Ohio Caverns Visitors & Ticket Center - West Liberty, OH

Leeann K.

Great tour and guide was informative! We did gem mining. Grand kids loved this. Beautiful grounds and well kept. The tree tour was interesting, it’s free!

B M.

It is one of the most fascinating things I have ever seen. If you are curious, the temperature inside remains constant at 54 degrees throughout the year. Therefore, a light sweatshirt and pants is recommended unless you particularly enjoy the cold. The exhibits are incredibly captivating, and the historical information is highly informative.

Jim H. (.

LarderRoom...The Ohio Visitors & Ticket center is great. It is full of amazing items the kids (and adults) will enjoy. You can find everything here. Plus, the employees are knowledgeable and eager to help. Make sure you take time to check it out between the caves.

Jeremiah B.

I took 6 kids to the cavern and me solo. We did both tours, the history tour had a lot of great info on the early days of cave tourism, lots stories about mud and crawling through the cave with gas lanterns, which is very different than today's nice mud free path, not a lot of stalactites/stalagmites/columns since those early cave tourists chipped it all away, but the inside of the cave is still incredible.

The Natural world tour was even more incredible than the historical tour, lots of stalactites/stalagmites/columns, with some really unique characteristics.

Some portions of the trail are very narrow and some areas are very low, so if you are above 6 foot tall, watch out. Both cave tours require a stair climb out (History tour was a stair climb in, but the Natural tour you just walk in after walking down a long ramp outside the cave), both climbs out were very steep, but I think most people can manage, the kids had no problem. The kids did great, my 5 year old was a little nervous, and the rest found the two tours very interesting (12 and under). The tour guides did a great job, mixing history, science and humor. The gift shop was massive, lots of rocks and the items were not over priced as compared to most gift shops. They sold some chips/candy and some water/soda, but not a robust food selection so you will have to go off-site to eat (we had lunch afterwards in Urbana, about 20 min away). However, there is a great picnic area on site if you plan better than I did. Overall, it was a well run tour with friendly tour guides.

I was very surprised how modern everything was (and the bathrooms were very modern and clean), particularly since some of the signs on the interstate might make you think it is an old school tourist trap. Overall, we had a fantastic day at the caverns and will go again one day.

Laura L.

Absolutely amazing! Such beautiful formations and awesome tour guides! Best caverns we have been to by far! Differently a must-see to be added to your bucket list! Some areas are a bit tight, and you will have to duck down in some areas, but overall, an easy tour (until the stairs at the end, lol)

Eva B. (.

This is an extremely colorful cavern! Morgan was a great tour guide. Beautiful gift shop as well! I wish they had UV lights in there, most of those minerals fluoresce. It would really make the experience even more amazing. Definitely a jewel of a cavern!

S L.

Great tours! Super clean and well maintained. Well worth the ticket price. Had a great time. Will be back.

Casey R.

There are two tours: History one and Crystal one, each tour about 50 minutes. For two people to tour one tour, would be $50 but to do both tours it was $73 for two people. This place is NOT for people that have issues w climbing stairs, we were XA of feet under ground, it took 60 stairs almost straight up to come back to the surface. You know those never ending hallways....try never ending stair feelings lol. All the young staff were amazing, you could tell they had good morals all around. From them being very respectful, outgoing n funny to very knowledgeable for all the "tourists" of all ages. In my tour I had as young as 3 years old to I heard a lady say her group were in their 60s, so aray of ages. We all kept each other safe but had a blast. R front guide needs to hear what a great job she did, even tho she might have thought it went all wrong. She made us all laugh n when u can break the ice for 25 different people of dif back grounds at the same time to make it comfortable being in a dark tight space together, u have to be someone special. Also someone else that deserves Recognition, the back guide, Sarah she deserves a foot n back massage for finding my lost phone before I made it into the caverns w the crystals. I noticed I didn't have it as we approached the doorway, 70 feet under ground level by then. She was quick, had my phone AND HAD A SMILE!! This has to be one of the few places that hire young people that I've seen where there is great work ethic n respectfulness from them. They do have fun n "mess around" but in a clean, healthy respectful way.