Organ Cave

The cave tour experience was OK. It was my first experience in a cave so it was interesting. Basically they offer a general tour every hour on the hour during business hours. A person will lead a group of people (there was 4 in our group) inside the cave and act as a tour guide.
This tour is a 2 part tour: one part is the Civil War aspect where soldiers were using the mine while the second part is historical (natural cave formations). Our tour lasted about an hour.
I recommend that you wear tennis shoes or hiking shoes. The cave is slippery and your walking uphill and downhill in various parts of the cave. Also a light jacket or sweater comes in handy because the air has a chill in it especially early or late in the day. Another strong recommendation is bring your own flashlight. The flashlight provided by the tour was weak and usually the battery is almost drained by the time you get it.
If you are not in decent shape or if you have difficulty bending over I recommend passing. Think of it as going up and down several flights of stairs in damp, dark conditions.
If you want pictures then a camera with a flash is required. I have a Canon T3i with a flash and it took good pictures. The pictures taking with smartphones did not turn out very good.
I heard they have a more involved cave tour where you can crawl through the mud and get more hands-​on with the experience. I did not do this part of the tour but heard it was interesting.

Came to visit these caverns on the way to visit another, but ended up here at the recommendation of a local. The cave itself is miles long and the beginner tour is guided and runs about an hour or so long.
The cave is very interesting as there is much civil war history, as well as of the course geological history and curiousity as well. Hard for me to gauge the experience compared to other caverns, since this was really my first time down in a real cave like this. I’d give the cave and guided tour 4 stars. Worth the money.
What really turned me off, was the bible lesson that came with it. They make a point of mentioning at the commencement of the tour that they are bible believers and even put a copy of the bible in their exhibit with other pieces, petrified stone, and civil war era relics. Mind you, the bible didn’t come out of the cave from the civil war era or anything… It’s just a new bible they put there to talk about at the beginning of each tour.
When I asked something about the giant sloth bone casting, part of the response was that they believe the «great flood» washed them in… Same with the shells and coral fragments… YIKES…
Anyway, I’m not trying to be insensitive to religion, I just wasn’t expecting a bible lesson during my cave tour and was a bit surprised to see the people actually hadn’t heard of or believe in plate tectonics. Minus 2 stars for the whole religion thing…
At the end of the day, it was a nice tour and it’s a nice place, but the religion thing was a sour note for me and just wasn’t really necessary or relevant to the attraction.