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Lake Cave Fully Guided Tour
- 1 hour
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
During a one-hour guided tour, knowledgeable guides discuss the cave’s geology, history, and unique formations. Your guide will use lighting to highlight key features, including the rare ‘suspended table,’ a singular structure weighing several tonnes hovering above the water, and active stalactite droplets creating ripples across the water. This combination of natural wonder and storytelling provides an immersive experience for families, couples, and curious explorers alike. One-hour guided tours take you into a pristine chamber beneath the karri forest. Your guide uses lighting to highlight various features within the cave while sharing interesting facts and stories. You will witness the rare ‘suspended table’ formation, a one-of-a-kind structure that hovers above a reflective lake. This cave is the region’s most active ‘dripping’ cave, where droplets fall from delicate stalactites, creating ripples in the lake.
Inclusions
What's included
- One hour fully-guided tour of Lake Cave.
What's not
- Transportation to/from the cave
Itinerary
Lake Cave lies beneath the spectacular karri forest, just a 20-minute drive south of Margaret River town. Descend a staircase through an ancient sinkhole known as a doline and into a sunken forest to reach this magnificent cave. Inside, discover glistening formations and a beautifully reflective underground lake that mirrors the delicate, dripping crystals suspended above. A trip to Lake Cave is a truly magical experience and a dazzling visual display of some of nature’s finest work.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 311 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Worth the Stairs
One of the very reasonably priced Capes Foundation tours in the Margaret River region is the spectacular underground Lake Cave. Yes, there are 325 steps, and yes, there is a squeezy entry area. But that's all worth it to see this quite active cave with formations growing at much more than the normal speed due to the penetrating water. This water collects in the underground stream to provide beautiful reflections aided by the operators special lighting. Our guide was great and passed on the pearl of wisdom that taking photos on the way back up was a more sensible option. (More rest stops!). There is a comprehensive gift shop and replica cave exhibition space to add to the knowledge passed on by our guide. We can't compare it with other caves in the area, but we were very glad we chose LAKE cave.
5Wonderful and informative!
Very friendly tour guides (Gary was great), a great gift shop, and an overall beautiful experience. You’ve got to be ready to climb up and down the stairs, but it’s definitely worth it for the view both above and below.
4Great experience, awesome...
Great experience, awesome Tour Guide Harry very knowledgeble and kind! Sinkhole view was crazy and as we got into the cave make sure you can see and hear what the guide tells you as my sister and I were at the end of the tour line and sometimes large groups can take up time and space causing you to miss out if they dont move up enough. Lovely souvenier shop and clean toilets.
5Worth the Stairs
Arrived early for our & were ushered into a departing tour by the attentive staff. The guides are knowledgeable, friendly and great with all ages. Probably theost 'active' cave we have visited and well worth the stairs.
5Lake cave
Absolutely breathtaking cave. Our tour guide had so much knowledgeable of the history and gave so much insight into the cave. So worthwhile going. Loved it so much.
5A beautiful cave experience; sans claustrophobia
The Lake Cave tour is well worth the time, which takes a bit over an hour. The cave is quite something to see. The lighting they installed is spectacular. Our guide, Tom, did a splendid job and made the experience very enjoyable. He even remembers everyone’s name he spoke to. Be aware though that there are over 300 steps down into the cave, and of course, 300 steps back up. There are two places going down that have a low ceiling, even for my 5’7”/170cm height.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 30 travellers
- Operated by
- Capes Foundation
- Service animals allowed
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Margaret River
- Its from-price is 85% below the median of the 39 experiences we list in Margaret River.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 7 of 39.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Margaret River
Margaret River is a wine and surf region in Western Australia's far south-west, set among tall forests, limestone caves and Indian Ocean beaches.
Margaret River is both a small town and a wine region in the far south-west of Western Australia, running along a ridge between Cape Naturaliste in the north and Cape Leeuwin in the south. Vineyards sit between karri and jarrah forest, and the coast to the west is a line of limestone cliffs, sandy bays and powerful surf breaks. Perth lies about three hours' drive to the north.
Top-ranked sights in Margaret River: Mammoth Cave, Jewel Cave, Lake Cave.
