Lake Shasta Caverns

04/10/2026

**LOST PUPPY**

One of our employees located a dog that was wandering on Shasta Caverns Road between Holiday Harbor's RV Park and the Marina.

It is a young male, no collar, very friendly but very scared. He has a couple of nicks and scratches but overall healthy. He is secured and we are looking for his parents.

Please call 530-238-2341 if you have any details

04/07/2026

Come see us this weekend at the Redding Sportsman's Expo this weekend!

We will be talking about the new cave lighting, answering questions about our Lake Shasta Dinner Cruises and will have a gemstone sluice for the kids to play and find semiprecious stones!

03/10/2026

What an honor! We were awarded Business of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce 😍

This last Saturday during the Damboree Community Awards event, we gladly accepted this award which is given to an exemplary business that not only provides excellent service, but is community minded in it's actions outside the normal range of business.

Our mission is summed up by an acronym, SEC.

Stewardship - of the cave and the property

Education - the public of how precious the caves are.

Community - actively supporting and assisting the community where needed to improve the lifestyle of the residents.

Thanks to our cavern crew, we were able to meet and even exceed our mission this last year. Here are just a few items we accomplished this past year:

Stewardsgip - $500,000 new lighting project that cuts electricity use, promotes the health of bats within the cave, inhibits the growth of lampenfloura and provides guests with a more immersive experience.

Education - 4,000+ students, scouts and school programs going through the tour with a focus on learning the importance of caves. Also continuing scientific studies in the cave, primarily climatology and even the genesis of the cave.

Community - Assisting during the Green Fire in which our WWII landing craft, Elsie, assisted in transporting several hundred wildland fire fighters and a number of large pieces of equipment for fire suppression in remote area of the lake.

Once again, we are so very honored to accept this award from a community we greatly cherish!
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02/26/2026

Thank you Visit California

02/19/2026

https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/snow-sticks-in-shasta-lake-city-lakehead-communities-after-winter-storm-overnight/article_67743bec-3fe0-4abb-98f1-76eee069a5e2.html

Even though it wasn't Christmas, you wouldn't know it by the amount of snow that not only dropped, but also stuck, in communities just north of Redding overnight.

02/12/2026

February 11th was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

Here at Lake Shasta Caverns, for many years we've been honored to have women contribute to our knowledge of the caverns in many scientific disciplines - speleology, climatology, hydrology, petrology, geology and more! Their contributions have advanced our knowledge, allowing us to give some of the best tours in the United States.

And for that, we say thank you!!!

01/28/2026

The sun is peeking out of the clouds from the recent storm and turning into a gorgeous day on the lake! With the sun showing up, our local wildlife is starting to get active again 🐿

Rain or shine, we are offering tours every day of this unique National Natural Landmark. Check out LakeShastaCaverns.com for current departure times.

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Lake Shasta Caverns! May your celebrations be marvelously merry and bright.

11/25/2025

Wishing you a day of feasting, laughing and loving one another. Happy Thanksgiving!

10/01/2025

Good morning! We just wanted to inform our guests that we are not impacted by the Government shutdown. We have moved to our winter schedule, with tours at 10, 12 and 2 PM. Tickets may be purchased in person in our Gift Store, or online on our website or your mobile device.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

09/29/2025

Our Core Values at Lake Shasta Caverns are Stewardship, Education and Conservation. Today, we celebrate a Silver Anniversary related to our Education Core Value!

10 Years ago today, we first began corresponding with Associate Professor (Earth and Environmental Sciences), Dr. Jessica Oster. Over the last decade we have partnered with Jessica in collecting water drip samples in and outside the cave, and provided cave deposit samples for lab analysis.

We've been privileged to host Dr. Oster and many of her students on numerous visits to the cave, and the results of her research has helped us immensely in providing some of the best educated tour guides in the nation!

Cheers Jessica, and here's to many more years of fun and learning!

08/23/2025

Yesterday we had our annual Corvette group show up for Lake Shasta Dinner Cruises!

For the first time, they decided to tour the caverns and enjoy the entire afternoon!

What an amazing association, and the people are the best!

But the cars.... O. M. freaking G!🤯😍