Calgary Canadian Badlands Dinosaur Discovery Tour

A day trip from Calgary to witness a landscape where dinosaurs walked the earth and southern Alberta was a subtropical paradise of towering redwoods and giant ferns. Today, fertile plains suddenly drop away into a world of multi-hued canyons and wind-sculpted hoodoos. Spanning east from Drumheller to the Saskatchewan border and south to the United States, this region is known as the Canadian Badlands. It is home to the largest deposits of dinosaur bones in the world. Blend your love for history and art in one stop! Visit the historical village of East Coulee.

What's included:

• Private Guide

What to expect:

Duration: between 8 hours and 10 hours

Royal Tyrrell Museum

1500 N Dinosaur Trl, Midland Provincial Park, Drumheller, T0J 0Y0

Set in the rugged Alberta badlands, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology displays one of the world's largest collections of dinosaurs. With ever-changing exhibits and self-guided experiences year-round, there is always something new to discover

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Little Church

Murray Hill Rd, Drumheller, AB T0J 2V0, Canada

Open the door and see up to six people. With a capacity of six people, Drumheller’s Little Church puts a new spin on the old nursery rhyme. But while it’s a small church, it has loads of charm and a big appeal.
The church also has a rich story. It was built in 1958 by a local contractor in cooperation with the ministerial association. It is a bit whimsical, but it is, first and foremost, a place of worship and meditation. After it was vandalized in 2014, inmates at the Drumheller Institution rebuilt the church and returned it to its former glory.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Horsethief Canyon

Highway 838, Starland County, Drumheller, 221068

This canyon is named for thieves who stole horses and hid them here! Nowadays, Horsethief Canyon is a great place to take in some of the views the Canadian Badlands are famous for.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Wayne

Wayne, Alberta, Drumheller

Along a six-kilometer stretch from Rosedale to Wayne in Drumheller, you will find 11 one-lane metal bridges. These bridges are recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most bridges within the shortest distance. The bridges span the winding Rosebud River and the now-defunct railway tracks that were once used to transport coal through local mining communities.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

The Hoodoos

Hoodoo Ave, Drumheller, T0J 0Y4

The Hoodoos are a group of stone columns with caprocks situated on approximately 11 hectares of land between Drumheller and East Coulee in Alberta, Canada. They range in height from roughly one to three meters and are composed of white sandstone caprocks overlying dark brown marine shale bodies.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

East Coulee

East Coulee

The East Coulee School Museum is an 11 room school built for the coal mining families of East Coulee. It operated as a school from 1930 – 1971. In 1985 it became a museum focusing on the home life and schools of the coal mining era of the Drumheller Valley.

1 hour

Horseshoe Canyon

Drumheller

Walking through the Horseshoe Canyon is like exploring a different world. Without exaggeration, this is a very unique experience that you're unlikely to find anywhere else.
The landscape around this area is mostly flat, but then the earth abruptly opens up at the Horseshoe Canyon, and Alberta's prairies reveal one of its greatest secrets.
Even without venturing into the canyon, the south rim of the Horseshoe Canyon offers stunning views of the rugged badlands, and it's worth a visit when touring the area around Drumheller.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included