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General Tour

Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre12 hr 25 min by bus · 184.1 km
✓ Fits your group
A wide river running over flat rock shelves between forested banks, with leafy branches hanging into the top of the frame and cloud above.
Cost
$150 per class
$9.38 a child for 16
Ages & size
Ages not published
Up to 30 children
Duration
1 hour
Year round
Days not published
Book by
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What it actually looks like

Photos from Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre's website
Our note
This is the one the museum describes as suiting all ages, so it is the safest choice for a mixed or very young group. It is walking and listening rather than doing, so keep it to the shorter end if the children are small.

What the children do

A guided tour of the whole museum combining natural and cultural history, which the museum says is pitched at all age levels. It runs between one and one and a half hours, through presentation and walking commentary, and covers what the museum has across its galleries. The price is published against a maximum of 30 people.

Walk the museum galleries with a guide talking as they go, seeing both the fossil collection and the local history displays.

Good to know

One to one and a half hours at the museum, up to 30 people, all indoors. Toilets, lunch space, bus parking and lead time are not stated.

Sources disagree. Their school programs page has been showing two different prices, an older one of about $120 plus tax and a current one of $150 for a group of up to 30. The $150 is what the page shows now. Get the price confirmed in writing when you book.
Sources disagree. The fossil tour price has been shown two ways, once as $36.75 for a child and once as $35 with tax added on top to reach the same total. Either way it comes to $36.75 a child, but ask whether tax is included so there is no surprise.
Washrooms
Needs confirmation
Lunch space
Needs confirmation
Rain backup
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Strollers
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Wheelchair access
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Bus parking
Needs confirmation
Nearby park
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Getting there

207 Fourth Street, Courtenay, BC V9N 1G7

On foot
40 hr 1 min
too far with this group
By bus
12 hr 25 min
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
5 hr 49 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

Details checked on 2026-09-07 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-334-0686