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Cave tours begin in the visitor center in the lower floor of the lodge building. Tour reservations may be purchased online up to one day before the tour, after which availabilities remaining may be bought inside the visitor center.
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The cave entrance is only a couple hundred feet from the visitor center.
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The tour enters at one point and exits at another point, passing through cave rooms and constructed passageways along the route.
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Cave formations caused by thousands of years of geology.
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The Oregon Caves are unique in that much of them lie beneath marble stone.
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Oregon Cave formations.
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Oregon Cave formations.
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The most grand gallery inside the cave tour.
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Animal bones found inside the cave remain in a well-preserved state.
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Upon exiting the cave, a sign shows the cave trail route, along with options for returning to the visitor center.
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The exit of the Oregon Caves tour.
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Upon exiting the cave, visitors can walk a paved path back to the visitor center or continue climbing on the Cliff View Trail and loop back to the trailhead.
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Returning to the visitor center on the shorter descending path.
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Visitors who are willing to add a little bit of distance and climbing to their visit can opt to take the uphill path upon exiting the Cave Tour and trace the Cliff Nature Trail up to this panoramic viewpoint.