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FRE IS KNOWN FOR OUR UNIQUE TRANSPORTATION TO WORLD CLASS FOSSIL GROUNDS!
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Experience an adventure of a lifetime riding through old world Florida forest or blasting up the Peace River in an airboat with us today!
We offer various modes of fossil hunting using both airboats and swamp buggies, as well as other methods such as by van and/or by foot. These vary by availability. See below for current offerings.
Tours are weather permitting. We will confirm 24 hours prior to ensure you get the best possible experience. PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH TOUR CAREFULLY 🙏
Airboat Ride and Fossil Hunting 5-Hour Public Tour
$150 Per Person. Available Oct to June
Our most popular fossil service! Enjoy a ride to the fossil grounds in style on our airboats. Peace River fossils are world class and our grounds consistently put out amazing finds season after season. Dock to dock time 10am to 3pm. This is a family friendly adventure that is water based/wading required.
Minimum of 5 people with maximum of 18 people.
We also offer private airboat tours. Please scroll down for more.
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Swamp Buggy Ride and Fossil Hunting 4 Hour Tour
$150 Per Person. Available F/Sa/Sun from Oct to June*
These weekend tours begin at 9am and run on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Enjoy a swamp buggy ride to a preselected secluded creek or river dig site, a fossil dig, and a ride back on the buggy at the conclusion. Recommended for those more physically able as light hiking and traversing is required, as well as wading/digging in the water up to waist deep.
Minimum of 4 as a requirement to run. This can be multiple parties.
AIRBOAT 5 HOUR 'BONESHELF' ICE AGE DIG AND EXTENDED ECO TOUR
195$
Enjoy our Ice Age intensive river fossil dig and airboat ride combined w/a little bit more learning and fun on the airboat! After our mammal/reptile heavy 'boneshelf' river dig, enjoy an extended airboat ride covering miles of pristine Peace River shoreline, learn about the history, see wildlife and enjoy some extra splash and turns on the airboat ride in the process. Mammoth finds here!
NOTE ***This is not a shark tooth intensive dig but some monster sharks teeth do occasionally surface here***
Premium Dig
$250
Our newest addition to FRE offerings, and proving to be a crowd favorite in the process! This includes one of the longest airboat rides in FL to preselected locations on the Peace River which put out some of the best finds of recent times for us! Finding mammoth teeth, large mammal fossils and of course lots of large shark teeth (yes, and megs) is not uncommon and this is your best get at finding the good stuff! This tour runs from 9am to 3pm and is only available at select times.
Raw Fossil Dry Dig Experience
$125
Our dry dig allows you to dig fossils as they lay naturally in the fossil layer via shovel and sifter. It's the most honest fossil hunting you can find!
Offered more frequently in summer, we include all equipment & transportation to the site. Enjoy a short van ride through beautiful Florida backcountry and see native wildlife, plants and mind bending scenery on the way in. The FIRST and ONLY raw land site fossil layer dig in Florida!
*Intensive digging in heat at times--please note*
2 Days of Fossil Hunting, Airboat, Swamp Buggy, Camping, Live Blues Music
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Fossil Recovery Exploration offers this truly unique and legendary two day fossil hunting adventure only a few times a year.
Experience old world Florida wilderness Fossil hunting, combining an airboat ride to multiple locations, or, even an airboat/swamp buggy combo (will be announced prior), along with camping, dinner, live fireside Blues music, and more to make for a once in a lifetime experience!
This special event is weather permitting.
Bonecamp Ice Age Private Airboat Dry Dig Adventure
$900
A private, intimate dry dig FILLED with Ice Age goodies! A similar deposit to our Boneshelf Dig in the river, here we find anything from gator to mammoth, tortoise to glyptodon and more! There is even a few sharks teeth mixed in to boot. Utilizing a sifting and scraping method, we draw the fossils right from the ground under the shade of massive oaks w/ the Peace River rolling by in the distance. This is offered as a private format via airboat for 5 persons or less at a flat rate of 900$.
Event Themed/Large Group/Educational Fossil Hunting Tours
We Offer It All!
Home Schooling and Special Group Rates
Home schooling group rates cater to your children of all ages. We can tailor these based on group size/age and needs. All are welcome...we can handle ANY group size!
Special rate (sliding scale based on experience/group size) includes 2 hour fossil hunting with all equipment provided, preceded by a children's educational presentation and fossil display and a detailed ID session post hunt.
Team Building and Special Events
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Celebrate your special event with a private group fossil hunting tour with rates listed below, or, if groups are larger than our parameters for a Private Tour, on a sliding scale. Of course, all equipment provided. These can be fully customized to experience, needs and times.
Lectures and Interactive Events
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We love coming out & speaking for your school/large group! We offer a variety of lectures and interactive activities. Here are some:
Lecture for kids, public/ your location, >1 hr, touch & learn w/ fossils. 250$
Lecture w/ interactive activities (dig/hands on learning/worksheets) , max 40 ppl, 1.5 hr, public/ your location. 400$
Lecture with beach walk/dig/activities, Venice area, max 40 kids, 2 hr. 500$
Lecture, activities and dig in fossil material in Arcadia ( 15 or less people), 2 hr. 750$
Private Excursions
Please Call/Text 585-880-3150 for More Details and Availability
SWAMP BUGGY PRIVATE TOURS
We offer Swamp Buggy private tours from Monday to Thursday. These tours are special order and would be an intimate experience that would consist of just your group and the guide, with no other guests on the excursion. Each purchase of a private tour comes with a tailored, personalized dig experience side-by-side with your guide, as well as a one on one, after-tour educational identification of your finds in full focus, a perk not available on our main weekend public excursions when multiple parties must be attended to.
We have a maximum of 5 people for these trips. Depending on availability, we may be able to fossil hunt for up to 6 hours vs the public time of 4 hours.
The cost for the Swamp Buggy Private Experience is 1000$.
Please allow 48 hours before booking to ensure availability.
AIRBOAT PRIVATE TOURS
We offer Airboat Private Tours as well, with three options based on availabiity and party size. These tours are special order and would be an intimate experience that would consist of just your group and the guide, with no other guests on the excursion. As with the swamp buggy, each purchase of a private tour comes with a personalized dig experience with your guide solely focused on you and yours, and of course a one on one, after-tour educational identification of your finds. These carry a focus not available on our main weekend public excursions, when attention is needed due to multiple parties.
We have a max of 9 people for these trips. Rates are as follows:
A small airboat (up to five guests) would be 1100$.
An medium airboat (up to 7 guests) would be 1350$.
A large airboat (up to 9 guests) would be 1650$.
PREMIUM PRIVATE DIGS ALSO AVAILABLE AT A FLAT RATE OF 2000$ FOR UP TO 7 GUESTS! Message us for more details.
We can accommodate more than 10 guests, please contact us for large group/customized rates for Private Tours.
Only one type of boat may be used at a time for these trips.
Please allow 48 hours before booking to ensure availability here as well.
Rates Starting at 3000$
Introducing the 1ST NATIONWIDE helicopter fly-in dig camp!
Located on EXCLUSIVE private property smack dab on the Peace River, enjoy a private helicopter ride for up to three through the lush Peace River valley, a drop off in an EXCLUSIVE overnight camp location w/ 3 dig areas (BOTH dry dig & river digs). 36 hours of fossil fun in your own 3 bedroom rustic cabin!