Check our online calendar for trip dates and openings.
ROCK CANDY SAFARI:
An introduction to Rock Candy's colorful minerals and mining history. You will collect gemmy green fluorite, banded purple fluorite, sparkling quartz and (if you’re lucky!) barite crystals. Access to the geode and fluorite zones.
Trips are held every day in July and August; and every Saturday & Sunday in June and September. Private tours available weekdays in June & September. We provide hammers only.
Times:
10am to 2pm.
Advance booking is recommended. Book through Grand Forks Visitor Info: 250 442 5835, or online: gftourism@shaw.ca
- Price is $26/adult; $18/child/senior.
- Kids under 5 but over 3 are $10. We do not recommend this tour for kids under 3.
- Group price is $350, for up to 30 people.
- Prices are in Canadian dollars.
Closed toe footwear is required.
Collect all you can carry in one load. We provide hammers & safety goggles. If you would like to use a chisel, bring one. Chisel use in not recommended for kids under 10 ... our hammers can't distinguish between chisels and fingers!
COLORFUL CRYSTALS TOUR:
Family-oriented collecting tour, which takes place the day following a Vugs tour. We expose new rock for your enjoyment. Fluorite crystals are so abundant on these tours that you will be standing on specimens as you collect others. Kids will love the abundance of sparkly quartz geodes in gemmy green fluorite. Depart Grand Forks at 9 a.m., return by 4 p.m. Access to all zones.
Scouts: after this trip you will qualify for Geology merit badges.
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Advance booking is required.
Collect all you can carry on a day-long trip. We provide hammers, chisels, and safety goggles (kids only).
Colorful Crystals tour available:
Check our online calendar for spaces available on this date.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
VOLUMINOUS VUGS TOUR:
Serious mineral collectors love this tour, with fresh vugs opened just for you. Includes use of our pressure washer, (vugs at Rock Candy are filled with dense clay), as well as hammers, chisels, pry bars. Collect in the same areas which we mine to produce museum specimens. Meet us in Grand Forks at 9 a.m., for 10 hours of the best collecting you've ever experienced. Access to all zones.
The Travel Channel TV show Cash & Treasures featured Rock Candy as one of their 2008 treasure hunting locations. Check out Kirsten Gum collecting vugs, and the jewelry they made from RC fluorite.
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Advance booking is required.
We allow a maximum of 8 collectors on site during the 'vugs' tour.
Vugs tour available:
Check our online calendar for spaces available on these dates.
Saturday, July 10, and Saturday July 17, 2010.
ROCKIN’ THROUGH THE OKANAGAN:
Join us for a fun-filled, 2 day family adventure, exploring how BC was assembled. We'll collect crystals, gold and gem materials as we follow ancient coastlines turned to mountains. Trips start Saturday in Kelowna or Osoyoos, end Sunday in Grand Forks. On day 1 we'll collect crystals and serpentine, while exploring the fascinating geologic history of the Okanagan valley. We'll camp near Osoyoos, (great motels available for non-campers) and enjoy an evening edible geology program. On day two we'll collect pretty copper minerals, then spend the rest of the day finding fabulous fluorite and other crystals at Rock Candy Mountain. Head home at your own pace.
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Camping Version:
- Motels available nearby
- Camping fees included in price
Price
: $120/adult, $90/child ( for a 2 day trip), camping fees included. Prices are in Canadian dollars. For currency conversion, click: http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter#from=USD;to=CAD;amt=1
Rockin' Okanagan (camping) adventure available:
Next trip, 2011
B & B version
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M51, photo by Bob Jackson, May 2001. His first sky photo! |
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For the explorer who prefers comfort to camping, we stay in Bed & Breakfasts. First night's lodging is at a private observatory in Osoyoos, where the view is out of this world, and the beds are heavenly. Included is an evening program: introduction to photography through their 16 inch telescope. You will be able to take photos like the one at right, which we took in May. The accomodation features gourmet breakfasts.
Price:
B & B Version:
$260/person (d.o.) $2400 (Canadian) per group (up to 12 people). Group size determined by sleeping accomodations:
- Children under 9 are not allowed at Observatory B&B
- Suite 1: queen bed and double hide-a-bed in separate areas. Both share a bath.
- Suite 2: King bed, double hide-a-bed in separate areas, 2 twins in another area, all share a bath.
- Room 3: queen bed, private bath. Room 3 and Suite 1 face the spectacular view.
Dates: Next scheduled trip 2011, or email us to book a private trip.
B & B dates can also be arranged at your convenience, June to Sept. Summer weekends need to be booked by the 1st of the year. Summer weekdays generally fill 4 months in advance. Book through Geology Adventures
