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Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- Hospitality
- Joggins, NS
About this business
Location details
100 Main St, Joggins, NS, B0L 1A0, Canada
Get directions| Weekday | Schedule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | |
| Tue | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | |
| Wed | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | |
| Thu | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | |
| Fri | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | |
| Sat | Closed | |
| Sun | Closed |
This is a special little place which gives a look into history and geology right in your hand. The museum is small and well put together. Couple the museum with the tour and I felt you got a great personal experience first hand with the earth's history. While you're not actually discovering any new fossils but finding one's which have been scattered (previously fallen, found, replaced and found again, rinse-repeat) across the beach from portions of the beachfront wall stratum, which is a geological research area. The tour gu... read more
Great facility, would have stopped and taken the guided fossil tour had we been in less of a rush. Stunning beach regardless.
A really unique opportunity to see some plant fossils with varying price and experience options. For the simplest experience, you just arrive and walk out onto the shore where all the fossils from the eroding cliff face are. Unless you know your plant fossils and what to look for you probably won't get too much out of it though. The second option is to pay to enter the small museum in the visitor center. It will give you what you need and some more background information on things you won't see here but will put things into ... read more
It was a moody and cloudy day, the tide was out and there was a bit of a cool breeze. We were the only ones on the beach appart from a lonely fox and some birds. The crunch of rock underneath our feet and the millions of years of history in the cliff. It was an amazing afternoon walk and a highlight of our trip. Worth the effort to get there.
If you already know about geology, you may not need a guided tour. But if you're just starting to get interested in geology, definitely recommend guided tours! Without the guide, I wouldn't have found any fossils and would have thought of this place as just a cliff. The 30min tour focuses on explanations, and the 90min tour takes about an hour to listen to explanations, find fossils yourself, and ask questions and answers to the guide. A lot of fun. Don't forget that you have to take the stone out of your pocket and put it i... read more
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs has a 4.6 star rating with 1,159 reviews.
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs is closed now. It will open tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.
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