Talking Rocks Cavern - Branson West, Missouri

Mike Mireles

It was our first time and it was a blast. So much to see and so much to do.

The staff was super nice and our guide through the caverns was great. I wish I remembered his name. I think it was Willard...and he had super long hair. He dropped knowledge and laughs throughout the tour. My boys and wife had fun.

The tour itself was super, super cool. Pretty easy to walk through but as mentioned in other reviews, there are a couple of tight spots to walk by.

The gift shop is awesome! So much to see and buy.
My 6yo loved buying his our bag of sand and sifting through it outside. He got to actually pan for cool stones.

After we played outside we played miniature golf. We didn't get the chance to walk through the trail, I wish we had.

Talking Rocks Cavern is definitely something to do. We'll be back on our next visit.

Don O

Really cool cave! It's very pretty and they have a nice gift shop. Our guide, Emma, did a very good job and answered all our questions. We could tell she really enjoys her job and knows her history well. Thank you, Emma!

W Ramsey

This was amazing. I loved the history and the tour through the cave. Ben was amazing and we appreciated his knowledge of the cave and surrounding area.

Ashley Van Hooser

10/10 experience! Our guide Ash was very informative and kept the tour fun. I have a fear of heights and with this tour you begin at the top of the cavern and work your way down then back up again. So if you have a fear of heights please keep that in mind. However, I always felt safe. The walkways had tall guard rails so that put my mind at ease. The cavern was very well maintained and well lit. After the tour we shopped in the gift shop. Lots of rocks, minerals, and specimens to purchase and even gem mining. They have a nice outdoor area for the kids to play and even a mini golf course.

Tess Koppelman

Our guide Spencer was engaging and informative. The cave is gorgeous! The mini golf was small but fun and they told us you can do it more than once.
We did not have time to do the Nature trail but we would definitely come back out and bring a picnic lunch and spend a little bit more time here on another day. The kids loved this Speleo box too.. went kids love getting themselves trapped in things is beyond me ..lol
The actual cave tour is about an hour but it was another 30 minutes to do mini golf and then the kids messed around on playground equipment for a while so I would plan 2 hours if you have kids

Mona Jayne

We had an absolutely fabulous experience here. There are tons of things to do. The mini-golf is great. The family game trail is fun for kids. We did one of the cavern tours which was super cool. There are hiking trails, but we did not do them because we were tired from climbing through the cavern and it was hot by the afternoon. I would recommend going early for the outdoor stuff and doing the cave tour in the afternoon. The gift shop also has a lot of cool things and is very reasonably priced (especially for drinks and snacks).

Katy Kane

Great time at the cave! Some amazing formations including a 90 foot curtain or cave bacon formation and several other smaller formations. Walking tours with steep, slippery, uneven stairs that are very narrow in places. Each your is one hour and they schedule the tour as soon as you arrive. We went on a Thursday and were able to get on a tour leaving immediately; there was a tour leaving the cave, one we could hear below us and one that came in a while after us, so it was busy. Each tour seemed to have about two dozen people. Pictures were allowed.

Penny Rhoades

Super cool cave! Our guide, Taylor, was a hoot - at first I wasn't sure about him, because he started out talking so fast, but he is really good. Lots of information, through the whole tour. Got tickets as we came in, & joined the next tour, about 15 minutes later.