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IMPORTANT: Both tours take place in the Vernon Bridge area, approximately a 20-minute drive East of Charlottetown. To minimize traffic to the area the exact tour location will be provided in a confirmation email you will receive after booking, in the form of a Google Maps link. If you don’t see it please check your email spam folder, and if it is not in your spam folder please send an email to prehistoricislandtours@gmail.com for it will be resent to you.
Travel back in time 60 million years before dinosaurs and immerse yourself in the life and landscapes of the Permian Period! This family-friendly, easy 1-km hike not only takes place along a beautiful stretch of Prince Edward Island's shoreline, but is our province's most prolific fossil site.
Laura MacNeil, geologist and educator, will transport you back in time to Age of Synapsids, when sail-backed pelycosaurs, reptiliomorphs and early reptiles roamed amongst the first coniferous forests at the centre of the largest supercontinent in Earth history: Pangea. Get hands on with real P.E.I. fossils and casts, have fun fossil hunting with your family, and see P.E.I.'s largest fossil. After participating in a Prehistoric Island Tour will never look at Prince Edward Island the same way again, guaranteed!
prices (tax inc.)
ADULT (18+) $27.00
YOUTH (6-17) $13.50
CHILD (6 and under) FREE
FAMILY RATE* $72.00
*The family rate includes 2 adults + 2 to 6 youth aged 7-17
This 3-kilometre, family-friendly 2.5-hour tour is perfect for the fossil enthusiast looking to dive even deeper into Prince Edward Island's geologic history! Geologist and educator Laura MacNeil will guide you along our province's most prolific fossil site, travelling back in time 60 million years before the dinosaurs.
THE PALEO ENTHUSIAST TOUR is similar to the regular 1.5-hour Prehistoric Tour but with extra doses of fossil hunting and fossil sites! We will walk much further down the shoreline and visit some concentrated permineralized wood sites that have yielded some of the most beautiful specimens discovered on PEI. To learn more about what you will experience on a tour, visit www.prehistoricislandtours.ca/whats-in-a-tour.
Come experience the thrill of being the first person to lay eyes on prehistoric life in 300 million years!
(NOTE: Not recommended for children 5 and under)
prices (tax inc.)
ADULT (18+) $45.00
YOUTH (6-17) $22.50
CHILD (6 and under) FREE
FAMILY RATE* $125.00
*The family rate includes 2 adults + 2 to 6 youth aged 7-17