Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch | 7 hours to 9 hours

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VIP Private Yellowstone Tour: Iconic Sites, Wildlife, Hiking, & Lunch Included!
2 Adults x $2,100.00
$4,200.00
Approx Total
$4,200.00
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: German, English, Italian, French
  • 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
  • National Park Entrance Fee
  • Gratuity

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!

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We can pick up at any accommodations or addresses in West Yellowstone, Big Sky, Old Faithful area, Old Faithful Inn, Gardiner, or Bozeman. if you're staying in island Park we request that you meet us in West Yellowstone at a convenient meeting spot with safe/ free parking for the entire ... day. We have 6am or 7am listed as a suggested pick up time but we can pick up your group at any time that you want. For those that want to maximize your wildlife viewing experience and want to get ahead of the crowds we can start your tour as early as 5am depending on the time of year and your starting location. Just let us know what works best for your family or group. We do not provide breakfast. Please plan ahead by making coffee in your hotel room/ lobby and pick up some fruit, yogurt, donuts, snacks, etc the night before your tour from a grocery store to eat for breakfast. You are welcome to eat our assortment of healthy snacks for breakfast to keep you full before lunch. We are now providing Starbucks instant coffee if would like coffee on your tour. *NOTE: WE DO NOT PICK UP FROM JACKSON OR TETON VILLAGE OR LAKE HOTEL but we would be happy to meet your group at a location within the park* Click the link below to order you families lunch if your pick up location is in: West Yellowstone, Big Sky, Old Faithful, Canyon Village, Island Park, or near the West Entrance Click the link below to order you families lunch if your pick up location is in: Bozeman, Gardiner, Livingston, Belgrade, Emigrant, Pray, Mammoth Hot Springs, Paradise Valley, or anywhere that will be entering the park through the North entrance: Read more â–¼

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Itinerary

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    The Classic Yellowstone Tour features Yellowstone’s most popular stops and highlights including Old Faithful, The Grand Prismatic Hot Spring (by request only), rare wildlife in the Hayden Valley, Yellowstone Falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Lake, as well as several other off the beaten path 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.

    45 minutes

  • 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!!

    25 minutes

  • 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.

    20 minutes

  • 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.

    30 minutes

  • 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!

    30 minutes

  • Yellowstone Geysers - Mud Volcano Area

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

    20 minutes

  • Old Faithful

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

    20 minutes

  • 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.

    35 minutes

  • Morning Glory Pool

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

    20 minutes

  • 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

    25 minutes

  • 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.

    25 minutes

  • Firehole Lake Drive

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

    20 minutes

  • Firehole Canyon Drive

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

    10 minutes

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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

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

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  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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An amazing experience

Published on Jan, 2025

What an amazing day with Yellowstone Adventure Tours. Our guide Andrea was knowledgeable, insightful and engaged throughout the day. I could not recommend Yellowstone Adventure Tours more highly. Thank you for a wonderful experience.

Family fun wildlife experience.

Published on 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.

Matt is the best!

Published on 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!

Magical winter yellowstone day tour

Published on 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!

Great guide for a great tour! Made our trip super easy.

Published on Nov, 2024

My husband and I went on the wildlife tour for our first day in Yellowstone and it was fantastic. Our guide, Alex, met us before the crack of dawn at our lodge in Gardiner with a thermos of hot coffee. First stop was a private ranch north of the park where we saw bison, herds of elk and pronghorn, and the most amazing bear watching ever. He is a conservation biologist and could tell us a lot about the animals, habits and habitats. He provided all the scopes and binoculars. From there, we went to Lamar Valley and saw, among many other animals, a large herd of buffalo on the move, had a picnic lunch, and took a couple of walks off the beaten path. We saw rivers, waterfalls and magnificent scenery throughout. He gave us pro tips (parking, etc.) for our own exploration the remaining two days of our stay, which saved us a lot of time and were spot on! We were able to cover the geyser basins, Old Faithful, grand canyon, Hardin Valley, Yellowstone Lake -- all we wanted effortlessly. Having a guide made our time in Yellowstone SO EASY. I would not hesitate to recommend this company (good communication and setup) and Alex in particular.

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