Overview

If dinosaurs have already captured your child’s imagination, now you can ignite their passion for science. On this popular family adventure, kids experience fossil hunting for themselves. Visit exhibitions and a working paleontology lab at the Dinosaur Journey Museum with its life-size robotic dinosaurs.




Go to an actual dinosaur track site to make track rubbings and learn about dinosaur locomotion. Hike the “Trail through Time” to identify large fragments of dinosaur skeletons that have been embedded in place for 145 million years. Learn excavation techniques and how to cast dinosaur bones and teeth.

Drive up to the 9,000-foot high Douglas Pass to hunt for plant and invertebrate fossils in an alpine forest. Both children and adults search for fossilized bones on hikes through the desert country and dig for search for fossilized bones on hikes through the desert country and dig for dinosaur remains in Mygatt-Moore Quarry, where Apatosaurus and Allosaurus have been found.

To round out your adventure, tour the spectacular red rock canyons of Colorado National Monument, ride on horseback through a secluded canyon, picnic on the banks of West Creek in Unaweep Canyon, enjoy a rodeo performance, and float down the Colorado River through miles of towering red sandstone canyons. A festive riverside dinner celebrates a remarkable week with family and new friends.