Full-Day Tour

The full-day tour includes a private tour with a scientist to the fossil sites of Drimolen and Sterkfontein, located in the "Cradle of Humankind", near Johannesburg, South Africa. The tour includes morning teas/coffee and an alfresco lunch (weather permitting). The tour normally departs at 09h00 but can be adjusted slightly to accommodate your schedule. You can either meet us at the entrance to the Rhino and Lion Park and follow us onto the Drimolen fossil site or we can arrange transportation at an additional cost. The full-day tour is one of our most popular tours, please see schedule below.

 Full-Day Tour Schedule

09h00: Meet group at hotel/B&B (for those requiring transportation) and depart for the "Cradle of Humankind" World Heritage Site.

10h00: Arrive at the Rhino and Lion Park and continue on to Drimolen. Enjoy a short game drive on the way to the fossil site of Drimolen.
 
10h30: Arrive at Drimolen. Tea/Coffee and refreshments served at a secluded picnic spot. While enjoying your morning tea on a private fossil site, a short fossil cast demonstration and talk on human evolution is presented.
 
11h30: A guided tour of the actual fossil deposits of Drimolen is conducted. As Drimolen is a working site, one has the rare privilege to see two million year old fossils unearthed for the first time. 

12h30: Enjoy a lovely catered, picnic lunch under the trees.

14h00: Depart Drimolen for Sterkfontein Fossil Site.

14h30: Arrive at Sterkfontein. Enjoy a guided tour of the on-site museum, a brief tour of the underground caves and a viewing of the fossiliferous deposits.

15h30: Depart for Johannesburg, Pretoria or Magaliesburg.

16h30: Arrive at departure point.