Fossil is located in Villa de Leyva (Town in Colombia), Colombia. It's address is Via el Fósil, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia.
Via el Fósil, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia
JCPR+M9 Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, Colombia
Check Time Table for Fossil
Monday | 8 AM to 5:30 PM |
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Tuesday | 8 AM to 5:30 PM |
Wednesday | 8 AM to 5:30 PM |
Thursday | 8 AM to 5:30 PM |
Friday | 8 AM to 5:30 PM |
Saturday | 8 AM to 5:30 PM |
Sunday | 8 AM to 5:30 PM |
Questions & Answers
Where is Fossil?
Fossil is located at: Via el Fósil, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia.
What are the coordinates of Fossil?
Coordinates: 5.6367349, -73.559021
Fossil Reviews
2024-02-02 18:53:06 GMT
Amazing!!!!! I don't understand how more people don't know about this place! The guide was so knowledgeable and friendly, so accommodating! Thanks, unforgettable experience!
2023-12-31 03:37:31 GMT
I love a location where they build the museum around the fossil! It is incredibly well done with good context! Every sign is in Spanish and English. They have a collection of items from all over Columbia, though mostly from their local area. It is still an impressive collection. Some displays were still under renovation when we were there. They loaned us a wheelchair for my mother without a deposit.
2023-01-10 01:19:35 GMT
Really nice museum that keeps expanding and growing. They sell themselves as “nonprofit organization” where everything that they collect is used to expand and fund the museum.
Such a young museum and yet already owns a master piece, that also became the reason to be founded. The “Kronosaurus Boyacensis”. Unique of its kind, well kind of, there are other that were found but what makes this one unique is how complete it is and that was kept through the years in the exact same place where it was found! Quite impressive!
The ticket price is average and I strongly recommend to wait until the tour, our guide was professional and knew a lot. The museum can be quickly see, you get a brief introduction and then it goes straight to the point.
I really recommend the visit.
Also, there are some nice souvenirs made my locals that use the profits to help their families. They appreciate any contribution that can made. :)
2021-03-08 19:40:15 GMT
Pretty amazing and there was absolutely no one there but me and my friends due to the decrease in tourism during these Covid times. Everyone who works there is pleasant and helpful. Reasonably priced souvenirs too.
2022-12-04 15:22:41 GMT
Very nice and very well maintained museum. It’s very nice to see how the community has kept this very nice museum.
2023-05-28 05:26:24 GMT
Great place to visit, great gift shops and a lot of information about the area and it's origins in the dinosaur era and a wonderful dinosaur exhibit
2021-05-29 14:22:13 GMT
Great fossil museum. If you are interested in it you find here unique and well preserved fossils. Also here lay almost full and original fossil of Kronosaurus. It's very impressive. Enterace costed 30.000 COP. You can also buy some unique small fossils in the souvenir shop.
2023-09-09 16:26:36 GMT
Impressive community museum, with a complete fossil of Kronosaurus boyacensis, quite unique, and other fossils found in the area.
Our guide was a smart young woman from the community.
Highly recommended!
2019-08-29 21:43:16 GMT
The best archeological museum in Colombia and it has a unique prehistoric pliosaurido that's is almost in complete conservation. It's really awesome and furthermore the guiders are very passionate and well informed about the topics of geology.
2023-08-03 12:33:46 GMT
Incredible place and cute museum. It makes my heart bleed to see how they encased the Kronosaurus in a strange plastered floor, but at least they saved it from being stolen and brought in some moist european capital
2023-10-04 19:24:55 GMT
Incredibly well done museum, the fossil is amazing to see, this is a must visit!
2020-02-17 01:22:59 GMT
Definitely worth going... The most intact and complete chronosaurus in the world
2022-02-14 01:58:42 GMT
It's a short visit but well worth it. The fossil is impressive!
2022-09-02 20:03:14 GMT
I give props to this place. It was built and is run by the local community. In other words, it does not have any funding by the Colombian government. It is small, but organized and informative. There is a guided tour in Spanish, but I don't know if there is a tour in English. Anyway, I learned a lot about the prehistory of the region.
2023-09-10 20:24:05 GMT
Very interesting, it has complete information on the geological eras and has complete fossil samples.
2023-02-10 21:07:24 GMT
Incredibly interesting! First, the in situ kronosaur was amazing. So big that I had to take a diagonal photo to fit ït in the photo.
Secondly, my eyes typically glaze over very quickly in museums and don't read many of the informational displays. I read almost everything because it was presented in a fascinating way.
2019-06-22 06:27:31 GMT
Interesting place... The "FOSIL" is amazing.
2019-12-29 01:15:40 GMT
Small museum, but interesting..with several fossils..
2022-07-16 16:12:30 GMT
Natalia is perfect guide. Good history to listen about fossils
2023-07-02 00:39:05 GMT
Very impressive the place.... Very nice and very educative... I love it!.
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About Villa de Leyva
Town in ColombiaVilla de Leyva, also called Villa de Leiva, is a touristic colonial town and municipality, in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Boyacá Department of Colombia. source
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