Please see our Cave Tours page for information on how to prepare for your visit.
No cave tours will be available on October 21-22 due to a staff training event.
Bat Fest
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Saturday, October 18, 2025 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Join park rangers, partners and vendors in the Discovery Center for this celebration of our flying friends!
Julie and Sammy's and the Hangry Donkee food trucks will be on site.
Enjoy arts and crafts, live bat ambassadors, children's activities, and a premier viewing of "The Invisible Mammal," a film about bats, their struggle to survive, and the humans who help them.
Presentations include:
- Debbie Buecher of Buecher Biological Consulting: PD in the US and Echolocation
- Addison Lander of Enard Lab: Taking to the Night Skies: Looking to Bats For Answers
- Bea Vizcarra of Vizcarra Biological Consulting: Bats Fun Facts
Confirmed organizations attending include:
- AZ Sonora Desert Museum
- Vizcarra Biological Consulting
- Buecher Biological Consulting
- Enard Lab
- National Parks Chiricahua
- Las Milpitas
- National Forest Service
- Mission Gardens
- Bat Conservation International
- Tucson Bee Collaborative
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October 18, 2025
Star Party at Kartchner Caverns!
Want to learn more about the stars and planets? Do you have any little ones curious about the cosmos? Then head to Kartchner Caverns, an International Dark Sky Park, for a star party!
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FULL - STAY TUNED FOR 2026 DATES
Lint Camp
Get involved with conservation work at Kartchner Caverns with this public volunteer opportunity held four times annually. The program involves gently brushing lint off of curbs and rocks near the trail system.
