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Jerry1943
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May 24, 2016

Carlsbad caverns

We planning a trip to the caverns. Any suggestions on good rv camps? What are good tours to tak?
  • CloudDriver wrote:
    We stayed at the Carlsbad KOA when we visited the caverns. It's a bit of a drive from there to the caverns, but a really nice KOA.

    We didn't do a guided tour. Just went down the natural entrance to the Big Room and walked around on our own. If you have small kids, that may be too much as it's a lot of walking. Everyone rides the elevator back to the surface.


    We were there earlier this spring. The elevators were out of service and a specific time for completion of repairs had not been set ("months"). Minimum of four hours walking in and back out again...

    Rob
  • We stayed at the Carlsbad KOA when we visited the caverns. It's a bit of a drive from there to the caverns, but a really nice KOA.

    We didn't do a guided tour. Just went down the natural entrance to the Big Room and walked around on our own. If you have small kids, that may be too much as it's a lot of walking. Everyone rides the elevator back to the surface.