| Tens of millions
of years ago the Blue Mountains lay beneath the ocean.
Then, like the Great Barrier Reef of today, tiny creatures
called Coral Polyps, built marine cities of coral. Thousands
of years later, massive earth movements lifted these
reefs high into the air to form the Blue Mountains and
further movements compressed and heated the coral into
limestone.
As rains seeped through
cracks in the earth, they dissolved the limestone and
underground streams and rivers gouged
out great caverns in the rock. As the rains eased, the
streams finally slowed to mere drips and the limestone
solution began to crystallise into strange, beautiful
milk-white formations. Where iron was mixed in the formations
they grew in pinks, oranges and browns … thus was
created - The Jenolan Caves.
Jenolan Caves Tours:
Regarded as Australia’s most outstanding cave system with 11 spectacular show caves, pure underground rivers and amazing formations Jenolan Caves is among the finest and oldest cave systems in the world.
Visit Jenolan for cave tours, fun and fascinating activities to suit every age and fitness level plus a range of accommodation for all needs and budgets.
Jenolan Caves House is a popular venue for weddings, honeymoons, concerts, corporate retreats and school field trips.
We have guided show cave tours, exciting adventure tours, fascinating history tours, spinetingling 'Legends, Mysteries & Ghosts' tours, scenic bushwalks, accommodation packages, weekly underground concerts and more. You can easily spend several days at Jenolan.
When you purchase a guided show cave tour, you also receive a Jenolan Pass, giving you up to 50% off all future show cave tours, for 12 months, admission to our new Devil’s Coach House/Nettle Cave self-guided tour explore at your own pace, with an easy-to-use audio handset.
The Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust
conducts guided cave tours every day of the year. There
are tours of nine show caves and four adventure caves
on offer. Night tours, theme tours, specialty tours and
adventure caving are also available.
Tours are of approximately one hour, an hour and a half
or two hours duration. There are walking paths, handrails,
electric lighting and a number of steps in the caves.
Varying degrees of fitness are required for each cave.
Concessions apply for family tickets, multi-cave packages
and for groups.
For information, advance bookings
and ticket sales call at the Trust's office at Jenolan
Caves or telephone 02
6359 3311. Email Us
Click here to visit Jenolan
Caves Reserve Trust.
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