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Teaching is hard work. Take control by stepping into a safe learning adventure that offers experienced guides, immersive wonder, and fun they’ll never forget.
Teaching can be overwhelming, but your student's education doesn’t have to suffer. Take the opportunity to bring learning to new depths.
1. Free online preparation platform
We have the largest free online educational platform mapped to your student's grade and the state's curriculum which includes science and social studies topics for grades K-12. This is a great way to prepare for your visit and know how the caverns field trip will specifically speak to and broaden your students’ educational experience! Sign up for our educational info today and receive access to this free platform!
2. Alabama’s top trusted field trip destination for over 40 years
As America’s Most Historic Caverns, we offer a truly unique learning environment where science and history come alive. We have been trusted by educators for over 40 years to deliver an immersive educational experience that draws school groups from throughout the southeast. Learn more about our historic caverns here.
3. Experienced guides that take the pressure of teaching off of you
Our certified guides will take you and your classroom on a journey that explores thousands of years of history right where it took place! And our expert team will explain the scientific processes involved in the creation of the caverns and its many unique formations. See more of our park offerings here.
4. Save Money
Enjoy affordable educational packages. See our pricing below.
We care about your classroom.
1. Over 40 years of business providing educational adventures
2. More than 100,000 students served
3. Over 1,000 five star reviews
“I’ve been teaching for years, and this is my favorite field trip. My students love it and they leave learning what they’ll never forget: real experiences.”
Choose from many popular group attractions including gemstone panning, maze, a ride on the Destiny Express Train, our traverse wall climb, archery, and the popular cannnon wars
Attraction must be completed as a group
Call us to confirm availability on your desired date: 256.378.7225
(GRADES PRE K-12)
School group rates are available only to accredited school groups of 20 or more paying attendees with a reservation.
Teachers, school bus drivers, and other school staff will receive one (1) complimentary admission per twenty (20) students.
Teachers receive complimentary admission for school group overnight packages.
Complimentary tickets are only issued to school staff (teacher, nurse, bus driver) and cannot be used for another person.
Schools must collect all money in advance and pay for the entire group (including parents) in a lump sum to receive the school rate.
School groups are not subject to sales tax when purchases are made in one payment by the organization.
*Parent/chaperone rate is our discounted group rate, which is $2 more than our school rate.
From November 1 through Feb. 28 Alabama Title 1 school groups visiting on Mondays or Tuesdays qualify for a special pricing of $15/student for the School Timeless Caverns Tour or $19/student for the Adventure School Experience. School staff may have one complimentary admission/ 20 students. All chaperones/parents must pay the regular discounted school group rate. All schools requesting Title 1 School rates will be checked via the state roster of Title 1 Schools and must be listed as a Title 1 School in order to receive this discounted rate. You must call to reserve this special discount in advance. Space on these days are limited, so be sure to call in advance to book your special discount today!"
Underground Classroom
You want the best for your students. Sign them up for more of a great thing!
Underground ClassrOOm
You want the best for your students.
Sign them up for more of a great thing WITH OUR UNDERGROUND CLASSROOM.
UNDERGROUND CLASSROOM
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER - FEBRUARY FOR GROUPS UP TO 40 PEOPLE
$32
1 HOUR GUIDED CAVERNS TOUR WITH LASER LIGHT SHOW
MAZE
GEMSTONE PANNING
This unique classroom experience involves hands-on interactive subterranean education! Your students will experience an education within the subject, complete with powerpoint presentation, chemical reactions with onyx demonstration, and fossils ranging from a mammoth bone to shark teeth for them to see and touch. After their hands on learning they will then experience our Caverns tour!
During the extended Underground Classroom, students will learn about stalactites, stalagmites, and more geographical information.
Historical
Our caverns is blessed with a rich history extending back over 2,000 years ago.
Artifacts & Fossils
We also discuss the sedimentary layers and how fossils are formed. We also have a time where students get to see and touch a Mastadon bone found in our cave!
Yes, we offer booking options outside of our regular business hours for groups. Simply call and ask if you are looking for a time outside of our regular hours.
Every hour a tour leaves outside the entrance of the caverns and each guided tour lasts just under an hour.
Your guided caverns tour lasts nearly one hour.
The temperature inside the cave is 60°F year-round. In the summer, it will be refreshingly cool, and in the winter it will be a comfortable warmer temperature. Because the entrance to our cave is a steep ramped tunnel we recommend wearing shoes with traction on the bottom, although there is a handrail for steadying yourself if your shoes are smooth on bottom.
Every Timeless Tour includes our Caverns Light show! Our show includes a lasers, sound, water, and light spectacle that is a must see! We have several different Caverns Light Shows based on seasons and holidays, so be sure to check our calendar for information on which one will take place on your tour!
Yes, we encourage the use of photography and video in the cave!
We are proud to be one of the first caves to have made accommodations to be handicap accessible, although there are a few things those with handicaps may need to know before committing to an underground adventure. We now have a tunnel instead of stairs that leads into the caverns and there are no longer any areas of the cave where stairs are used. Because of the natural environment of the cave, some areas had to be steeply ramped and will require an additional helper to navigate. Warning: For cave visitors in a wheelchair, it is required that you bring a capable assistant to help you with navigating the steep portions of the cave. There is also a narrow passage at the back of caverns that would require an individual to walk through the tall although slightly too narrow for a wheelchair to easily navigate between. In these scenarios, our guests can either use the help of their assistant to get past this portion and bring the folded wheelchair through the 15 feet then return to their chair for the back portion of the tour, or our guests can enjoy the beauty of the Healing-All Cathedral room while other guests go through the back passage and return the same way shortly later.
Yes, pets are allowed in the park as long as they remain on a leash. Inside the cave we only allow pets if you are capable of holding them throughout the tour. Because of the indoor-outdoors nature of a cave, we cannot have any animals using the restroom inside the caverns, so they must be small enough to be held through the entirety of the tour. People who bring their pets are responsible for cleaning up their pet's waste. People with pets also will be held responsible for any damage their pet creates.
It does not rain inside the cave. Although, because this cave is still growing you may experience getting dripped on occasionally. We like to call these occasional drips "cave kisses."
Yes, they are. Our cave has a tunnel and does not have any stairs throughout the tour, making it accessible for you and your young ones. The caverns has lightly packed gravel, so we recommend using a stroller that is capable of rolling over packed gravel.
To protect the cave and abide by the laws of the state of Alabama, a few items are not allowed in the cave. The following is a list of items that are not allowed during your stay in Majestic Caverns.
Food or drinks (water is allowed, but carbonated drinks and other pollutants, if spilled, damage the formations of the natural Caverns. These spills require intensive cleaning measures using ecologically approved cleaners that will not harm the caverns. Also certain foods may draw animals that do not have a natural environment within caverns and could negatively effect the ecology. So, in the best interest preserving this natural environment we do not allow these items.)
Weapons
Cigarettes, cigars or chewing tobacco. Majestic Caverns is a tobacco free environment and such items would leave a harmful residue or pollutant on the environment.
Chewing gum : this is another harmful pollutant to the caverns environment when not disposed of properly.
Alcohol or drugs
Pets (Although we love our pets, our caverns can only welcome pets for as long as they can be held. During overnight stays they cannot be held throughout the entirety and their urine contains harmful acids for the caverns environment. So, in the best interest of preserving the natural habitat and protecting the caverns, we must prohibit pets from being brought into the cave for an overnight stay)
Laser pointers
Wagons or similar wheeled devices where the operator has less control of the movement than with a stroller or a wheelchair. These items are more difficult to navigate down a steep ramp.
Weapons or fireworks (these items are prohibited by law as the use of them would damage the caverns and be considered a federal offense under the The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988)
Majestic Caverns reserves the right to prohibit additional items that may pose safety concerns for either the live Caverns or other guests. If you have an unlisted item you would like to bring into the cave that is not listed as approved, please contact us to request approval in advance and recognize that if approval is not given, the item may not be allowed into the caverns.
