Tour
Planning ... 1 Day - Drumheller
(Dinosaur Trail)
Drumheller
Sightseeing Tour Highlights
Let's head out for the day to one of the most intriguing
and spectacular areas in Alberta and perhaps one of the most fascinating
in the world. A visit to Calgary and the Canadian Rockies is not
complete without a trip to the Drumheller region and a visit to
the spectacular Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. Spend time
exploring the many historic sites as we travel through the "Alberta
Badlands". We follow the Dinosaur Trail, a network of roads
that will take us around the Red Deer River Valley to uncover
the man-made and natural wonders of Alberta's Badlands. As we
approach Drumheller the rolling hills suddenly drop off hundreds
of feet into mysterious winding canyons. Strange land formations
rise up on all sides; sculpted by wind and water into hauntingly
beautiful shapes sunbathed in terra cotta, bronze and amber. A
trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park is also a 75 million-year foray
back in time. The result is an eerie landscape that looks like
another world! Today, after a century of excavations over 150
complete dinosaur skeletons have been discovered and are on display.
Drumheller Lunch
Break
The Last Chance Saloon
Step back in time. Deep in the heart
of Alberta’s “Badlands” On a four mile lonely
stretch of road, between Rosedale and Wayne, you will travel
over 11 one-lane bridges, and in only 4 miles reach what's left
of this legendary ghost town...The Hotel and the Last Chance
Saloon.
Located 14 km southeast of Drumheller, Wayne is one of
the Badlands' quirkiest places.
Parts of the movie "Shanghai Noon" with Jackie Chan
were filmed there, hundreds of Harley Davidson riders meet there
every summer for the Wayne Rally, its saloon is one of Alberta's
only operating cowboy relics, and lastly, you have to cross
eleven one-way bridges just to get there. When you arrive, plan
for a great lunch at the Last Chance Saloon. Tobacco smoke in
air, bullet holes in the walls you really can't get more Albertan
than that.
Tour price including Royal Tyrell Museum Entrance Fees $99.00
per person (plus 5% GST)