Bonne Terre Mine "The Mine at Bonne Terre"

Macee Lokey

This was the best experience of my life. It was so amazing the tour guide Brenton did an AMAZING job!! He was hilarious and patient with us if we were slow walkers! best tour guide for sure! This was worth every penny!! I highly recommend!!!

Justin V

We decided to do the trip over 4th of July weekend. The mine was awesome! The guy who checked us out at the cash register was so friendly. We get our tour guide and she complained almost the entire time. She kept saying she was tired and overworked. The whole trip was her complaining basically. You pay a lot of money to do attractions and for a guide to complain.

Emily Francisco

Took a family day trip and had a blast! Tour was about and hour which was a good time for us and our kids. Beautiful cave system and it was fun getting to ride a boat through the flooded area. Also got to see some of the scuba divers finishing a dive so that was cool! Faith was a great guide!

Justin Anderson

Let me start off by saying this review is going to cover the diving and not the above water tour. 1. The dive guides are knowledgeable and passionate about what they do to lead divers though tunnels, overhead environments and around items left behind when the mine closed. 2. The on site facilities for divers have definitely been well used over the years and need some maintenance. The locker room is small but well heated for drying gear overnight but if you have a large group (6+) be ready to have to take turns due to tight confined space. 3. The surface interval's between dives were lengthy (1 to 2 hours) due to short staffing related to Covid reportedly. Keeping in mind the average depth was 35 to 50 feet. This did make for a long day with 3 dives covering a day from 6:30am (breifing) to 4:30pm (departing the mine). If there were more guides or well marked trails for a self guided tour it could help make it a more manageable day. The surface intervals and long walks to the surface allowed your body temp to cool significantly so by the end of the 3rd dive it was very chilly. This was using a 7mm wetsuit, 10mm hood, 5mm gloves /boots and a 3mm vested hood. 4. The dock we dove from was large but needed some repairs and was large enough for 1 or 2 of the 4 total groups to be on it at a time. When your gear was not in use it has to be set off to the side of the cave on well used /abused tarps. 5. Be aware that Anything you need to dive other than tanks and weights is your responsibility to carry into the mine down and back up. It is about a 1/4 mile walk which is including 90 steep stairs at the entrance of the mine. Overall, I would recommend this site as it can be a once in a lifetime dive with friendly knowledgeable staff. The mineral deposits, mining equipment, and overhead tunnels and swim through areas are fun but divers beware it can we intense with the darkness and semi tight spaces. Just also keep in mind everything here is well used and hard to maintain due to it's location.