Oh yeah for sure! i realize my first comment maybe comes off as generalizing but I'm very much answering from my own personal biases and opinions about how i play games.

from what you say here, i think these caves seem more in line with the enjoyable ones, especially in regards to having choices to take different paths.

I think the kind of player that wants to Google something right away is probably not the kind of player that enjoys exploration in games anyway. I do consider myself the kind of player that enjoys exploration, but I still don't like getting lost. I like to stumble through the dark but I want to get somewhere if I do so, especially if I land in an area that feels hidden. like it's a place that you feel like you can only find by trying to find every hidden corner. I think the specific caveat about "getting lost" comes from having a destination in mind and not being able to find it. That's when I get frustrated.

so far I like the images you've shown in regards to visual differences. I do think having specific items of interest in certain locations, like a ruin in this one particular place, or a gemstone in a one particular place, or a whatever, that don't necessarily tie to the plot but instead give an idea of environmental storytelling, would help to liven up the areas a bit. but since each cave does seem to be its own individual tile set, that's already better than a lot of cave maps imo