West Yellowstone Trip Overview
Our private tours are led by experienced, knowledgeable, and local guides who have a formal education in wildlife biology. We will tour the park in a modern Chevy Suburban. During our day we will make our way through Yellowstone National Park while stopping for many wildlife encounters, hidden/ secluded hikes that get us away from the crowds, and we will stop at some of Yellowstone’s most iconic destinations. Along the way will take several mild to medium hikes to lesser known places to get us off the beaten path and a chance for your family to experience a piece of hidden Yellowstone.
We will view Old Faithful erupt, Lower Yellowstone Falls (308 feet high), go for a hike on the rim of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, view bubbling paint pots, and view many other geysers and hot springs along the way! We will enjoy a provided picnic lunch at a quiet spot on Yellowstone Lake! In addition, we will provide complimentary snacks, spotting scopes, binoculars, and water for the entire group!
Additional Info
Duration: 6 to 8 hours
Starts: West Yellowstone, United States
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting West Yellowstone, Montana, United States
Our private tours are led by experienced, knowledgeable, and local guides who have a formal education in wildlife biology. We will tour the park in a modern Chevy Suburban. During our day we will make our way through Yellowstone National Park while stopping for many wildlife encounters, hidden/ secluded hikes that get us away from the crowds, and we will stop at some of Yellowstone’s most iconic destinations. Along the way will take several mild to medium hikes to lesser known places to get us off the beaten path and a chance for your family to experience a piece of hidden Yellowstone.
We will view Old Faithful erupt, Lower Yellowstone Falls (308 feet high), go for a hike on the rim of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, view bubbling paint pots, and view many other geysers and hot springs along the way! We will enjoy a provided picnic lunch at a quiet spot on Yellowstone Lake! In addition, we will provide complimentary snacks, spotting scopes, binoculars, and water for the entire group!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, USA
The Classic Yellowstone Tour features Yellowstone’s most popular stops and highlights including Old Faithful, The Grand Prismatic Hot Spring, rare wildlife in the Hayden Valley, Yellowstone Falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Lake, as well as several other waterfalls, hot springs, geysers, rivers, and wildlife encounters along the way. You will also have time to rest and take in the historic Old Faithful Inn built in 1903.
Stop At: Old Faithful, Center Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Lower Yellowstone River Falls, Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, WY
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.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY
What Makes the Grand Prismatic so Grand? Extremely hot water travels 121 feet from a crack in the Earth to reach the surface of the spring. The third largest spring in the world, the Grand Prismatic is bigger than a football field at 370 feet in diameter!
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
One of the best wildlife viewing places in Yellowstone National Park. Therefore, one of the best places to see wildlife in the world!
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Yellowstone Lake, Grand Loop Road Between Fishing Bridge and Grant Village, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
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!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Yellowstone National Park, WY
Full day private tour of Americas first National Park. Your guide will be an expert on the parks ecology, geology, history, and will have knowledge of the some great off the beaten path hiking trails and picnic areas that will lead us to some iconic sights within Yellowstone National Park with out the crowds.
Duration: 8 hours
Stop At: Yellowstone Geysers – Mud Volcano Area, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Old Faithful, Center Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
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.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Firehole Canyon Drive, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Beautiful 40 foot waterfall at confluence of ancient rhyolite lava flows.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Firehole Lake Drive, Grand Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Beautiful geysers and hot springs as well as the possibility of grazing bison!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Fountain Paint Pot, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Along this short walk you will see very good examples of most types of thermal features found in Yellowstone. These features include some very pretty hot pools, steaming fumaroles, erupting geysers and probably the best easily accessed mudpots in the park. The area is highly active and at least one geyser is usually erupting here at all times.
Duration: 25 minutes
