Custom Trips for Familes & Groups
Imagine finding your very own fossils, or hiking into a remote meadow filled with wildflowers.
Imagine your dream day trip through the multi-colored landscapes of the John Day Fossil Beds.
The Oregon Paleo Lands Institute can make it happen.
We offer:
Trip planning:
Whether you want to explore Wheeler County ghost towns and scenic byways by car, photograph wildflowers, collect rocks, cycle our backroads, or explore a wilderness area afoot, we’ll be happy to help you plan your adventure, choose destinations and places to stay, and find interesting routes to get here. We can connect you with geology anywhere in Oregon. This service is free. Email us or call us at 541-763-4480.
Custom Guided Trips:
Would you like to explore ancient volcanoes and lake beds with a geologist? Take your family to watch nesting raptors? Learn about wildflowers and try your hand at learning watercolor painting? Visit a working ranch? We offer custom trips and classes for individuals, families, schools and other groups. We’ll provide an expert guide who can teach you new skills, take you to extraordinary locales, and explain and interpret the landscape. Let us know what you want to do, and we’ll make it happen. Prices start at $100 for a half-day.
Here are some examples of previous Custom Guided Trips:
- A day of collecting fossils, from ammonites to petrified wood, for a family of six.
- Learn digital photography through a day of photographing wildflowers and landscapes in the Painted Hills and an evening of work on our computers, for a group of five.
- A bus tour of geology for 22 people in the Columbia River Gorge.
- A day-hike to find petrified trees and fossils on trails in the John Day Fossil beds, for a family group of four.
Please contact us at least a week in advance of your trip, so we can plan a great adventure with the right guide .
Have questions? or call us at 541-763-4480 M-F, 8 AM-5 PM