Day-by-day travel diaries and photographic diaries of geology tours run by GeoWorld Travel
From the world-famous unconformity at Siccar Point to the ancient rocks of the North West Highlands, dinosaur footprints on Skye and the spectacular basalt columns of Fingal’s Cave, our latest Scotland tour was a journey through nearly three billion years of Earth history. Join us as we look back at nine unforgettable days exploring one of the world’s most important geological destinations.
Mid-June 2024 saw the 10th running of our ever-popular Scotland trip. We had a great time exploring some wonderful, world-class geological sites, but this post focuses on the wildlife we saw – and includes a bonus geology video at the end! Previous trip diaries have more photos of the geological sites if you wish to browse those.
In June 2023, we returned to Scotland to run our ‘Birth of Geology’ tour. We were very fortunate with the weather and we saw a wide variety of geological sites, including Hutton’s Unconformity at Siccar Point, arguably the most important geological site in the world…! This is a photo record of our trip.
A selection of the best photos from our May 2022 Scotland trip. We were treated to some wonderful geological highlights, including Siccar Point, the Ardnmurchan Volcano and the iconic Fingal’s Cave.
We returned to Scotland in June 2021 to once again explore its world class geology. Our small group tour saw the first identified thrust fault, dinosaur footprints, the first recognised unconformity, spectacular basalt columns, and much, much more!
In July 2019 we led our Geology of Scotland tour for the fourth time. Scotland has incredibly diverse geology – it was here that the enormity of geological time was first envisaged, the first attempts to measure the mass of the Earth were made, Thrust Faults were discovered and middle Jurassic Dinosaurs roamed.
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