De Soto Caverns Park - Childersburg, AL - a tour of the caves

The De Soto Caverns Park in Childersburg, Alabama is located at 5181 Desoto Caverns Parkway. The facility is open from 9am until 4:30pm Monday through Friday and until 5:30 on Saturdays. The facility is open on Sunday from 1pm until 5:30pm. The rate for the caverns adult tour is $18.99 and $23.99 for a full year. Those aged three and under are admitted free of charge with an adult. The cost of the child's cavern tour for those aged three to eleven is only $16.99 while those purchasing a one year child cave tours only pay $21.99 which is just $5 more.

The price for the attractions is $19.99 for the attraction 5 pack that includes five tickets for attractions and $29.99 for the attraction 10 pack that includes ten tickets for attractions. Photos in the cave are $9.99 for one copy, $15.99 for two copies and $19.99 for three copies plus emailed digital pictures. There are a variety of other admission packages available at the De Soto Caverns Park that the park office can provide additional information about. There are also special group rates available for the facility.

The temperature in the caverns is always sixty degrees but it feels like seventy degrees because of the 100% humidity inside them. It takes about an hour to take a tour of the Caverns which is about a 1/3 mile walk. The tours leave every hour on the half hour with 9:30 being the first tour time. The last tour group leaves at 4:30 in the afternoon during the months of November through March and at 5:30 in the afternoon during the months of April through October.

De Soto Caverns Park allows service animals, small animals that can be carried in the caverns are the only other pets allowed. The park allows video recorders and cameras. The park does not close for the rain although there are some attractions that might not be operated during the rain that include the Bathtub Racers, Potty Racers and the Pedal Go Karts. There are options for food while in the park.

The Gift Shop has a snack bar that serves nachos, hot dogs and a variety of other snack foods. There is an outdoor concession stand during the months of June through October that serves polish sausages, hot dogs, soft pretzels and other items. There are also a number of picnic tables at the De Soto Caverns Park and visitors can bring their own lunches if they would like however the park asked that there are not any glass containers brought into the park.

The De Soto Caverns Park also offers options to stay overnight in the park. Groups have to pay for a minimum of twenty people in order to reserve a specific date even if there are fewer people actually showing up. All reservations for overnight stay require a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $250.00. When one payment is made by organizations such as School or Scout groups in Alabama the purchase is not taxable. One chaperone to fifty children and an organizer for the group get in at no charge.