Underneath the Black Hills lies a beautiful, silent secretive wilderness. There are so many underground caves, caverns, gold mines, and other formations in the Black Hills. Black hills Caves were founded in 1882 by the gold seekers but for years before that it was used by Lakota Indians
The Black Hills Caverns are located four miles west of Rapid City. Black Hills Caverns is a three-level cave which displays the most unusual, exceptional and beautiful cave formations in the Black Hills region.
People visiting Black Hills have a facility of tour option. The name of the tours being operated are The Adventure Tour and The Crystal Tour and Gemstone Mining. The time duration of, The Adventure Tour is one-hour approximately and it is .75 miles in length to explores all three levels of the cave and the regular price charged for adults is $8.75, for children between the age group of 6-12 is $5.50 and children below the age of 6 have no charge where as The Crystal Tour is of 30-minutes only and it is a 1,500-foot tour to explores only the first level of the cave and the regular price charged for adults is $7.00, for children between the age group of 6-12 is $4.00 and children below the age of 6 have no charge. With Gemstone Mining, Pan without Tour is $6.00 and Pan with Tour is $5.00.
The walls of Black Hills Cave consist of two types of limestone namely coeymans and manlius as well as a rock known as rondout watered. Black Hills Caverns has an amazing array of formations like stalagmites, stalactites, logomites, helictites, rare frost crystal, purple amethyst, dog tooth spar crystal, boxwork, cave flowers, nailhead spar crystal, popcorn crystal & much more.
One should take the help of an experienced cave guides to guide you on your journey when planning to travel to Black Hills Caverns. The tour guides are well-informed, and they can tell all about the history, geology, and answer most questions. There is also a nice museum and, a gift shop to visit.
List of some of the hotels nearby Black Hill Caverns are:
Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza