La Brea Tar Pits and Museum: Guided Insider Tour

About This Experience

Take a journey back 50,000 years to the Ice Age by attending the La Brea Tar Pits Insider Tour. Participate in an expert-led activity that provides access to areas and findings usually reserved for specialists. Observe the site of an active dig in a metropolitan area where large Ice Age mammals once roamed, and learn about the ongoing research conducted by Ice Age scientists. The activity includes observing the Columbian mammoth sculptures near the Lake Pit and viewing an operational tar excavation site up close. Also, examine microfossils dating back more than 10,000 years while learning from expert scientists.