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 Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday in July and August; and every Saturday & Sunday in June and September. We provide hammers only.
Times:
10am to 2pm.
Advance booking is recommended.
Book through Grand Forks Visitor Info: 250 442 2833, or online:rockcandy@grandforkschamber.com
- Price is $25/adult; $19/child/senior.
- Kids under 6 and adults over 75 are free.
- 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.
Book through Geology Adventures.
Advance booking is required.
- Price is $60/adult; $45/child/senior.
- Group price is $900, for up to 30 people.
- Prices are in Canadian dollars. Add 5% for US dollars.
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 trip dates and openings.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
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 8 a.m., for 10 hours of the best collecting you've ever experienced. Access to all zones.
Book through Geology Adventures.
Advance booking is required.
- $300/person Kids 14 and up are welcome, but will be charged full price.
- Group price is $2000, for up to 8 people.
- Prices are in Canadian dollars. Add 5% for US prices.
- We may limit the amount you collect in museum quality vugs to the first $1000 worth.
We allow a maximum of 8 collectors on site during the 'vugs' tour.
Vugs tour available:
Check our online calendar for trip dates and openings.
Saturday, July 5, and Saturday July 12, 2008. A September date may be added later.
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.
Book through Geology Adventures
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. Deduct 10% for if you prefer to pay in US dollars.
Rockin' Okanagan (camping) adventure available:
Summer, 2009. Email us with the subject "OkAdv" if you would like advance information of this trip date.
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 last May. Second nite is in a fully updated heritage house in Greenwood. Both accomodations feature gourmet breakfasts.
Price:
B & B Version:
Group bookings only. $1800 (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 trips, 2009
B & B dates are arranged at your convenience, June to Sept. Email us with the subject "OKB&B" if you would like to be added to an existing group. Summer weekends need to be booked by the 1st of the year. Summer weekdays generally fill 4 months in advance. Book through Geology Adventures
