Change of conditions

Guided tours are conducted daily in Royal Cave and Fairy Cave. Both caves are lit and have concrete pathways.

Buchan Caves is opened 364 days of the year and close only Christmas Day. Dogs and other pets are not permitted in the park.

Royal Cave

Cave length is 500 metres.

There are 150 steps.

Some stooping required.

Man-made tunnel entrance.

Temperature in cave is a constant 17 degrees.

Royal Cave features beautiful calcite-rimmed pools. Pass through the stunning Font of the Gods and Princess Royal Chambers viewing many stalagmites and stalactites. Royal Cave is the easier out of the two show caves.

Cave tour bookings

Online purchases close at midnight for the following day. Tickets may still be purchased over the counter on the day at the Visitor Centre (subject to availability).

Federal Cave Tour

This historical tour provides a unique opportunity to view a cave that is rarely open to the public and is part of the same cave system as the Royal and the Fairy show caves. Lit only by solar-powered pathway lights, you are provided with a helmet and headlight to view this section of the cave system which is so very different from the Royal and the Fairy show caves.

Cost: Adult $38.30 Child $27.30

Duration of tour: Approximately 1 hour

Meeting Point: Buchan Caves Reserve Visitor Centre

Suitable age: Not recommended for children under the age of 8 unless accompanied by guardian.

Accessibility Information

The spectacular Royal and Fairy Caves at Buchan Caves Reserve are generally not accessible for visitors with significant mobility limitations. This is because of the narrow cave passageways, low rock ceilings and the many steps leading to and through the caves.

However, an electric Stairclimber provided by the reserve enables access to one section of Fairy Cave for children and light adults weighing up to 60 kgs.

Operated by a cave guide, the Stairclimber can take seated children and adults with mobility limitations up and down the steps in Fairy Cave. Bookings are required in advance.