Conch Bar Caves — Attraction in Middle Caicos

Showed up at 1pm yesterday to do a cave tour. We did not have enough money (even though the website says entry fee is $20 per person — we had $44). So we had to leave to get money from an ATM about 20 minutes away (she told us it was $30 pp). We asked the woman taking the money what time they were open until. She said 3. She said get there by 2.30 at the latest. We got back at 1.45pm and the gate was locked! I guess they decided to close early for no reason at all. I couldn’t believe this as they knew we were coming back. Waited until 2.30pm but no one showed. Tried blowing horn, tried calling, left voice message. Nothing. We made the whole trip out to see these caves and they didn’t even have the courtesy to stay open at their usual time, answer a call, return a call, or leave a note saying they’d be back.

If you’re planning on building your whole trip around this site don’t get your hopes up. They may not be be open.

On a side note I called the day before to see if I could buy tickets in advance. They told me just show up.

FYI website, TCI and the Trust all say the entry fee is $20. If this is not accurate they...

Terrible experience I called before I came a day in advance to ask do I need a reservation or apt and the lady Said not just come in between the hrs of 9am and 3pm we came at 11:17am the gate was close no one was here no answering the phone we called for over an hr afte going to the beach we decided to give it one last try and someone finally answered and claim they were short staff and that someone would be their in 10 minutes by this time it was 1pm smh and you would think they would give us a discount after spend 270 to get to see the cave transportation is included in how much we spent getting here ,but nope the manager was rude and didn't give us no discount tue only reason whe still the tour was ,because this was the main reason we came all this way nice gave ,but the manager which is a women needs to be...

It was difficult to figure out the hours, and we were unable to make contact with anyone via phone, so we drove over and hoped for the best. There were two employees: one to handle prep and the other to give the tour. The guide gave us each a handheld flashlight and had us follow him into the cave. There are bats, guano, cockroaches (that eat the guano), and spiders (that eat the cockroaches) in the cave. The floor is slick and smooth in places; I’d recommend sturdy footwear. There is no wind in the cave; the air is hot and stale. That said, the cave was awesome!! The bats were very active, and we could see and hear them flitting around and roosting. We saw a crab scuttle across the floor and some shellfish in a still pool. The tour guide was chatty and knowledgeable....