Rest assured, your efforts will pay off in the end, as the views are incredible from the cave. Below, the pale-green and gold desert stretches for miles, punctuated with boulders and saguaro cacti.

Mother Shipton’s Cave owner Fiona Martin said: “We are utterly enchanted to have been voted ‘Best Magical Experience’! There couldn’t be a more perfect award title for us, it aligns so ...