31 Jul 2025
I’ve given this tour 5 stars because the operator’s attention to detail. They sent a text a few days before with the information, name of driver and vehicle we would be picked up in. The operator organised our ticket and picked us up from the hotel.
The actual tour is provided by the mine, you are given a headset to wear, you walk down stairs to the bottom, stopping off in chambers. The stairs are wooden, equally spaced and have railings.
The guide was knowledgeable and did give lots of information. We stoped for 5/10 minutes in one of the chambers where you could buy gifts or snack, also an opportunity to use the loo. Note you are not there for long, I think you need to choose what you’re going to do!
There is a lift back up, however, the queue is very long, and you’re not warned of this. Only 36 people per lift, the lift is 2 tiered. Thankfully it takes less than a minute. Only way I can describe the lift is that it’s a cage.
Before entering our driver told us to meet him back at the car at a certain time, because the queue was so long to get out, we weren’t able to buy any souvenirs.