Full-Day Private Safari of Yellowstone

This tour of Yellowstone National Park focuses on where we've seen or heard about wildlife in Yellowstone before your tour, as well as stopping at the other notable and must see features in the park. It is a private tour that holds up to 14 passengers and primarily takes you on either the Lower or Upper Loop of Yellowstone. Wildlife is the focus as we tour your party through Hayden Valley, Gibbon Valley, and/or the famed Lamar Valley: The 'American Serengeti'. We will have a discussion about the best route for your group to enjoy before the tour based on your needs and what we know in the area. Thanks!

Biologists say that wildlife predator populations are currently better than 1872 and we want you to be able to sit back and enjoy the experience without worrying about where and how to drive through Yellowstone. This is your tour and we are happy to accommodate customization as feasible, Thank You!!

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Yellowstone Lake, Grand Loop Road Between Fishing Bridge and Grant Village, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

Come down from Sylvan Pass from the East entrance to Yellowstone to see stunning vistas of the worlds largest alpine lake, Yellowstone Lake with fumaroles, mud pots, and wildlife as you enter this majestic terrain

Stop At: Dragon's Mouth Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY

Witness the first hydrothermal area of Yellowstone as we briefly stop at Mud Volcano and Dragon's Mouth Springs to learn about some of the more acidic features of the park and the role microbes play in this unique environment.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

In our first major area of wildlife viewing, Hayden Valley, you are likely to see Bison, Elk, and coyotes, with the possibility of Bears, Wolves, and Moose.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

Be prepared to be amazed as we tour you to Artist Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to see the 20 mile, up to 1, 000 foot deep canyon colored in beautiful shades of crimson and ivory with the amazing Lower Falls view just upstream.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Obsidian Cliff, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

See where 90% of the obsidian artifacts from the Ohio Valley to the Dakotas come from in the mecca of our ancestral obsidian collecting: Obsidian Cliff.

Stop At: Mammoth Hot Springs, Grand Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

Stop for lunch at the historic travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. These ever-changing limestone ridges coated with calcium carbonate are truly one of the most dynamic features of Yellowstone National Park.

Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Fort Yellowstone Historic District, Yellowstone National Park, WY

View the beginning of the world's first National Park as we drive past buildings first constructed during the Army era when the United States Army controlled Yellowstone National Park.

Stop At: Petrified Tree, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

Be in awe as we pass ancient petrified redwood trees from millions of years ago that has turned to stone from millennia of volcanic debris!

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY

Lamar Valley has been a wolf watching mecca since the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone in 1995. Also see hundreds of Bison as well as Elk, black and Grizzly Bears. This beautiful area of the Northern Range is considered to be the 'Serengeti of the West' and you will certainly see why.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cooke City, Cooke City, Montana

Enjoy an old western mountain town as we stop for a pit stop in Cooke City, Montana.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Chief Joseph Scenic Highway, WY

See some of the best scenery Wyoming has to offer as we end our trip coming from the Beartooth Mtns back to Cody through the Cheif Joseph Scenic Byway. See Birds of Prey, White-Tailed Deer, and rushing rapids while we learn about the ancient 'floating mountain' in Heart Mountain and the perils of the Nez Pearce tribe.

Duration: 2 hours

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.