Yellowstone Upper Loop: Full-Day Wildlife Adventure
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9 Ratings
Gardiner
Embark on a full-day wildlife adventure in Yellowstone's Upper Loop. Discover the history of wild animals, enjoy swag, snacks, drinks, and lunch, and be guided by a professional for a trip of a lifetime.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Yellowstone National Park - Yellowstone features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful.
  • Lamar Valley - Not included on the lower loop tour - For our wildlife tour, we spend the better part of the tour scanning the Serengeti of Yellowstone for grizzly and black bear, wolves, coyotes, eagles, badgers, bison, elk, pronghorn, moose, and many other animals. We provide spotting scopes and binoculars to assist with viewing and our trained adventure guide will be your personal guide as we identity the flora and fauna of Yellowstone.
What's Included
  • Bottled water/tea/coffee/soda
  • Professional and Certified Adventure Guide
  • Snacks
  • Lunch
  • Scope and binoculars are provided
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity for guides - If you had a great day, a 10-20% tip is appreciated for our AWESOME guides!
  • Park Entry Fees - $20 per person or $35 per family, and are good for one week
Additional Information

We guarantee a comprehensive history of Yellowstone’s wild inhabitants on our tours. We endeavor to make every tour the greatest one you’ve ever experienced, complete with goodies, refreshments, and meals. Our professional tour guides, who’ve devoted endless hours to locate animals for your viewing, intend to furnish you with an unforgettable journey.

Winter Tours - Our wildlife explorations are exclusively operational from Gardiner, MT (the northern gateway).
We inaugurate our Lower Loop tours on April 16th, 2022

Location
Gardiner
Entrance of Yellowstone National Park North Entrance
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Coric202
Sep 8, 2023
Go to Thrifty, avoid Dollar! - Thrifty car rental was amazing. Dollar car rental was a disaster. My plane was less than one hour late. Dollar cancelled my reservation and claimed they didn’t have any cars. We went next door to Thrifty. Great people! Got us a car at the same deal. Thank you Thrifty!!
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Karen_m
Jun 19, 2023
Great experience! - Mammoth Springs!! Jack was a fantastic guide. Very enjoyable experience! Definitely recommend! Loved seeing all the animals too!
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Road8782
May 4, 2023
Great Experience - We had a wonderful time in Yellowstone. My son and I traveled in April to Bozeman, MT and experienced our first tour into Yellowstone. Our tour guides Tauni and Jack of the Casanova Guided Tours are awesome. It was an experience like no other and we learned so much. They know were all the best locations are for pictures and know where to spot wild life in it's natural habitat. l highly recommended this tour group, for the are very knowledgeable of the locations and was very flexible with picking up in our location. Great experience
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Gregv190
Apr 25, 2022
Best off of our trip - Tauni was our tour guide as well as the owner of the company. This was the best part of our trip. She met us early in the morning at a local hotel near the entrance to the park. Her vehicle was full of coffee oatmeal pastries snacks and spotting scopes. All four of us had our own set of binoculars provided to look through. As we entered the park she gave us details of its history and topography. During our visit we saw a wolf from several hundred yards out fighting over a carcass with a coyote and a couple of mean birds. We never would’ve even seen this without her spotting scopes and her expertise and pointing it out. Later in the day we saw another pack of wolves up on a ridge, again we would not have seen them had we not been on her tour. For us the highlight was seeing a grizzly bear from just a few dozen yards on the side of the road digging up grubs and worms. We had lunch at Old Faithful which was a combination of premade sandwiches and freshly cut vegetables, and excellent snacks and drinks. Although the animals were the highlight of our tour, her knowledge of where to get good pictures of the local topography was also excellent. For example, when we went to Old Faithful dozens of people were standing basically in the same spot. She guided us around the bend where we had a vantage point all to ourselves. During the entire day she took video and photographs which she shared with us at the end of the day. All in all it was a great value and the best part of our trip. Our day with Tauni was so good we decided not to go back into Yellowstone for a second day as we knew it could not top the first Of course, there is no guarantee what kind of animals you would see, as a lot of what happens in Yellowstone is luck, weather, and timing. But she set us up for success. If we had gone to the same spots at the same time, we would not have seen as much, or understood what we were looking at. Overall we got to see everything we wanted to, and it kept my two teenage boys off their phones! Well done and highly recommended. As a PS, at one point in our trip the boardwalk around one of the geothermal pools was very slippery. Instead of saying “be careful“ she grabbed my wife by the arm and made sure she was steady on her feet. This is above and beyond what would ever be expected.
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Tosh-the-og
Apr 18, 2022
Don't miss out! There's no better way to see Yellowstone!! - Thanks to Casanova Guided Tours and Tauni's expert guidance, we saw our first wild grizzly bear & wolves. It was such a memorable experience in Yellowstone, and Tauni is an incredible guide!! We wouldn't have known where to go or where to look without her expertise. She is extremely versed in the world of wolves, and can tell you pretty much anything you want to know about Yellowstone & the wildlife that lives there. If you're looking for a tour guide to see parts of the park most visitors miss, like some of its most notable species, then Casanova Guided Tours is who you want to book for your trip to Yellowstone. Get a sneak peak of our experience with Tauni on our ExploringNotBoring YouTube Channel.
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Sehrsunshine
Feb 23, 2022
So AWESOME!! - We had a great time on our tour with Tauni. She is extremely knowledgeable and a great company to be around! I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Yellowstone - SO WORTH IT!
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