Private Yellowstone Tour: Iconic Sites and Wildlife
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330 Ratings
Bozeman
Embark on a private Yellowstone tour led by a professional wildlife biologist. Explore iconic sites, spot wildlife, and discover hidden gems off the beaten path. Enjoy a scenic picnic lunch by Yellowstone Lake.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Yellowstone National Park - 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.
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Binoculars
  • Carbonated beverages
  • 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!
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • National Park Entrance Fee
  • Gratuity
Additional Information

Every private tour we offer is delivered by a seasoned wildlife biologist. We’ll be journeying through the park in a sleek Chevy Suburban. Our mission is to help you sight as many distinctive wildlife species as possible while exploring the park’s most FAMED sites and uncovering lesser-known spots seldom frequented by visitors. During our expedition, we’ll take in the sight of Old Faithful, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Falls (308’), variety of wildlife, grand waterfalls, infrequently observed geysers, and a couple of historic hotels. To enhance your viewing experience, we provide premium binoculars and spotting scopes for all participants to spot animals or geysers situated at a distance from the road! The tour is designed to be informative yet engaging and enjoyable for your family/group. Your excursion will expose you to the hidden treasures of Yellowstone that lie in wait around each bend of Yellowstone National Park.

A picturesque picnic-style lunch by the side of Yellowstone Lake will serve as our break for lunch!

Location
Bozeman
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Tcs6973pw
Jun 19, 2024
Amazing Tour! - We had a great tour! Some very unusual and unique wildlife encounters! Mitchell was an excellent guide! He was so knowledgeable about Yellowstone and wildlife. We were able to see things we would not have seen on our own. The binoculars and scope enabled us to see things up close which was amazing! Lunch was great and the videos we received were a huge bonus! Thanks for a great experience!
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Vacajan1
Jun 18, 2024
Awesome Yellowstone - We got to see so much of YS, and Michael was extremely knowledgeable. He was passionate about the park and was patient with our numerous questions. We ranged in age from 8 to 70, and he could relate well to all of us. Because our group was large, some of us had to follow in a car, and the radio provided was sub-par, which meant the people in the car missed much information. I would suggest keeping your group at the recommended maximum of 7; yet, I appreciate their letting all of us go.
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Ryan
Jun 15, 2024
Amazing time. Best way to do Yellowstone - We had Jessica as our tour guide and Jeb as our driver. They were both so nice and knowledgeable. The first day we saw the thermo features and geysers. The second day was like a wildlife safari. I cannot recommend this enough. We have four kids from 16-7 and all of them had an amazing time too. Would do this again for sure.
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Nirav_d
Jun 15, 2024
Great day with personalized services - Wonderful experience and super guide with personalized services . Alex was awesome and great with the kids as well . Everything was well organized
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Danah591
Jun 15, 2024
Memorable Trip to Yellowstone - I highly recommend the Best of Yellowstone private tour, especially if you want to skip the driving and focus on seeing all the wonders of Yellowstone. Our family of four had a wonderful day with our guide, Andrea. His professionalism and easy-going personality, combined with his knowledge of all points of interest and experience with wildlife, made him a great guide. We learned so much about the park and all of the features. He even took us to spots that we would have missed on our own. He also tailored the trip to what we wanted to see and made sure to include plenty of restroom stops. We made great memories on our tour.
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I8724ehchristys
Jun 12, 2024
Hidden Gems Tour is a must do! - Jessi was an amazing tour guide. She was so knowledgeable and answered all our questions. We did the hidden gems tour and it was a great tour. Having a driver and just being able to enjoy the ride was great. Our tour guide had so much knowledge to offer and she had a great itinerary for us. We were able to mark so many items off our “bucket list” in just one day! Highly recommend this tour. It was well organized and we learned and saw a ton!
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Coastal784273
Jun 11, 2024
Excellent tour! - Our family greatly enjoyed our 2 day tour with Jessi. She was very knowledgeable about the park and her ability to spot animals was amazing. She also managed the hundreds of questions from my kids with grace. This was definitely one of the best tours we’ve ever had.
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Travelinspiration
Jun 9, 2024
Truly WONDERFUL day!!! - This is a great company in many ways!!! Great communication/customer service was greatly appreciated! More so we absolutely enjoyed every second of our almost 10 hour private tour with Mitchell! Mitchell was a great guide - we couldn’t have been more pleased!! We saw SO many things / amazing waterfalls, geysers, private hot springs, beautiful breathtaking scenery all day, 2 historic hotels, Old Faithful, wonderful private picnic lunch at beautiful Lake Yellowstone, and more! Price is VERY expensive, but since we only had 1 day to see the best of Yellowstone - we splurged!
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O1476btjuliev
Jun 8, 2024
Best tour EVER! - This tour was absolutely amazing! Mitchell was an extremely friendly, polite, and knowledgeable guide. He answered every question we barraged him with, and added interesting anecdotes about the geography, as well as the history, of the park. He was so enthusiastic about every single animal sighting, and geological feature throughout the entire tour. The owner, Derek, was also extremely helpful and patient with all of my questions. I would definitely recommend this tour company to anyone wanting a day full of amazing sites and experiences! What a fabulous company!!
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2tammyk
Jun 6, 2024
Unforgettable Tours - We booked 2 tours - Best of Yellowstone & Wildlife Safari for our family of four. Scheduling was easy and communication prior to the tour were great. Both were absolutely awesome! Our guides were Derek (the owner) and Jessica. They were perfect - friendly, fun, safe drivers, on time, extremely knowledgeable, and able to engage my 2 teenagers. The Suburbans were new, spacious, clean and comfortable. They were stocked with water, a nice variety of snacks and drinks, high-end binoculars, and scopes. The lunches were tasty and filing - sandwich that you choose, big cookie, and chips. They also have a cooler you can add to. They send you pictures/videos from the scopes and telephoto lenses. As an added bonus, they are really good at taking family pictures. On Best of Yellowstone with Derek, we were able see much more than we would have on our own and went to vantage points we never would have known about. There was only one thing I didn't get to see that day only because my kids were wiped out, but Derek was going to take us. I went the next day on my own with his recommendations. Some of the animal highlights: Grizzly mom & 3 cubs (twice - one from an even better spot), a grizzly male, a bald eagle feeding her chick in a nest, tons of bison of course & elk. Other than the bison and the elk, we would never have found the others on our own. The scopes and high-end binoculars were imperative. Lunch was in a quiet, beautiful spot. One thing to point out with this company is that they are safe. Derek was made aware of a mama grizzly and her cubs near us that could have potentially been a very dangerous situation. He calmly and quickly got us out of there and back into the car in way that none of us would panic. During this time 2 different guides from another company did the opposite leading their private groups to try to find the grizzlies in an unsafe manner. Luckily nothing happened, but it could have been a horrible situation. On the Wildlife Safari (upper loop) with Jessica, it really felt like a fun safari. We were in and out of the suburban looking at animals. Animal highlights include: a wolf den, where we saw a wolf and her pups playing and another wolf doing its thing; a badger bringing back food to her den for her cubs and going back out again; a grizzly mama and her cubs playing, bighorn sheep, elk, more bison (of course), and 2 different black bears! Again, the scopes and high-end binoculars really enhanced the experience. Lunch was in a beautiful spot with no one else around, I HIGHLY recommend this company and these tours. We saw more and did more than we could have on our own. They take care of everything so you can enjoy and relax. They are so knowledgeable and explain everything really well, but still let you enjoy in peace if you want. You can stay as long as you want at the stops and they really know where all of the good bathrooms are. I think they can adapt to meet any group's needs. I do strongly suggest that you follow their recommendations on start times. We avoided the crowds and got to see more animals that way. Thank you to Derek & Jessica for an unforgettable 2 days in Yellowstone!
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