Yellowstone National Park - Full-Day Lower Loop Tour from West Yellowstone
Description
Explore Yellowstone on a 8-9 hour tour with a local guide. Set out from West Yellowstone or Island Park, MT area to experience America's first national park. See its iconic Old Faithful, marvel at the Grand Canyon Waterfalls, and search for wildlife including grizzlies, bison, grey wolves, and more. This tour includes both a light breakfast, lunch and park entrance fees, as well as the use of binoculars.
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Itinerary
Experience the wonders of the World's First National Park
Experience the most iconic geyser in the world erupt with all of its explosive glory.
Located on the south rim of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, this canyon overlook offers breathtaking views of both the amazing 308-foot Lower Yellowstone Falls and the spectacular, rhyolite canyon.
See, hear and feel the thunderous power of the Yellowstone River plunge 109 feet over Upper Yellowstone Falls.
This beautiful, wildlife-rich valley between Yellowstone Lake and Upper Falls straddles the Yellowstone River and is prime habitat for bison, elk, grizzly bears, bald eagles and wolves. Available May 7-Nov 7
Located in the Lower Geyser Basin, this volcanic landscape has all 4 types of active geothermal features in one place, including: geysers, mud pots, hot springs and fumaroles (steam vents).
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
If you are staying outside of West Yellowstone, you will need to meet at the West Yellowstone Visitor's Center at 30 Yellowstone Ave. Please be ready 5 minutes prior to confirmed departure time. Since it is a long day and we have a LOT to see, it is very important that we depart on time. If you are not present at departure, you may be left behind and will forfeit all tour fees.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Involves a moderate amount of walking
- Operates rain or shine; please dress accordingly
- Minimum age is 6 years. Private Tours can be arranged with younger children.
- Lunch: please write in 'Special Requirements' box what each traveler would like: Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef or Vegi sandwich on wheat or gluten-free bread.
- No Animals of any kind are permitted on Tours, even service dogs.
- Travel Insurance is highly recommended prior to your trip to Wyoming or Montana in case you have travel delays, flight cancellations, car trouble, family emergencies, illness or any other issue that causes you to miss your Tour. See the Tour Operator's website for more details.
Reviews(250)
Didn’t see a ton of wildlife — just a herd of bison and a couple of elk — but our guide, Kirby, is a gem. We learned a ton about the park and its inhabitants, plus he got us to Old Faithful almost right on time.
Our guide, James, was phenomenal and taught us so much! We loved him! Excellent food, pastries and lunch! Prepared for rain, binoculars and plenty of water with frequent rest stops
Our guides, Duncan and Kelly made this trip even more memorable. They were absolutely fantastic!
James is an AMAZING guide, he is extremely knowledgeable about so many things in the park. His driving was smooth. He knew the best places to see, and timing was impeccable! He planned bathroom and lunch breaks at perfect times! He accommodated our requests for animals we wanted to see! He set up a spotter scope so we could get great views of Grizzly Bears! He created a lifetime of memories for my son and I. I would highly highly recommend James to anyone that wants the most out of their Yellowstone Park experience!
This park is incredibly beautiful. I expected to see beauty but I wasn't expecting to see all the thermal wonders. I wish Fantastic experience. We didn't see much wildlife though; Some elk in the evening and my husband saw a bison. If you have a child that is interested in science this would be incredible fun for him
For us this was an excellent introduction to the South Loop of the Yellowstone National Park. We were fortunate to have James as our host and tour guide. His knowledge was incredible and he added so much to our enjoyment of the day. We were fortunate in seeing a lot of bison, a grizzly, elk and several raptors. There’s so much more than Old Faithful in the Park and James sure we saw so much. Thank you James. We were also fortunate to share the day with 3 other guests whose company we enjoyed. A wonderful tour.
Very friendly guide with excellent knowledge and most personable. Got to see two grizzly bears, numerous bison , and elk.
This was an amazing day at Yellowstone. Our tour guide James was a wealth of knowledge. He did not stop giving us facts and fun information about the park. We covered many famous sights. It was a full day from 7:30am to 5:30pm. Breakfast muffins were fresh from a local bakery, lunch was fresh from a local deli and plenty of water. I could not have asked for a better day!!
Highly recommend this excellent tour of the lower loop! Our guide, James, was extremely knowledgeable about wildlife and all aspects of the park. There’s no way we could have seen everything we saw without his guidance.
The tour was fantastic! Super informative with a good amount of variety throughout the day. Our guide, James, was very friendly, knowledgeable, and great with my kids. We were able to see a good amount of wildlife, including both bear species, and my youngest loved seeing all the geysers. I would absolutely recommend this tour to anyone. It was a great introduction to Yellowstone.
