I hadn’t heard of Secret Caverns until my trip to Howe Cavern. The route to Howe Caverns is peppered with colorful signs for Secret Cavern. After seeing a few of these I decided to go after my visit to Howe.
Secret Cavern is located about five minutes down the road from Howe. The route is very clearly marked with a few more of the eye catching billboards. The signs are as colorful as the front of the store pictured above.
When I arrived there were several cars in the lot. There were two patrons who just completed their tour, and one guide. With a twenty minute wait for the next tour, I was encouraged to look at the Ice Cave then the walls of memorabilia revolving around Secret Cave’s history.
The ice cave is a round trip walk of 30′ but, the sign helps setup the atmosphere of the Secret Cavern Tour.
The tour consisted of me and the guide (again the guide’s name would have been useful here), so we came to an arrangement where I could stop and take as many pics and ask as many questions as I wanted and, he would not leave me behind for the Lost Tour Guides, Aliens or spirits of the cow explorers to devour. This was pretty much the flavor of the entire tour 
Secret Cavern is more cave-like, than Howe. I don’t think you could run 3 or 4 tours of 20 people through at once, no matter how well you staggered them. Secret Caverns is also more natural than Howe. The only major changes to the cavern involve the adding of colored flood lights, a foot path, a lowered pathway, and a shaved wall. You are also allowed to touch the rock and calcite formations. Enough of the comparisons, there are too many to list. You need to experience both.
The tour lasted a little over an hour, had a great narrative and great formations of rock calcite and water. The pathway is lit by colored lights, so I opted to shoot without a flash, to capture some of the ambiance.
(at some point, I’m gonna figure out how to post to pics next each other, and then the would will be in trouble, muhahahaha!!)
The halfway point of the tour features a 100′ waterfall.
It more like a water jet than a waterfall. The air, as you approach the falls, becomes noticeably warmer and humid. I had some problems getting a good shot because the moisture kept fogging up my lens and glasses
You can see more of my pictures of Secret Caverns on Flickr
This was really a great place to visit. It’s campy, light hearted, independent spirt was a great way to escape!
