Best Of Yellowstone Full Day Nat'l Park Tour From Gardiner





Description
Yellowstone National Park is one of America’s great treasures. This full day safari will show off the highlights of this incredible place; volcanic thermal features, giant waterfalls, diverse wildlife, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and Yellowstone Lake. Throughout the day we will drive scenic roads, walk historic boardwalks, enjoy the peace of natural landscapes and use our optics to view wildlife. Your guide is your driver, and their goal is to cover as many of Yellowstone’s famous features as they can in a day. The guides will make every effort to showcase as many highlights as possible, and will structure the day around making your experience a memorable one. They will take current road conditions, weather, seasonality, and your personal interests into consideration as they move through the park. Highlights Old Faithful & Grand Prismatic Spring Lower and Upper Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Geysers, Hot Springs, Mudpots & Fumaroles
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Your exact route and itinerary will be determined by your interests, current wildlife sightings, and current weather and road conditions. Our guides are all highly experienced, with thousands of hours in the field, and will expertly tailor your safari to you and your group. Summer is construction season in Yellowstone National Park and sometimes this can impact our tours. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park and your guide will do their best to navigate road closures, traffic slowdowns, and construction wait times.
Mammoth Hot Springs is a collection of thermal features at the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It is best known for the travertine terraces that form from mineral deposits, but there are many other observable geothermal features in this area. The algae living in the pools creates the distinct brownish, reddish colors. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
The Hayden Valley is located in central Yellowstone National Park and is home to an abundance of wildlife. The valley floor was once the lakebed of Yellowstone Lake, but is now home to streams, grassy plains and geothermal features. Our safari makes several stops here in search of wildlife. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
At a depth of more than 1000ft (305m), the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River is an impressive sight. Water, wind, earthquakes and hydrothermal features have all worked together to form this area. Two waterfalls are visible from multiple vantage points, Upper Falls and Lower Falls. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Grand Prismatic Spring is located in the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The third largest hot spring in the world is most well known for the rainbow effect that the microbial mats create, producing reds, oranges, yellows and greens around the edges of the spring. The blue center is the result of sterile water at great depth appearing blue to the eye. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Incorrectly named as the vantage point for Thomas Moran's famous waterfall sketches, the name Artist Point remains to this day. Located on the south rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, this point provides classic views of Lower Falls on the Yellowstone River. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
The first photographic depictions of the Lower Falls were made in 1871 during the Hayden Expedition, although Native American tribes have known about the falls for centuries. Cascading roughly 308ft (94m) over volcanic rock, the falls are an impressive sight from several vantage points. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Fountain Paint Pot, located in the Lower Geyser Basin, is a mud pot most recognized for the reds, yellows and browns that can be seen in the soil. The colors represent varying levels of iron oxidation in the mud. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
The Grand Loop Road provides access to most major highlights in Yellowstone National Park. Our safari makes several stops along this route to search for wildlife and visit notable historical or geological sites. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Old Faithful is only one of the roughly 500 geysers in Yellowstone National Park, but it is the predictability of eruptions that earned this geyser its name. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- If your child requires a car seat, please be sure to bring it with you.
- Children 8 and older may participate.
Reviews(49)
We had a limited amount of time at Yellowstone. Gary was an excellent guide who had so much knowledge of the park & showed us the main things we wanted to see without the hassle of us trying to figure everything out ourselves. Highly recommend!!
Thank you so much for this recommendation! We are so happy you enjoyed your day with Gary and he helped streamline your time to maximize your experience!
We had such a wonderful time! A very small group and our desires were accommodated. The views were breathtaking and simply amazing. We saw osprey, bison, and elk bigger than could be imagined. Lunch was fresh and delicious. Snacks were healthy and plentiful. One of the very best aspects was our guide, Julia. What a gem! She learned our names and regularly checked in with us. Her knowledge of the park..conservation and preservation was amazing, as was her ecological and biological knowledge. She was so passionate about her job that you couldn't help but become excited! We were incredibly blessed to spend the day with her! Highly recommend!
Thank you so much for this great review of your day with Julia! We are so happy you enjoyed the amenities and her enthusiasm. She’s a wonderful guide!
User friendly great driver and knowledgeable polite and patient guide would recommend to friends and family
We are elated to hear that you will be recommending us to your family and friends. Thank you for spending the day with Yellowstone Safari Company!
Nate was our tour guide and we could not have asked for better. He was very personable, exceptionally knowledgeable providing us with lots of great information about the park. He was also very accommodating as to try to make both my “must sees” on this trip attainable which he did and for that I will be forever grateful. This was our first trip to Yellowstone and we would not have been able to see and do all that we did in one day had it not been for Nate. Thank you
Thank you for this wonderful review of Nate and our company. We are glad you enjoyed your day with us.
Our tour guide Dallin was amazing! He knew which sites were the best to see and was very knowledgeable about the history of the park. He was also great at spotting events. One example was seeing a pack of wolves interact with grizzly bears. He even timed 3 geysers so well that we got to see all of them erupt! I would recommend this tour to get the best experience of the park in just a day’s time!
Sounds like you had a fantastic day in Yellowstone with Dallin. Thank you for this positive feedback!
We enjoyed our tour guy. Very informative, very polite and overall a great experience. We truly enjoyed ourselves.
We appreciate this review of your tour with Yellowstone Safari Company! So happy you enjoyed your experience!
A perfect introduction to Yellowstone for first time visitors! Small group, excellent guide and nice vehicle.
We appreciate your positive feedback on our guide, vehicles and tour! Thank you!
Kat Moore, our guide, was the key to having a fabulous day in Yellowstone National Park. She was friendly, knowledgeable, and organized. We learned so much about the environment and had a delightful day.
We are delighted to hear that you had an enjoyable and educational day with Kat. Thank you for the review!
Learn so much more about the history of the park and the beautiful creations made, when you have a knowledgeable guide as we did with Gary, Safer option to enjoy views without worrying about avoiding the wildlife. Must see to enjoy.
Thank you for your review. It's wonderful to hear that you felt safe and your experience was enriched with Gary as your guide!
First time for us to YNP and so glad we booked this tour! Our guide was Maia, and She provided us a full day of exciting views and of course lots of photo ops . Would highly recommend this tour.
Thank you so much for this review and your recommendation! We are so happy you enjoyed your day with Maia!



