Muddy Mayhem Cumberland Caverns Badge

Muddy Mayhem

Time: Overnight Age Requirement: 6+

Group Size: Groups of 10+ Tour Time: Click BOOK NOW to see availability!*

Remember that backyard tarp slip-n-slide your dad set up for you circa 2000?

You’ll find something similar on this underground route. Just hold the soapy water — and add a whole bunch of mud.

It’s survival of the squeeziest down here on Muddy Mayhem. The twists, turns, and tight passageways will work in your favor, as you plant your heels into the soft earth and feel the cool, rock walls underneath your fingertips.

Be sure to pack your sleeping gear. This muddy adventure will keep you underground ‘til morning.

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Physical Expectations:

3/4 of a mile

  • Tight squeezes (must fit through a 12"x33" space) and crawling in mud, several short ladder climbs- perfect for kiddos!
  • Gloves, sturdy hiking shoes and long pants REQUIRED!
  • Bring a change of clothes for after! 
  • This tour seems to be easier for kids than adults!
  • Illuminated rock formations inside the caverns
  • Woman climbing up rocks inside the caverns
  • Young boy climbing up a ladder on a hiking tour and smiling at the camera

Tour Highlights:

  • Unsurpassed underground sights and formations
  • Stunning gypsum crystals 
  • Muddy passages 
  • Experience the famous Lemon Squeezer and Bubblegum Alley 
  • Discovery Walking Tour 
  • Sleep inside the cave 
  • Breakfast the next morning

Tour Prices:

  • $65 per person. 10 person minimum.
  • Smaller groups call to add to nights where minimum has already been met.
  • MINIMUM 10-day advance reservation, or call 931 668 4396 ext 100 to see if there is still room to hop on a an overnight adventure this week!
Skylight Sleepover Cumberland Caverns Badge

Skylight Sleepover

Time: Overnight Age Requirement: 11+

Group Size: Groups of 10+ Tour Time: Book Below*

You can walk a mile in someone else’s shoes or spend an entire evening in Aaron Higgenbotham’s — the cave’s first known explorer.

You’ll squeeze through tight passageways, feel the pop of the mud against your rubber sole on Bubblegum Alley, and traverse high-ladder climbs to places you’ve never seen before. But this nighttime adventure doesn’t stop there.

Much like Higgenbotham, you feel the cool earth beneath your back as you drift off and dream of the day’s high climbs and grand formations.

Pack a sleeping bag and some extra money for dinner — the cave will take care of the rest.

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Physical Expectations:

3 Miles

  • Recommended for experienced explorers and thrill seekers in good shape
  • 1 mile hike to the cave entrance + 1 ½ miles through the cave 
  • High-ladder climbs (up to 20 feet) 
  • Narrow passageways, tight squeezes (must fit through a 12"x33" space) and cave crawling- you will get muddy!
  • Gloves, sturdy hiking shoes and long pants REQUIRED! 
  • Lit up stalagmites and stalactites in the caverns
  • Young boy climbing up a ladder
  • Person looking up at a rock formation in the caverns

Tour Highlights:

  • Historic cave entrance 
  • Cave skylight  
  • Grand formations
  • Faint Hill 
  • The ledge where Aaron Higgenbotham spent three frightful days and nights 
  • Experience the famous Birth Canal and Bubblegum Alley 
  • Discovery Walking Tour 
  • Sleep in a cave 
  • Breakfast the next morning 

Tour Prices:

  • $70 per person.
  • 10 person minimum.
  • Smaller groups call to add to nights where minimum has already been met.
  • MINIMUM 10-day advance reservation, or call 931 668 4396 ext 100 to see if there is still room to hop on a an overnight adventure this week!
Cumberland Caverns into the Dark Badge

Into the Dark

Time: Overnight Age Requirement: 16+

Group Size: Groups of 2+ Tour Time: Book Below*

It’s a badge of honor—a grind for glory. And a daredevil’s holy grail. This is the (sunken) peak of all adventure—the time where your courage is both tested and rewarded with sights so spectacular yet magnificently rare.

Tenacious cavers on our Into the Dark Overnight Adventure will scale underground canyons, cross Devil’s Quarry, and climb a high wind to The Monument Pillar — a formation known by many but witnessed by few.

When it’s all said and done, you’ll march on into the dark. And rest beside other brave cavers to hum the tune of a warrior’s lullaby, knowing you put in a hard day’s adventure.

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Physical Expectations:

  • Recommended for experienced explorers and thrill seekers in good shape
  • High, twisting rock climbs through winding canyon passages.
  • Climbing rocks & boulders and stepping over deep crevasses
  • Gloves, sturdy hiking shoes and long pants REQUIRED.
  • Undergroung Cave Tour
  • Undergroung lake
  • Man In Cave
  • Girl in Cave

Tour Highlights:

  • The Monument Pillar
  • Ten Acre Room
  • Crossing the infamous Devil’s Quarry
  • The Isle of Confusion
  • Sleep inside a cave
  • Breakfast the next morning

Tour Prices:

  • Adventure Tour: $145 per person.
  • 10 person minimum REQUIRED for Overnights.
  • Groups less than 10 call to add to nights where minimum has already been met.
  • MINIMUM 10-day advance reservation, or call 931 668 4396 ext 100 to see if there is still room to hop on a an overnight adventure this week!
Light Out Cumberland Caverns Badge

Lights Out

Time: Overnight Age Requirement: 16+

Group Size: Groups of 2+ Tour Time: Book Below*

This is the night where everything is tested: Your courage, your strength, and most importantly, your trust in the cave.

Lights Out is the overnight adventure that, physically, requires the best of you. But the rewards wonder and awe are far worth completing the challenge.

From The Great Extension, the Monument Pillar, and the Blue Mud Mountain, to the Rock of Ages and undiscovered passages, this is the night you’ll learn most about the cave — and even yourself.

You’ll understand the need for a cave campout when it’s all said and done. Because after you make this tiring journey, driving home just won’t feel like an option.

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Physical Expectations:

  • High, twisting rock climbs & the tallest ladder climb in the cave 
  • Traversing hand lines and ropes 
  • Climbing rocks/boulders and stepping over deep crevasses 
  • Gloves, sturdy hiking shoes and long pants REQUIRED!
  • Person looking up at a rock formation in the caverns
  • Woman climbing up a rope on a cliffside in the caverns
  • Person climbing up a ladder in the caverns
  • Girl in Cave

Tour Highlights:

  • Passages not seen by the public 
  • Grand Hall 
  • Great Extension 
  • The Isle of confusion 
  • Crossing the infamous Devil’s Quarry
  • The Monument Pillar 
  • Blue Mud Mountain 
  • 20,000-year-old Lynx bones 
  • Rock of Ages 
  • Sleep in a cave 
  • Breakfast the next morning

Tour Prices:

  • $175 per person.
  • 10 person minimum REQUIRED for Overnights
  • Groups less than 10 call to add to nights where minimum has already been met by other groups.
  • MINIMUM 10-day advance reservation, or call 931 668 4396 ext 100 to see if there is still room to hop on a an overnight adventure this week!

*Private tour times will be decided at booking.


All tours are non-refundable.