2015 Spring Boyden Details, Get out and Travel, See More and Create Memories

Hello and welcome to the 2015 Spring travel season. So here is the low down on up coming events. Highway 180 winter closure point at the Hume Lake turn off will be open on April 10, 2015 and will give travelers access to the lower portion of Kings Canyon up to the second winter closure point located 2 miles below Kings Canyon Lodge. Beautiful drive and well worth your time. However please be aware that the second winter closure gate will not be open until April 24th, 2015 so travelers coming before the 24th will be stopped 7 miles before Boyden Cavern.

Currently Boyden Cavern is planning on being open on a limited bases starting April 25, 2015. Boyden will be open Wednesday through Sunday with three tours daily and closed Monday and Tuesday. Tours depart at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm. We are attempting to install a self serve ticket kiosk to purchase tickets right at the Boyden Cavern gift-shop. If all goes well we may even have our online ticket purchase system set up by the time we open. Please check back here regularly for updates to hours and days of operations and maybe online ticket purchases. Also as we move closer toward the middle of May our days of operation will change to 7 days a week and our cavern tour times will increase to hourly starting over Memorial weekend.

Adults 13 years and Older $14.50
Children 12 and younger are $8.50
Tickets will be available at the small Boyden Welcome Center located right at the trail head.

Canyoning guest, we are currently not offering reservations for any of our trips. Our apologies but we are unable to give any time frame for being able to take reservations or offer any trips. Please check back often for updates on canyoning.

End of season - Days and hours of operation

End of season - Days and hours of operation

Canyoning trip are over for this season

We are now at the end of the 2014 summer season and deep into fall already. Our hours and days of operation have changed.1

October 4 and 5 We are open and hour tours are 11:00 through 4:00 every hour

October 6 through 19 We are open with limited tours times of 11:30, 1:30 and 3:30

October 20 through 24 Closed for maintenance

October 25 and 26 We are open with limited tours times of 11:30, 1:30 and 3:30

October 27 Boyden Cavern is closed for the remainder of the season

May of 2015 Boyden Cavern will re-open

Hello post Labor Day travelers:

Wow September already! however this is the month for the some of the best traveling in Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Forest. All services are open and available to travelers, but with out the crowds. The Kings river is flowing nicely and offers great swimming and fishing. Just past Boyden Cavern is Grizzly falls and Roaring river falls both looking beautiful and flowing nicely.

Boyden Cavern is open 7 days a week throughout the month of September. Hours are 10:30 to 4:30 for the gift shop and the first tour departs at 11:00 AM, 12:00, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM and the last trip leaves at 4:00 PM

Adults 13 years and older is $14.50

Children 12 and younger is $8.50

Below is an email we received from a customer regarding one of our guides, our guides care and want you all to have a fun and positive experience. Also please note that immediately after the customer letter we have tour information, ticket prices and Google map link to our location. 

We visited Boyden Cavern on August 14, 2014. It was the first time for my three young kids ages 5, 4, and 3. My daughter, the 5 year old, was petrified to enter the cavern. Our guide, Curtis, went the extra mile to encourage her and handed her a flashlight to help relieve her fear. She struggled through with the extraordinary help of our guide.
After the tour he talked with us for about 20 min answering all of our questions. He was very personable.
My daughter today would take the tour again thanks to Curtis!
You should be very pleased to have him being a part of your staff.
Many, many thanks for a wonderful tour.
Sincerely,
Mike Murphy

Tours 

Available 7 days a week.
Guided Tours
No reservation necessary -
Starts at 10:00 am and continues every hour on the hour through 5:00 PM. 
Open over Labor Day weekend
Tickets $14.50 for 13 years and older and $8.50 for 12 years and younger
Boyden cavern map link
Tickets purchased at the Boyden Cavern gift shop located at the trial head to the cave
 5-7 minute walk up trail to Boyden. Two sections of trail are steep, take your time
Cavern is mostly level with 5-7 steps
Portion of the Trail is partially cement with handrails
Portion of the trail is over rocky stream bed
Optional trip out the adventure trail is through the lower portion of the cave  - Rocky, slippery and low light
Shoes should be closed toe and able to offer traction
Cameras with flash suggested
Park and Forest related gifts available at the giftshop
Snacks and drinks also available
For further information email us at boydencavern@gmail.com

Please see the the below blog entry for cavern information and times. Boyden Cavern is located 77 miles East of Fresno CA on Highway 180. There is plenty of parking and Forest Service bathrooms. Located in our parking lot is a small visitor center and gift shop, this is where you will purchase your tickets, have your questions answered and enjoy the river until your tour departs. The cavern tour departs right in front of the visitor center. Again see below for additional cavern information. Have a great trip into Boyden Cavern and Kings Canyon.

We will not be accepting any group reservations for Boyden over the holiday weekend.

Hello to all our customers, Boyden Cavern is open now, starting Memorial weekend we will open our gift shop at 09:30 am and the first tour will depart at 10:00 am. Tours will depart every hour and the hour for rest of the day, last tour of the day will leave at 5:00 pm. Ticket prices are $14.50 for 13 years and up and $8.50 for 12 and under. We also offer various discounts, especially Military discounts, so make sure to ask for your discount before purchasing tickets. Tour length is 45 - 50 minutes long, traveling at 800 feet into and then back out of the cavern.

We have picnic tables located right at the trail head to Boyden Cavern, there is a small Welcome center and gift-shop with some pretty cool fossils and minerals from around the world. The gift-shop has cold drinks including a couple of micro-beers and great tasting snacks (locally produced). Arrive any time, the shop may have it's windows closed during it's tours, however when the guide returns the shop will open and everyone can enjoy the view of the Kings River and the amazing view of the Marble mountains above Boyden Cavern. These are same mountains that 180 million years ago were under a shallow sea and grew into massive corral reefs.

Boyden Cavern- walk a scenic 5 - 10 minute trail up to the cavern entrance, there are amazing flowers and plants right along the trail, including the Giant Maple with it's broad leaf. California Bay tree with it's aromatic Bay leaf as well as many small flowering plants, make sure to ask for the manager Elaine for more details of all the plants along the trail. The hike is strenuous at one point, the trail is level for 3 - 5 minutes of walking, then the trail steepens a fair amount (stop often and catch your breath), the steep section takes 2-4 minutes to walk up, there is a switch back then the trail is level for 2-3 more minutes with the last section which is steep for 50 more feet. There are benches along the way and at the cavern entrance. Once inside the cavern the trail is mostly level with occasional steps. As the tour progresses through the cavern, folks pass stalactites and stalagmites which resembles cities, drapes, tacos, camels and elephants....Oh and bacon. The trail toward the back of the cavern descends into the stream bed and is no longer a easy walk with hand railing. Be prepared for rough surface with stream stones and slippery footing. We strongly suggest shoes that are closed toe with good friction bottoms. Your final destination is the Christmas tree room with a beautiful Christmas tree formation that is estimated to be around 50,000 years in the forming.

Please keep an eye on our Blog site for the most up to date information on our cavern tours and times. Also as the CANYONING season gets here we will be updating our Blog with which trips are available and specific details on the trips.

For more information or to make reservation please call us at 888-965-8243. We are a very small office and do not have full time office staff, so if we do not pick up, please, please leave us a message so that we can get back to you and answer your questions.

See all of you in the canyon..........

Here is a Google Map of the Boyden location

Hello everyone and thank you for participating in our 2014 canyoning adventures. If you have not done  so please click on the link below and fill in the Contact information for each person in your party.




Please fill out our contact form.