Whites City Resort

17 Carlsbad Caverns Highway, Whites City, New Mexico, United States | Hotel

Travel Blogs from Whites City

850' Below The Surface

A travel blog entry by albertasaurus

1
22

Pretty amazing place
We decided to take the self guided tour of the "Big Room"
Caverns discovered by a 16 year old boy in the 20's-amazing he could find his way in and out.

Carlsbad Ntional Park

A travel blog entry by questwest2

7

... views. I took some pictures, but like most of the photos I took, I worry they won't translate properly to you. Lots of wide open and brown spaces with equally brown mountains in the backdrop. The cost to enter the caverns on a self-guided tour was only $6 - I would have paid more. I elected to take a self-guided tour so I could take my time and stop and go when I felt like it. It was a 750 foot walk ...

The Bat Cave

A travel blog entry by suemckee

3
1

... The US has a huge asset in their national parks and it is all very well organised. Each one we have been to has fantastic visitor centres and they really do make it easy to access the parks. Even the unfit or disabled get the chance to see the parks and what they have to offer. The rangers are all very professional, friendly and helpful and obviously passionate about the outdoors and their parks. We descended 1.5 ...

Check out the Cavern's then get on down the road..

A travel blog entry by porkchopexpress

4

... minutes and honestly, I was surprised it ever happened based on our cashiers state of being. In the end, I am glad we did. We did get some silly pictures which at least made a few folks laugh…

Back to the pool and some more cold beers. Tonight we order BBQ ribs, brisket, pulled pork and spicy sausages from the KOA. They are delivered to our coach along with sides and I must say some of the best BBQ we have had in a very long time. Convenient ...

Some of the Caverns were familiar

A travel blog entry by wmaxtman

10

... and go down the trail to the Big Room which was over 1000' down. At the entrance another couple was coming out and asked if we wanted to use their hand held narrated guide. We had been asked at the desk if we wanted one but she also said their were interpretive signs all along the path so we decided it wasn't necessary. The couple said there was much more information on the narrated guide so we took it. We could both hear it if we ...

Traveler rating: 3.0/5 Good (14 reviews)

Location

This hotel, located on 17 Carlsbad Caverns Highway, Whites City, is near Big Room, King's Palace, Bottomless Pit, and Slaughter Canyon Cave.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsWhites City Resort

Run Down and Unfriendly

Reviewed May 7, 2012
by (10 reviews) , Canada Flag of Canada

Old, tired RV park.
No water pressure
Unfriendly staff-willingly gave erroneous information about the caverns
As a result almost missed the bat flight.........
WIFi reception good

This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

TripAdvisor Reviews Whites City Resort

3.00 of 5 stars Good

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