Ticket Purchases:
Tickets may be purchased in advance up until midnight the night before arrival HERE .
While we recommend you purchase your tickets online, online ticket purchases are not required.
We always reserve a certain percentage of all of our tour seats for walk-in guests, i.e., those guests that did not or were not otherwise able to prebook their tours online. However, walk-in seats are sold on a first come, first serve basis. Therefore, we recommend that our walk-in guests arrive by noon, particularly if you are interested in taking both the cavern and farm- nature- wildlife tour. It takes approximately 3 hours to go through both tours.
Given that walk-in seats are sold on a first come, first serve basis, it is impossible for us to know or predict how many walk-in guests may arrive ahead of you. Please be advised that during the summer months (particularly on weekends and holidays), the later in the day that you arrive, the higher the risk that you will encounter a wait time or that one or both of our tours may already be sold out.
We’re sorry, but we cannot accept ticket purchases over the phone unless you have a group of 20 or more paying customers and you are making advanced reservations for that group, i.e., calling at least two weeks prior to the requested booking date.
Backpack and Large Bags:
Backpacks and large bags are not permitted inside the Visitors Center or on the cave tour, so please leave these in your vehicle before entering. If you have a diaper bag or purse, you must carry it on the front of your body--nothing can be worn/carried on the back.
Aircraft and Drones:
Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park (Penn’s Cave, Inc.) and FAA laws strictly prohibit the use of model aircraft and drones on any part or area of its 1600 acres to protect and ensure the safety of our visitors, animals and private passenger aircraft that fly into and land at the Penn’s Cave Airpark.
The Penn’s Cave Airport is open daily for private fly-ins for pilots and their passengers who wish to visit our attraction. FAA Designated, N 74 Airport, Detroit Sectional, 2500 ft x 40 ft asphalt. This is an unmanned, no-service facility. Walking time to the Penn’s Cave Visitors Center is approximately 5 minutes.
Strollers and Child Carriers/Seats:
We are family-friendly, so children of all ages are welcome! Strollers and child carriers/seats are not permitted on the tours, so you must hold/carry your little ones during each tour. Once the tour has departed, everyone must remain seated at all times—we cannot ‘rock the boat!
Tour Weight Restrictions for Plus Sized Visitors:
There are no weight restrictions for plus sized visitors. However, please see the handicapped accessible information page.
Both the cavern tour and the Farm-Nature-Wildlife tours feature bench type seating. Please be prepared that when our tours are running at full capacity, you may feel "squeezed in."
Additional Visitors Center and Tour Information:
Visitors Center:
On-site tickets, souvenirs, gifts, drinks & food are available for purchase inside the Visitors Center.
Farm-Nature-Wildlife Tours:
Farm-Nature-Wildlife Tours are fully guided bus tours over the Penn's Cave working farm and through the Penn's Cave North American Wildlife Sanctuary. The windows are removed from the buses. There is one stop on this tour that includes minimal walking, so we do recommend that comfortable walking shoes be worn. This tour is given rain or shine, so visitors may bring jackets and umbrellas for the weather and/or short-distance walk.
Cavern Tours:
Cavern tours are fully guided tours, and are given entirely by boat. Cavern tours depart, rain or shine. The year round inside cave temperature remains a constant 52 degrees, so a jacket or sweatshirt is recommended. Comfortable shoes are advised as there is a 350 foot 45 degree incline and 48 steps that lead to the dock, and visitor's must step onto the flat bottom boat. These same stairs and 45 degree incline are used to return to the Visitor's Center following the cavern tour.
Each cavern tour boat will hold up to 22-24 persons and travels at a slow speed as it glides thru the cave.
Since our all-water cave is an active, living cave, there will be water drips from time to time, but you will not become fully soaked. There are no big “splashes.”
Parking and Camping:
Parking is FREE. There is a designated lot for buses, tractor trailers, RVs & campers.
Overnight camping/parking is not permitted.
Cameras/Photographs:
Cameras are welcome, but please be respectful of others if using a flash.
Groups:
Groups of 20 or more paying persons must make reservations at least two weeks in advance of their requested arrival date & Penn's Cave must receive the required non-refundable deposit (the amount is based upon the group size) at least two weeks prior to the agreed upon arrival date. The non-refundable deposit will be deducted from the final amount due by the group on day of arrival if the group checks-in for its tours. Please email info@pennscave.com for more information.
Pavilions and Picnic Tables:
Picnic shelters are available to rent: Contact Us
Our guests may use the outside tables between the Visitors Center and the Cave House or the tables on either porch of the Visitors Center for their own picnics. Our guests are welcome to use lawn chairs and/or throw blankets down on the grass areas by the parking lots for their own picnics. Tables in the cafe are reserved for cafe customers only.
Please check-in at the ticket counter in the Visitors Center before setting up in an outdoor pavilion as most of the pavilions are already reserved from April through October.
Private Tours:
Private cavern boat and/or private farm-nature-wildlife bus guided tours are available by advance reservation: Contact Us
Additional Questions:
For additional questions, please email: Info@pennscave.com .
