Luray Caverns. Is it WORTH it?
Luray Caverns. Is it WORTH it? .
Located just outside the SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK are the Luray Caverns. We're spending the weekend exploring one of the best things to do in the Shenandoah National Park, exploring the Luray Caverns, and taking a trip down skyline drive in Virginia.
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There are nearly 4,000 caves in the Virginia, though most are on private property and accessible only to those with the training and fortitude to wiggle through tiny, dark holes in the ground. The Luray Caverns, however, are well paved and well lit; much to the appeal of tourists. And boy are there a lot of tourists! We enjoyed seeing the caverns, but it was definitely a one time deal for us. Having to wait through hoards of people just took away from the experience. If you visit the caverns, plan to go on off-peak hours.
The Luray Caverns are also open year-round and also includes a ropes course and a museum of classic cars aside from the Garden Maze.
The Garden Maze was a lot of fun and more challenging than we imagined. Made up of an acre of 8-foot-tall evergreens, this labyrinth is easy to get lost in. After about an hour of wrong turns and dead ends, we both made it through.
The Tiny House in Stardust Meadows in Harrisonburg, Va. was one of the more spacious tiny houses we stayed in, and being on a 6-acre farm we had access to see all the animals.
Check out the stay through Airbnb:
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If you like hikes, we suggest purchasing a National Parks pass and visiting all the great hikes along the Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park. The highest summit in the park, Hawksbill Mountain, offers great views over the valley. It's a short hike with moderate difficulty, however, it is 1.5 miles straight uphill so you'll get a workout in.
⏰⏰TIMECODES⏰⏰
00:00 Our Weekend Plans
00:07 Things to do in the Shenandoah National Park
00:30 The Largest Caverns on the East Coast
01:07 Ticket Prices and Dream Lake
01:39 The Wishing Well and Stalacpipe Organ
01:52 Lost in a Garden Maze
04:49 Where to Stay with Airbnb
06:20 Skyline Drive Virginia
06:30 The Highest Peak in the Shenandoah National Park
08:10 Best Time to Hike the Summit and Where to Park
08:27 Bloops
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Like this video and subscribe to see more our our adventures! We hit the largest cavern on the east coast, the largest maze in the Mid-Atlantic, and the highest peak in the Shenandoah National Park. Pretty exhausting weekend, but well worth it!
Awesome video !!! Well done !!!
@TheDetourDuo
3 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot!
Fantastic video, those caverns are beautiful 👏👏
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! So hard to shoot in there with the lighting. Just glad it turned out decent and you can kind of get a feel for the expansiveness in the cavern
OMG, We love this video!! We visited here back in 2014 before we started making youtube videos. We will definitely visit again. Thank you for sharing.
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
You should! Your content in South America is so good. We should switch right quick. haha
The editing is always 🤌🏾🔥
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate that. This one was a little more challenging than usual 😅
How do you animate your text?! Its AWESOME I thoroughly enjoyed this informational, entertaining video! Thanks for sharing, I feel prepared to visit :) The maze looks awesome! I saw it on Instagram and think i voted for Sara lol ! We did a maze similar last fall in our Frobergs video, but we got a map! I don't think we could have gotten out if we didnt have one haha I love the hiking shirt, Tony! Great video, yall :)
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
thanks! so I make the text in After Effects. It's fairly easy to do just a bit time consuming. starting to get pretty quick with it. I think a map would have helped us both a lot! Always got to have flair when going on hikes. I have a few more Tshirts to break out before it gets cold
Great editing!!! The maze looked dope!!👍🏾👍🏾
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It was so much fun. Hot, but fun.
@LifeWithTheGlovers
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo Glad you all enjoyed!!👍🏾👍🏾
Hey guys I think Iearn something new every time I watch one of your videos 😁 The maze looked fun, I liked the editing to be able to see both of your experiences. The views you hike to were amazing!
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😁 I went back and forth with how to edit the maze part without it dragging on for too long. I feel like it worked fairly well with the split screen.
@Explorcation
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo I agree, it turned out great!
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate that!
I have been there countless times. Love it
@TheDetourDuo
8 ай бұрын
We've been when it wasn't crowded and when it was and it felt like two completely different experiences!
awesome--mammoth cave and carter caves are cool ones to visit as well
@TheDetourDuo
Жыл бұрын
Cool, we’ll have to check those out!
Wow looks stunning 💕
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
It really is! A lot of the hikes in the park are pretty short too so a nice sunrise or sunset is easy to get to.
Great video! Suck you didn’t go to the caverns sooner, they used to have a stone staircase at the original opening that you went down, and they’d periodically turn off the lights so you could see (or rather not see) how dark it is!
@TheDetourDuo
Жыл бұрын
Ah, that’s cool! We toured Grand Caverns in 2020 and they turned off the lights at one point. It was awesome. I wish Luray still did that!
Thank you for helping me get even more excited about my upcoming trip to Luray Caverns. Great content! Have you been or are you considering Costa Rica?
@TheDetourDuo
20 күн бұрын
Funny enough that was going to be our very first trip together in 2020 but it got canceled. We've been working our way back to try again, but if we do it will be like how we did SE Asia and travel from country to country in South America on our way there
Great video!
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Really nice hike!
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
One of our favorites so far. Thought we were going to be disappointed with the fog and the clouds but it cleared up and revealed the landscape
@NickandRachel
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo that's awesome! We really enjoy making outdoor content also
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I always make Sara get up early so we can catch sunrise without the crowds whenever we go on a big hike
Haha, so how long did the maze actually take you guys? I know we both would have been so screwed, to the point where whoever had the drone would have cheated and flown it up haha. Looks so hard! We went to Luray Caverns and had an amazing time but missed out on the maze and Hawksbill! That's reason enough for us to go back, that area is so dope and Luray Caverns themselves are the coolest I've ever seen. Great video guys, although I'm a bit jealous of that Airbnb stay. Looks like exactly what the doctor ordered right now. Cheers -Seth
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
We went into it wanted to keep time but we both forgot to start our clocks. Feel like it took me, Tony, maybe 15-20 mins and Sara came out about 10 mins after me. I definitely started thinking about cheating with the drone after about 5 wrong turns. The caverns are cool for sure. Between the wishing well, the reflection pool and the organ there are a little hidden treasures in there. Our only grip was just the just the amount of people there. We got there pretty early and it was like moving through Disneyland to see the caves.
Its totally worth going on skyline drive i love big meadows and luray
@TheDetourDuo
8 ай бұрын
Skyline drive is such a great stretch.
Love it! It's actually pronounced "loo-ray".
@TheDetourDuo
9 ай бұрын
Thanks
Didn’t know that about caves vs caverns
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Took me a min to figure out a way to explain it that made sense!
Definitely not going anywhere as close as y’all to the edge of a cliff. No yeeting for me
@TheDetourDuo
2 жыл бұрын
Haha it wasn't that bad. I'm scared of heights and I managed. It looks worse than it is, but below the cliff is a hill
How long does it take to walk the caverns?
@TheDetourDuo
Жыл бұрын
Around an hour if we remember correctly. If it’s really busy it may take a little longer to walk through.