This is blatant exploitation of indigenous culture. The information and “history” about the supposed cliff dwellings is false. I'm not surprised the family who owns it prefers to remain anonymous.

I have lived in Colorado Springs for 20 years and finally visited the dwellings a couple of weeks ago. Even though they aren't authentic it was interesting; especially the museum. Paying $8.50 each is a little steep for what we got.

What a great and unique way to spend an afternoon.I just wish there had been more of it to walk thru.. We're going back again next year though..

A great family activity. Spent a couple hours touring the dwellings, gift shop, museum and then watched the dancers. Not a bad way to spend the afternoon. Had coupon to help with cost but still it wasn't terribly expensive.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but the cliff dwellings were very interesting if u read the plaques that r put out to inform people what the cliff dwelling r about. The plaques explain everything in the dwellings. 30 mins. to 1 hour tops even w/the gift shop. worth seeing

Went there as part of a group tour. After about 10minutes I saw all I needed to see. Glad it was paid for my tour group and not myself, would have considered it a waste of my money. The gift shop was the main attraction there. Have been back to the area, but will not go back here.

Actually, even the gift shop was worth spending a little under an hour just looking around. It was pretty big for a gift shop, and I didn't even get to see it all. The dwellings themselves were just straight up AWESOME...especially if you don't have someone rushing you through when you're trying to read the information posted throughout.

Although it may not be the original location, the architecture of the ancient Indian (from the Anasazi tribe) is still authentic. The cliff dwellings gives an interesting insight into the lifestyle of these ancient native Americans. The gift shop has an extensive array of wares and souvenirs. Apart from these, there isn't really much else to see here. Don't waste too much time here, plan to allocate about an hour if ancient cliff dwellings interest you.

My grandmother grew up in Manitou and remembers the dwellings being moved into the area. They were most likely moved in from Southwestern Colorado (Mesa Verde) many years ago. I, however, am disappointed in the "Manitou Cliff Dwellings" for not being open about this information. Mesa Verde National Park (SW Colorado) has many of these dwellings and those are authentic. Even so, we all, adults and children had fun climbing around in them and reading all the signs and imagining what life would have been like living in these dwellings. It is a great place to encourage the imagination.

If planning on making a trip to the Indian Cliff Dwellings, 30 min is a good amount of time, unless you want to watch the championship indian dancers perform (30 min show) or go to the gift shop to pass some time. I really enjoyed both the show and gift shop. I agree that younger kids would have a good time here, climbing around the dwellings expending some energy, doing something other than sight seeing. Overall, I would say it was too expensive for the amount of time one would spend here, but interesting nonetheless. Real or fake, it was alright.