White Shaman Cave, Texas, United States
5.0 (7 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Comstock Caverns & Caves
A Must See
If you're in the area, the White Shaman tour is not to be missed. The tour departs every Sat at 12:30pm at the White Shaman preserve gate (a little west of Seminole Canyon SP) on Hwy 90. Cost of the tour was $10 per person and well worth it. The walk to and from the shelter was moderately difficult. Getting to the shelter requires walking down and up into a brushy canyon. Lot's of loose rock and steep terrain that makes for uneven footing. Once at the shelter, there is a steep, narrow rock staircase to climb up and then about 5 ft of slick rock face. The walk back from the shelter gets your heart racing. The quality of the pictographs are spectacular. It's a short panel but the details are stunning. Combine that with the excellent and knowledgeable archaeologist /tour guide from the Shumla School and it's an experience to remember. We were at the shelter for about an hour(ish). All in all, it was about a 2 hour trip.
Address
90 West at Pecos River, Comstock, Texas, United States.
Mobile
Website
http://texaspecostrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/white-shaman-preserve-rock-art-foundation
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 20:40
User Ratings
5.0 based on (7 reviews)
Reviews
-
5eenusa 5:00 PM Feb 19, 2016
Amazing Pictographs
We did this hike with two archaeologists from the Shumla School and a small group of people. This experience is only available as a guided tour through the Rock Art Foundation; well worth the suggested donation of $10pp. You join the guides outside the gates to the private lands on which the cave is located (just before you go over the Pecod River High Bridge if traveling from Seminole Canyon -- there is a small sign that is easily overlooked). You convoy in on a dirt road to reach a parking lot from which you begin the hike. This is NOT a hike for those with heart or knee/back problems; or for those with mobility and balance issues. The hike down into the canyon to reach the cave is strewn with rocks, and is steep. Once we reached the rock shelter/cave we saw the most amazing pictographs. We sat in the shade of the rock shelter, which overlooks the Pecos River with the High Bridge in the distance, and our guides interpreted the pictographs on the rock wall. Amazing. The return trip to the parking lot was back up the steep path again, and was at a fairly fast pace as the guides had to get to Seminole Canyon SP&HS to conduct a tour of the Fate Bell Cave, but we managed without huffing or puffing too much. Highly recommended, but again, do not attempt unless you are fairly fit.
-
5Ava H 5:00 PM Aug 14, 2017
Feel the ancients
We love this park and all it entails. On a small hike, you can stand where ancient indigenous peoples once stood and chose to display their art. It is almost magial. I can almost here their whispers across the arroya.
