Capricorn Caves

Capricorn Caves

Capricorn Caves
4.5
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
About
Capricorn Caves is a multi-generational family owned attraction located 23km north of Rockhampton and just minutes off the Pacific Coast Way. Accessible walkways and ramps allow you to experience the breathtaking acoustics in the Cathedral Cave on the hourly tour. The intimate Capricorn Explorer and Capricorn Adventurer tours allows further exploration with breath-taking views from the summit and a true bucket-list experience. As an Advanced Eco-Tourism attraction Capricorn Caves is a home to an abundance of native wildlife and endangered species which you can discover on tour. Experienced local guides deliver the captivating stories of this ancient Australian landscape on small-scale interpretive tours.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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Clara R
73 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2022 • Family
We booked adventurer tour for 2 adults and 11 yr old a couple of months ago when we knew we were travelling up that way for holidays. The team were great when we called ahead to change our date and we were all very excited. Drew our guide was great! However as we started the tour the first crawl into the cave, claustrophobia set in and had to go back. My partner and son continued and the staff was great and got me on to the next catherdral tour (1 hr duration), my guide was extremely informative and kept everyone engaged! My partner and son returned after their 2 hr guide and as my partner knows me so well he said he would never would have booked that particular tour if he knew what it was like. Even though wlhe thoroughly enjoyed it he said there were times when he thought he was stuck and my 11 yr old thought so too. There are very small areas to crawl into and it is not designed for larger people or someone who has claustrophobia.
We looked everywhere on the website to see if there was a warning and could not find it! Possibly needs to be somewhere!
The Capricorn Caves are magnificent and a must but beware of the tour you chose! I really wanted to do the adventurer tour and tried psyching myself up but unfortunately it wasn't meant to be. I would be back for another tour if up that way!
Written 7 July 2022
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Thank you Clara R for your review, the adventurer tour is our most immersive cave tour, & will pass on your feedback to management.
Written 28 August 2022
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Flyer278571
8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Friends
The Cathedral Cave Tour was amazing. We booking the 4pm tour and our group of 5 were lucky to have Candice (our tour guide) and the caves all to ourselves. The caves were fantastic as were the bats. Candice was informative and lots of fun. Seeing the bats in their natural habitat and flying around was incredible. The cathedral cave is stunning and the lighting throughout highlights the beautiful structure of the cave walls. Highly recommend this tour.
Written 30 December 2023
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Thank you for taking the time to share your wonderful experience with us! How special to have the caves and Candice all to yourselves! We're delighted you found the tour informative and fun. It's indeed a magical sight to witness the bats in their natural habitat. Your recommendation means the world to us!
Written 4 January 2024
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Brooke M
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023
📍Capricorn Caves, Yeppoon. 🪨

booked this tour last night on short notice thinking it was abseiling vibes for first thing the next morning. I was surprised when we turned up to the waiting area and no harnesses were provided after completing our life insurance forms, we were simply asked the question of whether we wanted overalls or not, of which we both stupidly denied….
As we begin our tour, we quickly establish we are the only 2 out of 15 odd people standing around reception who have booked the “adventure tour”… first 🚩right there.

Our tour guide Drew, who turned out to be a complete legend hands us a couple of helmets and we begin in a beautiful scenic location. Quickly we start to head underground then panic sets in. We’re then told that we’ll begin our decent through the tunnels underground the caves. The videos in this post truly don’t show how narrow and curvy some of these parts of the cave were but Drew was very reassuring and any minor moments of claustrophobia I had quickly vanished as we would open into the next huge underground section of the cave. Very cool experience.

Can tick “caving” off on the bucket list!
Written 17 January 2023
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Olga P
5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Couples
Lovely experience. We booked the explorer tour and it was a lot. The explorer tour is a must if you don’t mind slightly tight spaces. Hudson was one of the best tour guides and incredibly enthusiastic, and answered a lot of questions. She was knowledgeable and personable. We learned about the bats and the rock formations as well as a bit of history of the discovery of the caves. This is all whilst pushing yourself through these caves into the different passages.
I think this is such good value for money for the experience we had, and will definitely be recommending to people we know. Thanks a lot for a good time.
Written 15 January 2024
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We're delighted you had a blast exploring the caves with Hudson – she's a superstar guide! Thank you for recommending the adventure. We can't wait to have you back for another round of cave-tastic fun! 🦇🌿⛰
Written 24 January 2024
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Musso-28
Brisbane, Australia14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Couples
My wife and I went on the Capricorn Explorer tour which was a 90 minute, small group tour of the Capricorn Caves. With three other couples we donned headlit helmets and followed our guide Amber deep inside the mountain. The tour surpassed all our expectations as Amber expertly gave us insights into the formation of the caves, the inhabitants of the caves both living and extinct, and explanations of what we were seeing and feeling. She made the whole experience fun and informative while safely challenging us to do things we did not expect. We would highly recommend visiting the Rockhampton area to head for the Capricorn Caves.
Written 7 October 2021
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Thank you Musso-28 for your review! Absolutely batty over your title of your review too!!!
Written 13 October 2021
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Carly F
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Couples
Absolutely amazing 2 hour tour! Izzy was a wonderful guide, cracking jokes and encouraging everyone along the way. Tour was more intense than I anticipated, but in the best way! Got to climb through plenty of small spaces along with climbing along the outside of the caves. Highly recommend wearing clothing that you don't mind getting muddy/dusty (depending on weather) because you will get FILTHY! Overall 10/10 experience!
Written 11 March 2023
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Wow, what a glowing review! Thanks for sharing your experience. We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed your tour with Izzy and appreciate your feedback. We hope to see you again soon for another wonderful adventure! 🦇🌿⛰
Written 26 April 2023
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Sharon A
Melbourne, Australia2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021 • Couples
Capricorn Caves Adventure tour

An amazing adventure tour with our fantastic guide Drew…it was challenging, exciting, and sometimes dam right scary crawling through tight passage ways, walking through tight crevices climbing up to the summit… breathtaking views the 2 hours went by so fast.
The staff are so friendly and well informed. Thank you Drew for the awesome tour and for making it so much fun.
I would recommend taking a spare set of clothes as you get muddy and wet. It’s well worth the trip
Written 27 November 2021
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Thank you ShazzAspden for you're Capricorn Adventurer tour review! Thanks for the tip too! It can get muddy after rain & squeezing through tight spots!
Written 15 December 2021
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Travel30317875324
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2021
After years of driving past the Capricorn Caves for whatever reason, it was after a recommendation from another family member, that we scheduled a tour of the Caves on our recent visit to Rockhampton. We are grateful we did! The tour was interesting and informative, quite easy to walk, and even relatively inexpensive. The sound of the music in the Cathedral Cave was simply beautiful.

Written 5 June 2021
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Thank you Travel30317875324 for your review we are so glad that you stopped off and scheduled a tour with us!
Written 28 December 2021
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Geofflotte H
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Family
With a 5yr old, 3yr old and 2yr old in tow we did the cathedral tour and loved it. Our guide (Hudson) was very friendly and knowledgeable. The music and light show in the cathedral cave was a great touch. Highly recommend.
Written 8 November 2023
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Our glorious Cathedral cave certainly is quite the experience, isn’t it? We will pass on your kind words to Hudson and hope you visit again soon! 🦇🌿⛰️
Written 12 November 2023
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Murray K
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2022 • Couples
We stayed a night at their caravan park which is really nice and I would like to stay there again for longer next time I’m up this way. Did tour of the cathedral caves on the morning of our departure, James, the guide, was very knowledgeable about the caves features and gave us a wonderful experience, I highly recommend the caves as a great tour that is really worth doing. Very close to the Bruce highway so easy to access when travelling.
Written 7 July 2022
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Thank you for staying and touring Capricorn Caves, we are glad you enjoyed your time and we would love to host you again!
Written 28 August 2022
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