Luray Caverns

Pros: beautiful formations, good tour, interesting to children
Cons: had to carry a stroller up the stairs

My thanks to Tom Barnes for adding this. I actually wrote the majority of this when we visited two years ago, but there was no category for it then! When making long driving trips with my children, I try to find s ...

Pros: Beautiful, Unique, Family Friendly
Cons: Expensive

My family vacations in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia each summer, and we are love with this picturesque region. There's just something special about the mountains and valleys of this area, and the ability to escape the hustle and bustle of the ...

Pros: A nice introduction to caverns especially for those claustrophobic.
Cons: Some distractions from other tours.

On June 19, 2006 we went to Luray Caverns. We went to M ammoth Cave National Park two summers ago. Mammoth can’t be compared to Luray but Luray is a nice destination as well. This was our second visit there. ...

Pros: gorgeous
Cons: no other cavern will ever close to this

In the summer of 2005, I just completed my summer research fellowship with the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, MD. My family came to help me move back home but before we returned home we decided to go on a road trip to see the sites in and ...

Pros: Some nice formations; organ interesting
Cons: Too expensive; don't learn much about the cave

My bf and I stopped here while camping at Shenandoah because we generally enjoy cave tours. We were a little taken aback by the price of admission ($19). The cave is neat to see, but they don't let you go anywhere that requires a squeeze or a ladder. Maybe they have to remain fully handicapped accessible or its a liability-issue, but in my experience, that's where cooler stuff is. Furthermore, we really learned very little about the history or geology of the cave. There were a few teenage guides stationed throughout, trying to yell a scripted sentence or two above the din of the crowd but it was hard to get much info, which would have been nice (especially for $19).