Our perfect family vacation always includes for adventure and challenge! A great spot for your perfect Texas family vacation is the Natural Bridge Caverns!
The natural bridge is a thin rock bridge spanning the entrance to a gorgeous cave! Full of cool and awe-inspiring formations, the natural bridge cavern is a must-see if you care about anything natural and cool! We took the Discovery Tour, and I want to go back and do the Hidden Passages Tour sometime soon!
Natural Bridge Caverns Discovery Tour
The Discovery Tour is a guided tour on paved paths through the largest rooms of the cave. You’ll see awesome formations while learning about the discovery and development of the cave. The guides are well-versed on information about how different parts of the caves are formed, why each part was given it’s name, and how long it may have all taken. They also throw in a bit of comedy and reminders to trend carefully on the path! They stop in each large room to talk a bit and then move on. This is a living cave, so dripping water and growing formations are plentiful! Beautiful.
The path is steep in points, and slippery in places, but has a good railing and seating at each stopping point. If you can walk 3/4 mile and do a staircase, you can handle this! My mom does have hip problems, she really appreciated sitting at the stopping points, but she made it through and enjoyed it. The tour lasts about 75 minutes at a super humid 70*, dress appropriately.
Natural Bridge Caverns Canopy Challenge and Zipline
This stop is so much more than a cave or a natural wonder though! Challenge yourself and your family with a 4-story ropes course (Canopy Challenge), zipline, or huge maze! Don’t leave the kiddos out, under 48 inches is just right for the kid’s challenge course!
We LOVED the Canopy Challenge and zipline! The Canopy Challenge is 4 stories high of rope and wood bridges to cross whichever way you please. You get 30 minutes to just wander the course. There isn’t any specific direction or course to follow, just try the various brdiges and stories as you please. Challenge yourself as much or as little as your want, while safely harnessed in!
There are two-plank bridges, shaky single plank bridges, wiggly rope bridges, single ropes bridges, round platform bridges, and so much more. Off course, wiggly nervous legs make it even more challenging! Some crossings have ropes to hold, others don’t, but your harness strap is always right there to hold if you need it. Or there to catch you when you fall! It was an absolute blast and I would have happily explored for hours longer! It was also super fun to watch my mom and husband face fears of heights and wiggly bridges and have a great time!
The Canopy Zipline is also incredible! Strap in at the bottom, climb the 4 stories of stairs to the top, and get ready to fly! The staff will have you sit down in your harness then give you a push out to the outer tower, then walk to the other side and coast back to the main tower. It’s fast but so fun! Like being a bird above ant-people on the ground. The wind or wiggling riders can cause people to not make it all the way across (like my mom!), then they send a rope out to you, grab and on be pulled in!
Safety is priority. The full-body harness is secured, double and triple-checked, and double clipped into the system. Climbers have to remove everything from pockets and put anything in free lockers at the bottom. Staff are present on every level to keep an eye on climbers and help if needed. The system is all-inclusive, never unclip or re-clip to anything. Even the zipline is one complete system with the roller/zipline parts included from the bottom so you are never, ever disconnected from the harness-railing system.
Kids 42 inches tall can do the Canopy Explorer Course with an adult chaperone, 48 inches to go alone. My 46 inch little man gave it a shot! He was super nervous but also super brave and made it to the second story before heading back to solid ground. It was a great challenge for him and fun to try the adult course! Once he went back to solid ground, the staff were amazing and let him finish out his 30 minutes on the Canopy Kids course.
Natural Bridge Caverns Canopy Kids Course
The Canopy Kids Course is for kiddos under 48 inches. Strap in with the same safety harness system and walk around the waist-high bridges. Each crossing has a section in the middle that lifts up so the required chaperone can get through them to stay beside the kiddo. My 3 year old adored this little course. She started off really nervous, but soon became comfortable challenging herself to not hold my hand as she maneuvered the crossings. She was also thrilled with her tiny harness (she’s only 27 pounds!) that would hold her safely if she slipped. It was so fun watching her learn to trust the safety of the harness and challenge herself.
Natural Bridge Caverns Is GREAT!!!
And the staff! I have to mention the staff. They were friendly, helpful, and kind. They joked along with us on the ropes course, they eagerly answered questions in the cave, they were flexible as we figured out how to get 4 adults and 2 kids through the ropes course without ever leaving the kids alone, and they smiled through it all. The zipline staff had my husband take a moment to sit in his harness when he was nervous so he would feel reassured that it would easily hold him. They gently let us know when our 30 minutes was up without making us feel hurried to get off instantly. They made us feel safe, valued, and relaxed. I was thoroughly impressed with the staff every step of the way.
Overall, the Natural Bridge Caverns is an absolute must for your family vacation to San Antonio. Challenge yourself as much or as little as you want. It will hurt the wallet a bit, but it’s totally worth it. Check them out online and on Facebook for more information!
I received admission for myself and family in exchange for review. Opinions are 100% my own and not influenced by compensation. We had a great time and definitely recommend Natural Bridge Caverns to everyone!
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