Britannia Caves Adventure - Daytime
Britannia Caves Adventure - Daytime
Highlights
- Venture through Britannia Caves like the explorers of days past
- Suitable for most people, including families
- Seek out amazing features such as glow worms, cave crickets and subterranean rivers
Britannia Caves are a great first time adventure cave for anyone. Explore and marvel at the spectacular features of earth's underground playground. You will experience subterranean rivers, some tight squeezes, cool chambers, glow worms and much more.
- 1 person
- Location - View Map
What's Included?
- Fully guided adventure cave tour
- Experienced instructors
- All safety equipment including helmets and torches and a free pair of caving gloves
Are you ready to explore the depths of the earth and wade through subterranean rivers, marvel at the phosphorus glow worms, cross chasms and explore the caverns of this unique granite boulder cave! If this sounds exciting, adventure caving is a great way to see the earth from a totally different perspective.
As you venture into the darkness with only your torch, you really do feel like an adventurer as you make your way into the pitch-black cave it really is like another world down there. You will spend your time underground exploring the fascinating sights of this alien underground world. These caves have everything required for a fantastic caving experience, in fact there are only 5 known caves like this one in Victoria which makes it quite special, formed over thousands of years of water erosion these huge granite boulders jumbled on top of each other make this caving adventure a thrilling experience and houses a unique eco system of glow worms, cave crickets and fungi amongst others.
You will wade through subterranean rivers, crawl through some tight squeezes, climb over chasms and view the beautiful glow worms. There are multiple exits and entries to the cave system, which enables even the most claustrophobic of people to have an enjoyable time. This awesome caving adventure is located only 50 minutes drive from Melbourne, so come and join us on this underground playground.
Remember this is not your average guided walk-around caving experience- this is adventure caving! You will be crawling on your hands and knees, scrambling over rocks, sliding, navigating some tight spaces, exploring hidden caverns and getting wet and muddy. This adventure can be quite physical but guaranteed it is worth the effort. This is an activity close to Melbourne that can be enjoyed by almost anyone so get ready for the awesomeness and come caving with us!
Session Length
- Please allow up to 2.5 hours for this experience
- Available everyday of the week subject to minimum participation of 6 people
Numbers on the Day
This experience has a maximum capacity of 12 people and a minimum of 6 to operate
Weather
This experience may be rescheduled if lightning and thunder is present, otherwise this experience operates in all other conditions.
Dress Code
Please wear old clothes and closed toed shoes only as they will get filthy. Please bring a complete change of clothes to get changed into after the caving. You must wear closed toe footwear, long sleeves and long trousers. You will need to wear a thin pair of gloves to protect your hands as you will be crawling on your hands and knees, we will provide a new pair of caving gloves which are yours to keep, but you are welcome to bring your own.
Other Info
This is adventure caving there will be no sealed walkways or passages and you will be crawling on your hands and knees for the duration, there are some tight spaces to navigate however these can be avoided, you will get muddy and wet so please dress appropriately.
Guidelines
- Maximum weight of 110kg and you must be in proportion for your weight
- Minimum age of 10 years old
- Average level of fitness required
- Disclaimer must be signed on the day
- A medical information form will need to be filled out
- There will be elements of crawling on your hands and knees, climbing over boulders and wading through rivers on this experience
- Participants must be able to fit through some enclosed spaces
Cancellation
Once this experience has been confirmed, changes are at the discretion of the experience provider and arranged directly with them according to this policy:
- Cancellations within 7 days will be subject to a $30pp re-booking fee
- Cancellations outside of the 7 day policy will be subject to a $15pp rebooking fee
- The Adventure merchants reserve the right to cancel any session up to and including on the day of the session
- We will only cancel a session if minimum numbers are not attained or lightning is present. We will notify you as soon a possible if we have to postpone a session and you will be issued new vouchers to rebook an alternate day