Join a ranger-guided caving tour and other Carlsbad, NM General Tips

Favorite Thing: Join a ranger-guided caving tour. This is certainly a must!

KING'S PALACE (US$8): 1 1/2 hours tour.
Daily: 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm.

Fondest Memory: We started the tour descending to 830 feet below the surface. There's 4 highly decorated chambers not huge but with detailed stalactites & helictites some with formations like popcorns! Draperies are commonly found in this part of the cave as well.

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General Tips: Geology

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: Check with the ranger about geology. One said the age of most formations in this cave is about 800,000 years!

Now, how's that for perspective!

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General Tips: KING'S PALACE

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: An abundance of fluted column stalagmites can be found in the King's Palace. These stalagmites are so much bigger than those I've seen elsewhere in the world.

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General Tips: Papoose Room - King's Palace

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: Lookout for mind-boggling formations in the Papoose Room: the most highly decorated room in King's Palace.

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General Tips: Marvel at the amount of time...

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: Marvel at the amount of time that is required of nature to make this formation. It takes about 70 years to build up just one-inch length of the limestone rock! So, can anyone take a guess how long it's going to make such formations?

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General Tips: Be courageous!

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Updated by Sharrie

on Jan 22, 2003

Fondest Memory: With ceilings like these, the experience in the cavern challenges one's imagination!

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General Tips: Photography

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: Everywhere is a photo-taking session, lol... if you are on a tour with a VTer!

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General Tips: The past

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: Another corner of the caves. I can't help but wonder about the past travelers who had been here when it was first discovered! How did they descend into the depth of the caves & how much courage was needed???

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General Tips: Giants

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003

Fondest Memory: This gigantic formation can be found all over the caverns though I hardly see them in caves of China.

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General Tips: Look out for Draperies

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Written by Sharrie

on Feb 25, 2003