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Spelunking

Nobody who doesn't have the experience or the services of an experienced guide should ever try spelunking -- cave exploration. If you go in under the wrong circumstances you may never be seen again. Caves can be dangerous places even without the monsters created by Hollywood.       Spelunkers can, and do, explore Black Hills caves. But for the rest of us, there are guided tours.         There are at least two caves in the Black Hills where you can have the a real cave exploration experience in a safe guided tour:        The National Park Services offers an 8-hour natural spelunking tour of Jewel Cave. Certain qualifications must be met before you can join this tour -- including squeezing through a small box. but we've been told the experience is well worthwhile. Should you wish to do this, you'll need to have old clothes and be physically fit.  Part of the tour involves squeezing through on your hands and knees. Wind Cave offers a similar tour.        Most commercial caves do not allow spelunking, although experienced spelunkers may be able to convince the owners to let them in.  Other caves in the Black Hills can be explored but exploring them invovlves getting permission from the landowner. Finding these caves, however, is another matter.   They aren't marked on maps.         Want to know more?  Here's what the National Geographic Traveler has to say: Black Hills Caves BACK HOME