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Which Cave should I see?
 Self Guided Tour
The Archway is Abercrombie's most famous feature and includes the historic Gold miners dance platform which was built in 1880. This tour involves a leisurely walk over the surface area, and returns through the Archway. Lighting in the cave is automatic, and there is lots of information about the cave on signs and the leaflet with you get with your ticket
The Abercrombie Archway features the awesome size of the largest natural bridge in limestone in the Southern Hemisphere. This is a very different kind of cave tour as the Archway has such huge entrances that daylight filters right into the middle of the cave allowing some very interesting things to occur, such as pink and green algae growth on the caves massive decorations.
Inside the Archway is light and airy, so it is non claustrophobic. There is a well defined path for the full 200 metres of the Archway itself, and the lights come on automatically.
As you can spend as long as you like on this tour it is great for photography or sketching. There are very few ladders or steps.
An ideal tour for anyone who suffers from claustrophobia.
A great tour for cave photography.
It is also an ideal tour if you are limited for time as the inspection is available thoughout the day and can be viewed in as little as 40 minutes.
Total distance: 1400m (return to visitor centre). Cave length - 200m.
Time: Between 40mins. - 1 hour - Self guided
Grade: Easy to moderate
Steps: 202
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Guided -(Includes Archway Self Guided Tour)
This magnificent cave was reopened in September1996 after having been closed for 25 years. It features spectacular cave decoration including some incredibly long slender columns, high level views, and interesting fossil deposits in ancient mud sediments. It is also of particular geological interest as it is one of the earliest caves to have formed by the action of water over millions of years.
This is the best way of seeing the Archway if you prefer a guided tour. The Guided version of the Archway Cave is an excellent all round tour which is suitable for most people, it is non claustrphobic and takes in the Southern half of the Archway, then crosses a supension bridge in the middle of the Arch which leads up to the high level gallery of King Solomon's Temple.
Grove Cave is a very different, squeezy cave located high in the outcrop of limestone in front of the south entrance to the Archway. It is a small but richly decorated, active Cave. The tour goes into three small chambers which are connected by low tunnel squeezes. - Visitors are invited to take a torch during this tour and "explore" a small tunnel known as "Grove Grovel". It's a fun way to feel what it like to really explore caves. Wetas (Cave Crickets) can also be found in this cave.