Cave of the Winds is just a 15 minutes drive from Green Mountain Falls and has two parts to it; an outdoor adventure park and the caves you can explore!
The outdoor adventure park includes a 3-story obstacle course, a 1200-foot round-trip aerial attraction, a climbing wall, axe throwing, an adventure slide and Geronimo’s Leap. There’s a minimum height requirement to enter most of these attractions, so it’s best suited for older children. For smaller children, there’s an area for panning for gemstones and Caver’s Crawl; a hands-on simulated caving experience!
If you’re rather something with a little less adrenaline, you can go on a cave tours. These million year-old caves were discovered in 1881 and are now a fun experience for all ages. To see the caves you must book a guided tour. There are three different tour options to choose from; Discovery Tour, Lantern Tour and Caving 101 each of which lasts between 45, 90 and 2 hours, respectively.
The Discovery Tour is a family friendly tour where you walk through 15 different electrically-lit rooms. The Lantern Tour lets you explore by candlelight while listening to scary ghost stories and unexplained phenomena of the Manitou Grands, and is not permitted for children under 8. The last option is Caving 101, where your guide will take you through wet and muddy passages, teach you basic spelunking skills and tell you the interesting history and geology of the cave. This one is for ages 13 and up.