Natural Entrance Tour: Wind Caves National Park

Hot Springs, South Dakota

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Explore Wind Cave National Park by going underground and taking the Natural Entrance tour with a NPS ranger. The tour lasts approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes and takes you many stories below the ground to explore the passageways. You will be able to see box work and cave popcorn along this route.

Note this experience sells out quick and you have to be in person to reserve a tour time. While you wait for you time, there are many hiking trails to enjoy.

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