dripping water resounds off the glistening limestone walls. And as the dim light engulfs you, cool air fills your lungs.

Your journey winds through limestone corridors, cavernous galleries, under massive boulders, to a subterranean riverbed carved over countless millennia. Deep in the cave, solid rock appears fluid: creating strange formations, flowing sheets and dripping stalactites. Mysterious grottos lead off into distant, unexplored passages. Shadows hide secrets in every crack and crevice. The path twists and turns ever downward to the glassy surface of an underground lake that trails off into the absolute darkness of the cave’s Eastern Terminus... this is the Howe Caverns experience.

Your specially-trained tour guide will help you negotiate the cave and learn about the magnificent limestone formations, the stalactites, stalagmites and flowstone, and the tremendous conservation effort underway to protect and preserve Howe Caverns for future generations.