Dinosaur Stampede tour from Winton: 3300 ancient footprints
Walk across 95-million-year-old dinosaur trackways at Lark Quarry
A full-day guided tour from Winton to Dinosaur Stampede at Lark Quarry Conservation Park, where 3300 dinosaur footprints are preserved in stone. You travel through mesa country and stop at Carisbrooke Station, a working cattle property, hearing local knowledge about the landscape, its animals and plants, and how people have lived here. Pickup from your Winton accommodation is included, along with lunch, coffee and an air-conditioned vehicle for the nine-hour day.
Step-by-step itinerary
Visit Dinosaur Stampede and Carisbrooke Station
- Travel through Winton's mesa country
- Explore Carisbrooke Station
- Tour Dinosaur Stampede footprints
- Walk Spinifex trail
- Learn about local landscape and wildlife
What’s included
- Pickup from Winton accommodation.
- guided tour with local knowledge of the landscape, animals and plants.
- access to Carisbrooke Station, a working cattle property.
- lunch.
- coffee and tea.
- air-conditioned vehicle.
- full tour of Dinosaur Stampede at Lark Quarry Conservation Park and the Spinifex Walk through the 3300 preserved dinosaur footprints.
Times
Next departure: 30 Mar 2027
Information
Tour from Winton through mesa country to Dinosaur Stampede at Lark Quarry, where you walk among 3300 dinosaur footprints preserved 95 million years ago.
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The experience
The tour starts with pickup from your Winton accommodation and moves into the mesa country that shapes this part of Queensland. Carisbrooke Station, a working cattle station, is a stop along the way. You get access to private property and hear how the land has sustained livestock and people across generations. The landscape itself tells a story: the guide explains how this vast terrain came to be, the animals and plants that live in it now, and what the ground beneath your feet holds.
Dinosaur Stampede at Lark Quarry Conservation Park is the centerpiece. The site preserves 3300 dinosaur footprints left 95 million years ago, and the Spinifex Walk lets you move through them directly. A guide leads the tour of the trackways, pointing out what the prints reveal about the animals that made them and the moment they were pressed into mud that turned to stone. This is not a museum visit. You are standing on the actual site where the footprints were found.
The full day runs nine hours, which gives the drive, the stops and the time at the Stampede room to breathe. Lunch is included, as is coffee or tea during the day. The vehicle is air-conditioned, and the guide travels with you the whole way, offering local knowledge that a self-guided visit would not provide. The tour suits all fitness levels, and infants can travel in a pram or stroller. If you have a child under two, bring your own car seat with a tie-down strap.
Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (15 to 17 years); Child (4 to 14 years); Infant (under 4).
What happens if it rains?
It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.
What exactly are the dinosaur footprints at Lark Quarry, and how old are they?
Dinosaur Stampede preserves 3300 footprints left by dinosaurs 95 million years ago, now visible in stone at Lark Quarry Conservation Park. The Spinifex Walk takes you directly through the trackways so you can see the prints themselves and understand what they reveal about the animals that made them.
Does the tour include a visit to the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum?
The tour does not include the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum. It focuses on the Dinosaur Stampede trackways site at Lark Quarry Conservation Park itself.
What is Carisbrooke Station, and why is it part of the tour?
Carisbrooke Station is a working cattle property you visit during the day. Access to the private station is included so you can see how people have lived off the land in this region and learn about the landscape and its animals from someone who knows it firsthand.
How long is the full tour, and what times does it run?
The tour runs nine hours total. Pickup from your Winton accommodation is included, and the day covers the drive through mesa country, the stop at Carisbrooke Station, and the guided tour of the Dinosaur Stampede trackways.
Is lunch provided, and what else is included in the price?
Lunch is included, along with coffee and tea during the day. Pickup from your Winton accommodation, the air-conditioned vehicle, and the guided tour of the Stampede and Spinifex Walk are all part of the tour.
Operated by Red Dirt Tours. Explorevia does not run this tour: we compare it with similar options, and you book it with our booking partner.
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Dinosaur Stampede tour from Winton: 3300 ancient footprints
9h · EN · at your hotel
from AU$ 215 per person
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