Onyx Cave Park

We really enjoyed our trip to Onyx Cave. You need to go with reasonable expectations. It's not Carlsbad Caverns! It is a short self-guided tour with headphones. We liked being able to go at our own pace. The price for the tour was reasonable. If you go you may want to bring jackets. The cave is a cool 57 degrees year-round. It is NOT handicap accessible.

I had a good time at onyx cave. I liked that it was self guided so we could look at our own pace. There was a cute little caveman statue that we took our picture with!

It was OK for the type of visit. Not like those National Parks but very folksy. Says to be the oldest cave to tour in Arkansas so it has lots of history.

I haven't been to the cave since about 1969 when I was a young teen. This time I brought my kids. I remember the cave once we went inside. It is a simple tour and nothing like Carlsbad or Mammoth Cave - but it is home grown and one of the earliest tourist caves in the area. The best thing was I talked to the old guy who remembered about the B-grade movie made there in the late sixties(?) "The Creature Of The Black Lake", starring Bill Thurmond(?). After some friendly prodding he dug out the old photo album and we relived my old childhood memories there. Fantastic. He said I'm only the second person to remember that movie that visited there. My youngest boy is scared of caves after seeing the pictures. Anyway, great folks and good use of time for our family. Doll museum was neat for my wife. Recommended to visit if not pressed for time and want to step back in time.

The clerk was nice if your questions are just about the cave. When I tried to explain that her sign '$10 Minimum Purchase on use of Credit Card' was against both Mastercard and Visa merchant policy, she got very mad and snapped my head off. She also could not wait for the children to leave the gift shop area, which makes it very unfriendly for families. The tour was just headsets, no one to lead and/or ask questions. I would not recommend it to anyone, everywhere else we have visited in the state was friendier and there are better caves to visit.