Our Specialty Tours come in three varieties; tours that you can reserve any time with advanced registration (Adventure and Feeding), event tours that are scheduled on our Calendar page (Discovery After Dark, Photography, Ride-theRim) and dinner event tours (Mother’s/Father’s Day Sunset Safari, Sweetest Day/Sweetheart Safari, Holiday Around the Rim Sunset Safari and Murder Mystery Safari). Click on the name of the tour listed below to find out more. For more information, availability and/or to make reservations please call 254.897.2960.
Adventure Tour
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9:00am-3:00pm (Flexible hours may be arranged) |
| Price: |
$300 per person
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Spend a leisurely day on your own private tour seeing all aspects of Fossil Rim. This tour gives you the opportunity to meet our animal care specialists, eat a lunch at our Safari Camp prepared just for you while watching animals out the window and see the “behind the scenes” areas of Fossil Rim. Due to the length of activities, this tour is recommended for adults only with a limit of 10 people per tour. Reservations are required at least five days in advance, please cal 254.897.2960.
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Feeding Tour
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Year-round, Saturday and Sunday – 8:30am |
| Price: |
Off Season: $151 per person
Peak Season: $196 per person |
This tour provides you with an opportunity to be a zookeeper for a morning. You get the privilege of riding along with our animal care experts as they do their morning feeding rounds. With a limit of two people per tour, it is recommended for adults only. The tour can last up to approximately 3.5 hours.
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Discovery after Dark Program and Tour
Ever wonder what animals do after the sun sets? This tour allows you to spot our animals in their night time behavior as well as learn about nocturnal animals and their adaptations to function in the dark. Reservations are required at three days in advance, please call 254.897.2960. When arriving at Fossil Rim, park at the Overlook parking lot and join us in the Eco Center for a 45 minute program after which we will take you on a 2 hour tour through the park.
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Photography Tour
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March, April, September and October: 3:00pm–7:00pm
May–August: 4:00pm–8:00pm
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| Price: |
$65 per person
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Photography tours come in two varieties: Publicly scheduled events with expert instructors, which are listed on our web site (
Calendar) and in our monthly newsletter as “Photography Workshop”; As well as Photography Tours where you are driven around by one of our experienced guides and given the best photographic opportunities available. This tour is recommended for ages 16 and up and lasts about 4 hours. This tour is designed for photographers to catch the dusk light, which is the best light possible for afternoon photos. Please look at the calendar for both the Photography Workshops as well as the Photography Tour dates. (Make your tour private by paying an extra
$100, this will secure that you are the only ones on the tour vehicle).
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Ride-the-Rim
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This bicycle tour is offered at different time of the year and can be found on our Calendar page. |
| Price: |
$35 per person |
Our guided Ride the Rim event tour offers an opportunity for you to ride your bike and visit a special restricted area of the park which houses some of our endangered animals during your ride. Ride the Rim tours are offered in Family, Moonlight, Beginner’s and Experienced ride formats. Click here for more detailed information on the different ride formats.
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Mother’s/Father’s Day Sunset Safari Dinner and Tour
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Please see our Calendar page |
| Price: |
Adult Price: $90 per person
Child Price: $55 per person
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Show Mom or Dad how much she/he means to you. Spend the evening at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. We will start the evening with a delicious dinner, including tea, coffee and a homemade dessert in the glass walled pavilion located in the Foothills Safari Camp, over looking a watering hole in our main pasture. After dinner, you will board one of our open air vehicles to take a sunset tour of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. A special gift for mom/dad is also included.
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Sweetest Day/Sweetheart Safari Dinner and Tour
| Date(s): |
Please see our Calendar page |
| Price: |
$90 per person (Adults Only) |
Sweet on someone? Come and impress them with a three-course meal, live music and then an evening tour. You and your sweetheart will depart the Foothills Safari Camp at 6:00pm in one of our open air vehicles to take a Sunset Tour through Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. Upon returning to Safari Camp, the two of you will partake in a delicious “Surf and Turf” candle light dinner, with tea, coffee, a homemade dessert and chocolate for your sweetheart. All served in our glass walled pavilion overlooking one of the watering holes for our main pasture. After dinner, relax with your special someone and enjoy Michael Cote (our live performer) singing love songs for the remainder of the evening.
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Holiday Around the Rim Sunset Safari Dinner and Tour
| Date: |
Please see our Calendar page |
| Price: |
Adult Price: $90 per person
Child Price: $45 per person |
Close-out the year with our Holiday Around the Rim Sunset Safari Dinner and Tour. It involves cookies, hot chocolate, appetizers, champagne, shopping, live music, exotic animals and THEN the holiday meal. Come and celebrate Christmas with Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. Meet at the Foothills Safari Camp Pavilion at 5:00 pm and be served cookies and hot chocolate. Then board one of our open air vehicles at 5:30pm and travel through the Scenic Wildlife Drive to the Nature Store for holiday shopping, appetizers and champagne. At 6:30pm, guests will then re-board the open air vehicles for a brisk evening safari to the glass walled pavilion at the Foothills Safari Camp, where you will enjoy a memorable holiday dinner, tea, coffee and a homemade dessert in front of the glowing fireplace, with live Holiday entertainment.
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Murder Mystery Dinner and Tour
Do you think you have what it takes to follow the clues and find the culprit? Participants will be e-mailed their character description and instructions. Guests are encouraged to dress comfortably for their role. They will meet at the glass walled pavilion at Foothills Safari Camp at 5pm sharp where they will be given their first clue and board the vans for a mini tour of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. Listen carefully for clues on the tour. After the mini tour, dinner will be served and the esteemed Dr. Robert Bontebok will be our guest speaker.
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