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Kartchner Caverns
Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, USA, featuring a show cave with 2.4 miles of passages. The park is located 9 miles south of the town of Benson and southeast of Tucson. The park was founded to preserve the cave's unique features, including its rare boxwork formations. The park offers cave tours, camping, picnicking, and hiking. The cave is a "live" cave, which means that formations are still growing and changing. The temperature inside the cave is a constant 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius). The cave is home to a large variety of cave life, including bats, cave crickets, and cave spiders.
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Jerry Dunlap
We were here 2-14-2014. We could not take pictures of the cave itself. Something to do with the flashes, as I remember. Absolutely a beautiful cave. A must-see cave for anyone. The Big Room Complex I believe was closed because of the bats, I think.
Nelida Safrit
Beautiful state park. It’s well taken care of. We did the cavern tour. They did not allow photos to be taken inside. The campground is beautiful. It’s very quiet and clean.
Caden Head
This place was super cool. We did the tour of the big room, and it was absolutely stunning. The way they have preserved the cave is amazing too. I 100% recommend visiting.
Becky Carte
The caverns are stunning and a must see! Amazing creation by God! I'm from OR and have been through the Oregon caves many times and the explored the lava beds in CA, so I'm used to the caves being very cold, so I came all bundled up and with my heavy coat and the ranger told us when we bought our tickets that it would be hot and humid inside! I was shocked 😳. After we were done with the cavern tour, we went on one of the trail loop hikes. It made it a great day!
Dorothy Laage
We stayed in the RV campground for 3 nights with our 2 small dogs. The weather was cool at night, but the days were mid 60's to low 70's. Close to Benson and Sierra Vista if you need supplies or to a restaurant. Dogs enjoyed the trails and sitting out in the sun. The night sky view was amazing. Wished they had sewer hookups, but at least they have a dump station. Camp host had 2 cats that would sit outside in the daytime.