DINOSAUR SAFARI Experience Sustainable Transport
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It’s the UK’s The section that we’ll take you along for this itinerary will enable dinosaur capital, and one of the best places in the planet to find you to see the most striking geological features of the Isle of Wight fossils. Who knows what you might find in a day… a bone? An including sweeping Compton Bay and dramatic Culver Down. entire skeleton? A new species? MORNING The Island’s ‘Dinosaur Coast’ stretches for 20 glorious miles, from Yaverland in the East, to Compton Bay in the West. Dinosaur hunting in Yaverland The first Isle of Wight specimens were discovered here in the Start at the car park opposite The Isle of Wight Zoo. Follow the 1820s and new varieties are still being picked up today by signposted coastal route up the steep grassy hill until you reach holidaymakers and locals just pottering around on the beaches. the top of the landslip. You’ll get great views over some of the You don’t need tools – just a good eye, and a lot of luck. richest dinosaur beds in the country (look for the dark seams in the cliffs, as this is where the dinosaur remains are usually hidden, Look for heavy dark stones with a shiny surface, regular ridges, before they’re washed onto the beaches). a ‘bubbly’ looking interior or glinting crystals. And go hunting at low tide, and after rough weather or a storm. Then get your finds At the very top of the hill, you’ll find a kiosk for coffee and cake, identified, because if you discover a new species, it could be and a pub with a garden that has one of the best panoramic views named after you! on the Island. Reward yourself appropriately, and then head back the way you came, down the hill to the car park. You can walk your way around the Dinosaur Coast – and indeed, the entire Island – using the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. This is If you feel like foraging, then venture onto the beach for a spot of a fantastic way to explore around the dramatic coastline with beach combing – you may be able to pick up some fossils from breathtaking views over some of the best beaches in the world. the dinosaur age. Continued on next page > To find more walking ideas go to visitisleofwight.co.uk BE A WALKING EXPERIENCES: DINOSAUR SAFARI Experience sustainable transport AFTERNOON PLUS DON’T MISS In the footprints of dinosaurs at Compton bay Take your treasures from the beach to Dinosaur Isle, the UK’s biggest dinosaur museum. The bone boffins there will identify You’re now off to Compton Bay, to explore one of the best them for you – and if they think you’re onto something big, beaches in the world (according to the Sunday Times Travel they’ll send a team out to investigate. The museum is based in a magazine). Start at Shippards Chine car park. This is a National pterosaur-shaped building that watches over the dinosaur coast Trust site with toilets and a van serving ice creams, drinks and on Yaverland seafront. During the holidays there are activities for snacks. kids including painting and puzzles. dinosaurisle.com Now go on a ‘footprint safari’. We recommend taking the Isle of Go and see the dinosaur plants at Ventnor Botanic Garden, Wight Official Dinosaur Safari Guide with you (available from the where local beast Valdosaurus would have enjoyed many Guildhall for £5). Follow the coastal path, walking with the sea to vegetarian meals. You can see modern relatives of prehistoric your left. Then go down the steps, and walk with the sea to your plants including the Monkey Puzzle Tree, Modern Gymnosperms, right. Ginko Tree and Tree Ferns. In the summer, look out for the little You can see a huge number of dinosaur footcasts at the base green Ventnor lizards scuttling around in the terraces and basking of the cliffs. They look like giant 3D footprints and were formed in the sun. They’re not dinosaurs but use your imagination and when heavy dinosaurs left their prints in soft mud.