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Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch

Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch

Overview

All of our private tours are led by a professional wildlife biologist. We will tour the park in a modern chevy suburban. Our goal is to view the most wildlife possible on your tour while also visiting the most ICONIC destinations in there park as well visiting many hidden locations that are off the beaten path. During our day we will see Old Faithful, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Falls (308'), lots of wildlife, large waterfalls, seldom seen geysers, and two historic hotels. We will provide high end binoculars and spotting scopes for the entire group so we can view animals or geysers that are far off the road! This will be an educational experience for your family/ group yet fun and entraining at the same time. Your tour will experience the wonders of hidden Yellowstone that's awaiting around each corner of Yellowstone National Park.

For lunch we will stop for an incredibly scenic picnic style lunch along the shore of Yellowstone Lake!

City: West Yellowstone

Sun 27 Apr

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Starting at $2100.00

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Sun 27 Apr

Starting at $2100.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

in addition to drinking water Pelligrino, Perrier, and La Croix will be on board

Binoculars

Soda/Pop

High zoom spotting scope

Gourmet picnic lunch from a local deli at a scenic location along the banks of Yellowstone Lake

Free take home video of all wildlife seen on your tour!

Air-conditioned vehicle

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

Hayden Valley

One of the best wildlife viewing places in Yellowstone National Park. Therefore, one of the best places to see wildlife in the world! We will head to this area of the park first to maximize our odds at seeing black bears, wolves, bison, and grizzlies!!

Lower Yellowstone River Falls

At 308" tall these falls are 308 feet (94 m) high, or nearly twice as high as Niagara Falls. The volume of water flowing over Lower Yellowstone Falls can vary from 680 cu ft/s (19 m3/s) in the autumn, to 8,400 cu ft/s (240 m3/s) at peak runoff in late springtime.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the most breathtaking sight inside Yellowstone National Park. Twenty miles long, the canyon is up to 4,000-feet wide and 1,200-feet deep in places. It's located on the eastern side of the park. From several vantage points, you can view Lower Falls plunging steeply into the canyon 308 feet, or the Upper Falls tumbling 109 feet.

Yellowstone Lake

Depending on the day we might: hike, walk, view historic architecture, or possibly have a very scenic lunch right along Yellowstone Lake (largest lake in North America above 7000'' of elevation/ 126 miles of shoreline) at one of our secret secluded lunch spots!

Yellowstone Geysers - Mud Volcano Area

Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!

Old Faithful

Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!

Upper Geyser Basin

We will access an area of the largest geyser basin in the park from an obscure entry point that few people know exist. In this area we will hike to multiple hot springs, geysers, and fumaroles that will get us into a place that's hidden in plain sight and few other tourist ever seem to find. This trail os often our clients favorite part of their tour. Over the years we have received tremendous feedback on this family friendly hike.

Morning Glory Pool

Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!

Grand Prismatic Spring

What Makes the Grand Prismatic so Grand? Grand Prismatic Spring, located in Midway Geyser Basin, has the distinction of being the park’s largest hot spring and third largest inn the world. It measures approximately 370 feet (112.8 m) in diameter and is over 121 feet (37 m) deep. A description of this spring by fur trapper Osborne Russell in 1839 also makes it the earliest described thermal feature in Yellowstone that is definitely identifiable

Fountain Paint Pot

Along this short walk you will see very good examples of most types of thermal features found in Yellowstone. These features include some extremely colorful hot springs,, steaming fumaroles, erupting geysers and the best mudpots in the park. The area is highly active and at least one geyser is erupting here at all times.

Firehole Lake Drive

Beautiful geysers and hot springs as well as the possibility of grazing bison!

Firehole Canyon Drive

Beautiful 40 foot waterfall at confluence of ancient rhyolite lava flows.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (472)

Escape202016

Jan 2025

Andrea was amazing got to see a host of wildlife. What a great day seeing everything from bear in a den to wolves bedded down. The vehicle was warm and comfortable and Andrea had more than enough equipment for all too see the wildlife.

setht259

Dec 2024

What an awesome experience and Matt was the best tour guide tons of Bison, waterfowl and eagles! Old faithful in the winter is incredible. Highly recommend!

Summer L

Dec 2024

Our mid-December one-day visit to northern yellowstone was incredible. We would highly recommend Andrea and would love to visit again in a different season just to see a different perspective. Andrea picked us up at our hotel in Bozeman at our agreed time of 6am. He has a new, well-equipped, upgraded and very comfortable black chevy suburban- the snow tires and heated back seats were a must for the snowy chilly day on which we visited. Andrea was very knowledgable about history and other details of the park and surrounding areas and inhabitants and gave us a great background en route to the park. We had such a great day, with elk and deer being our first sighting, followed by a pack of six wolves that we, along with some other locals who follow the wolves regularly, had the pleasure to watch using binoculars and high-res scopes provided by Andrea. He also shares the videos with you afterward so you have them to share with friends and family. The experience of chasing the wolves and watching Andrea and the other professionals communicate via their walkie talkies to help each other locate wildlife was so cool, and seeing the wolves alone would have been worth the trip. But we also saw many dozens of bison, including a nursing calf, which were just gorgeous. We then saw two golden eagles as well. Took an amazing hike through a very beautiful canyon, and the snow started coming down at that point, so it was a stunning winter wonderland hike we will never forget. We also saw many more elk, and then two coyotes that we stopped to view through the scopes for a while, followed by two more single coyotes. We also saw the mammoth hot springs, with a stop at the hotel, which had just opened that day. Very cool and a cute gift shop for souvenirs. Lastly we saw a large waterfall, which was only partially frozen and very beautiful, followed by a group of great horn sheep which were also very beautiful. The drive back was also stunning, as it was dark when we were initially driving to the park that morning. Seeing this area of yellowstone in the winter was very special! And Andrea was a fabulous host and guide and we learned so many interesting things. We absolutely loved the experience!