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02/11/2012, 6:00 PM
Sweetheart Safari
02/13/2012, 10:00 AM
Animal Fashions
02/28/2012, 10:00 AM
Species in Peril: Wolf Conservation
03/03/2012, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Family Fun Day, Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
03/03/2012, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fight for Survival
03/03/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
03/05/2012, 10:00 AM
Fossil Dig
03/24/2012, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Junior Girl Scout Badge Fest
03/24/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
03/27/2012, 9:00 AM
Robin Hood Day Camp
03/30/2012, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
03/31/2012, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Brownie Girl Scout Try-It Fest
04/07/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
04/10/2012, 10:00 AM
Color by Nature(exploring natural dyes)
04/14/2012, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fossil Dig & Hike
04/14/2012, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1-day Photo Workshop
04/14/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day- Walk on your Wild Side
04/21/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day- Party for the Planet
04/21/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
04/27/2012, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
04/30/2012, 10:00 AM
Hike + Tour
05/05/2012, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fight for Survival
05/05/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
05/07/2012, 9:00 AM
“African Safari” Day Camp
05/12/2012, 6:00 PM
Mother’s Day Sunset Safari
05/19/2012, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fossil Dig & Hike
05/19/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day, Endangered Species Day
05/19/2012 -- 05/20/2012, 2:00 PM
2-day Photo Workshop
05/19/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
05/21/2012, 10:00 AM
Nature Journaling
05/25/2012, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
06/02/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day, World Environment Day
06/02/2012, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Fight for Survival
06/02/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
06/09/2012, 5:00 PM
Murder Mystery Dinner and Tour
06/11/2012, 10:00 AM
Conservation in Action
06/16/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
06/16/2012, 6:00 PM
Father's Day Sunset Safari
06/23/2012, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1-day Photo Workshop
06/25/2012, 10:00 AM
Cheetah!
06/29/2012, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
06/30/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
07/14/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
07/17/2012, 10:00 AM
Christmas in July (Go Ahead, Make My Day!)
07/27/2012, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
07/28/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
08/11/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
08/18/2012, 5:00 PM
Murder Mystery Dinner and Tour
08/21/2012, 10:00 AM
Colors by Nature (Exploring Natural Dyes)
08/24/2012, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
08/25/2012, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photography Tour
09/03/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day- National Wildlife Day/Labor Day
09/08/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
09/10/2012, 10:00 AM
Nature Journaling
09/15/2012 -- 09/16/2012, 2:00 PM
2-day Photo Workshop
09/22/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day - World Rhino Day
09/22/2012, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fight for Survival
09/22/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
09/25/2012, 9:00 AM
Robin Hood Day Camp
09/28/2012, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
10/06/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day - World Animal Day
10/06/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
10/08/2012, 10:00 AM
Hike + Tour
10/13/2012, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fossil Dig & Hike
10/13/2012, 5:00 PM
Murder Mystery Dinner and Tour
10/20/2012, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Photography Tour
10/23/2012, 10:00 AM
Fossil Dig
10/26/2012, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Discovery after Dark
10/27/2012, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Pumpkin Carving for the Animals
11/03/2012, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fight for Survival
11/10/2012, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fossil Dig & Hike
11/10/2012, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Pumpkin Carving for the Animals
11/10/2012, 5:00 PM
Murder Mystery Dinner and Tour
11/12/2012, 10:00 AM
Species in Peril: Wolf Conservation
11/17/2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Family Fun Day - National Take a Hike Day
12/04/2012, 10:00 AM
Christmas for the Critters (Go Ahead, Make My Day
12/08/2012, 5:00 PM
Holiday Around the Rim
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Thank you for planning a visit to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. We appreciate your visit and want you to have a great experience. The majority of our guests come to drive through our phenomenal animal breeding facility. To do that you may just show up at the front gate, pay your admission, observe our animals, our scenery and enjoy your day. Along with your pass to enter the park you will receive an identification guide for the animals that tells you if they are endangered and some interesting facts about each species.

 
 

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Guided Tours

Want to treat the family to a day at Fossil Rim and you enjoy it too? Like the old commercial says, leave the driving to us. Fossil Rim has two family oriented Guided Tours; Family and Behind the Scenes to choose from. If your our guest staying at Foothills Safari camp or The Lodge, you can take the Morning Safari tour which goes into our Intensive Management Area.

Want something a little more? Then maybe our Adventure, Photo, Feeding or Private tours are what you're looking for. We also have Youth/Senior group tours available. Even if you bring your own "Bus Load", we can help with our Step-On tour.

Click here to learn more.

Scenic Drive

Your journey begins at the Admissions Center where you can purchase feed for the animals and snacks for yourself. We offer a variety of candies, crackers, trail mix and drinks for your ride. We have disposable cameras, film, batteries and a small variety of souvenirs. You’ll also receive an animal ID brochure which will help you identify the animals you will see along the tour route. You can also purchase The Animal Guide book or CD, both were created right here by Fossil Rim’s Education Department. Approximately three hours (and nine and a half miles later), you have experienced many species of animals roaming the hillsides and grazing in the valleys; you've fed them, photographed them and given you and your family memories of a lifetime.

Click here to learn more.

The Overlook

Halfway through the 9.5 mile Scenic Drive you will come to our Overlook area. Here you will find our Nature Store, Café, Children’s Animal Center and hiking trails. Spend some time here to stretch your legs and be sure to take in the stunning view from the Café deck. Stop a minute after lunch and say “Hello” to our Blue and Gold Macaws just outside the Café entrance.

Picnic tables located near the Children's Animal Center are available for a family picnic if you've brought your meal, or our Overlook Café has a nice selection of salads, sandwiches, snacks and drinks.

The Nature Store

Just like the price you paid at admissions, your purchases in our Nature Store will help with the care and feeding of all the animals at Fossil Rim throughout the entire year. You will find a majority of our merchandise online by clicking on eStore in the menu bar at the top of the page. The Nature Store is filled with books & educational materials, fascinating gifts, fine art and unusual handcrafts, many of which represent the work of Texas artisans.

Click here to learn more.

Overlook Café

The Overlook Cafe is perfect for a light snack or a hearty lunch indoors or out, with a heart-stopping view of the valley below where giraffe, zebra, red deer and countless exotic animals graze and gather at a stream. Picnic tables under the trees are also available.

Partial Menu

Fossil Rim Burger
Grilled Chicken and Swiss
Garden Burger
Philly Cheese Steak
Reuben
BBQ Sandwich
Wedge Salad
Chicken Wedge Salad
Jr Safari Meal

All sandwiches served with fries.

Click here for pricing information.
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Children's Animal Center

Finally, the time you have all been waiting for, the Children’s Animal Center is now open for business! The CAC has been closed for over seven months and our animals are more than happy to be back home from their extended vacation. During those seven months, we have given our CAC yard a fresh new look.

There is new fencing through out the CAC, new pens for the all of the animals, and beautiful landscaping both in the yard and outside. We have also constructed seven new free-flight aviaries including one that will soon contain some of our Attwater's prairie chickens! These aviaries may not be 100% completed yet, but we were so excited to share what we had done with everyone, we decided to go ahead and open anyway. The CAC Grand re-opening was held on Saturday, December 4th, but if you missed it, don't worry, you can still come and enjoy the "residents" and welcome them back home.

Click here to learn more.