Yellowstone Upper Loop: Full-Day Wildlife Adventure

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: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Yellowstone National Park - America’s first National Park
  • Lamar Valley - 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…
What's Included
  • Professional and Certified Adventure Guide
  • Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Cider, Bottled Water, Soda (upon request)
  • Breakfast, Snacks, Lunch
  • Binoculars, Scopes
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity for guides - If you had a great day, a 10-20% tip is appreciated for our AWESOME guides!
  • Admission fees
Additional Information

We endeavor to offer you a comprehensive history of the wilderness inhabitants of Yellowstone. Our tours are designed to be the most memorable one you’ve had yet. We include freebies, refreshments, drinks, and meals. A seasoned guide, who has devoted numerous hours to tracking down wild species for your viewing pleasure, will lead you - making this tour…

Location
West Yellowstone Visitor Information Center
Yellowstone Avenue
IMAX / Visitor Center Parking Lot
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sarah_a
Jun 17, 2025
Incredible Guide and Customer Service! - Both our guide and the company owner delivered amazing service. Jackson, our guide, was wonderful, keeping the kids (3 boys between 7-11 y.o.) engaged all day and knew all the best places to watch for wildlife and catch bio breaks. Our experience would be substantially less enjoyable without him. Also got homemade cookies with lunch. I would give Jackson six stars if available! Thanks to Casanova Tours for giving our family an unforgettable experience in Yellowstone!
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Cf26813
Sep 28, 2024
September 2024 family trip - Jackson was our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and helpful. Jackson also gave us additional information for our trip. He was a very good tour guide.
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Trip00612715702
Jun 4, 2024
Best Wildlife Tour Ever! - We booked the Casanova Yellowstone Upper Loop Wildlife Tour. We hoped to see some animals. The tour far exceeded our expectations! Our private guide, Brian Burrus, was the best guide I have ever experienced. He was personable, knowledgeable, answered all our questiions, and was an obvious nature lover. And he went out of his way to show us what we asked to see. Within 15 minutes of our 6am departure, our road was blocked by a bison herd, complete with babies. The entire herd walked past us - many within 5 feet of both sides of our vehicle. A photographer's dream! As we continued on toward Lamar Valley, our guide was constantly on the lookout for wildlife. He would spot an animal we never saw, pull off the road, show us where it was, and help us to photograph it. He also took videos and pictures himself which he emailed to us later. We saw more wildlife than I ever imagined. There were 2 black bear sightings, one with 2 cubs. 3 young badgers. Four different wolf sightings. Several pronghorn antelope. Elk. A mountain goat clinging to a rock side. A Rocky Mountain sheep with her lamb running around. A pair of cranes with babies. A huge osprey nest with osprey in it. Many other birds. And hundreds of bison. He also pulled over for us to photograph the beautiful scenery. And finally, at the end of the tour, he even backtracked on his own to try to find a cell phone we left behind. We could not give this tour and Brian, our guide any higher recommendation. It was our dream come true.
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Chauncey_d
May 26, 2024
Jackson with Casanova tours. - Jackson our tour guide was amazing. Very knowledgeable about the environment and wildlife. Very sweet young man. Answered all our questions and was very informative. His animal spotting abilities were phenomenal. We would definitely request him again and would recommend him to others who wanted to see Yellowstone. He truly had an uncanny ability in spotting wildlife. We saw bears, bison, osprey, mountain goats, elk, pronghorn and wolves with cubs. We even named a black yearling wolf cub, Jackson, after him. And it was a bonus that our tour was private. We had a great time!
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Pspon
Sep 30, 2023
Terrific Tour - Our tour of the Upper Loop was customized by Tauni to meet the needs of our group. We were 6 "seniors," 2 having mobility issues, and she set us up with Jack. He was as knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating as the numerous positive reviews we'd read online. It was a great day, and he patiently scouted areas, "glassing" as he referred to it, for wildlife amidst the beautiful mountains and valleys of the Upper Loop. Jack provided us with a plethora of information and background on whatever we were viewing or visiting. The sights were breathtaking and the animas plentiful. An absolutely wonderful day with a young man whose passion for wildlife, the environment and nature is contagious.
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Carolbenn
Sep 3, 2023
Good trip...excellent guide - Jack was our guide & he was a delightful young man. He has so much knowledge of the areas & is very good at sharing that info. We didn't see as many animals as we were hoping for, but we sure learned a whole lot of new & interesting things. He also told us where & what we might see on our own. He also drove us to some of the things we had not seen yet which saved us a trip later.
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Fairfax_travelers
Aug 6, 2023
Great Yellowstone Wildlife Experience - We are a family of 8; 5 adults and 3 children (10, 11 and 13) who had a fantastic8 hour Wildlife Tour with Casanova. Our guide, Jack, was very Knowledgeable about the park and its wildlife and he provided a very enjoyable narrative the 8 hours we spent together. We saw a mama grizzly with two cubs, moose, elk and hundreds of bison. It was a great trip and we highly recommend Casanova Wildlife Tours.
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809kathryni
Aug 3, 2023
Another great day in Yellowstone! - We shared a perfect trip on the Upper Loop with Kyle. (Coincidentally, he was also our guide last year.) Kyle has an incredible knowledge of the park, the animals, and the plant life, and freely shared it with us. And we saw some amazing sights. It was exactly what we asked for!
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133lisam12345
Jul 30, 2023
Great Day with Isaac - We did a morning private wildlife tour with Isaac and it was AWESOME. We saw so many amazing animals - bison, bears, a fox, mountain goats, marmots and more. Isaac was really a wonderful host - he worked with us to tailor the tour to what we were interested in, told us endless fun stories, and really made the whole thing so fun. I'd highly, highly recommend Casanova Tours and will go out with them again in the future if we return to Yellowstone.
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Timothy_c
Jun 14, 2023
WOW - Words can’t even do this tour justice. Jackson was our guide and what an amazing young man. He showed us 4 Grizzlies, several black bear, elk, eagles, horned sheep, osprey and the crown jewel 10 of the Junction Butte wolf pack trying to take down a bison calf. Nature! Jackson is great!!! His love of nature and fly fishing is contagious. Tawny, the owner of Casanova tours is also top notch. Check out the wolf video on their website!!! I only have videos and pictures on a camera. Do not miss this tour and go early!!!
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From $200
up to 11 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).