Your Yellowstone National Park wildlife safari begins with a drive from your Jackson or Teton Village hotel or lodge to the park in the early morning for the best opportunity of seeing animals. The full-day excursion begins with a drive through Grand Teton National Park, with stops to observe animals along the route.

This Yellowstone National Park trip is ideal for seeing animals and exploring the park’s several geyser basins.

You’ll continue on to Yellowstone National Park, stopping at Old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake, the Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Hayden Valley, and many geyser basins along the way. Throughout the journey, listen to commentary on Yellowstone National Park’s history, geology, wildfires, and animals.

Your guide will provide a picnic-style lunch throughout the trip. The overall program time is roughly 12 hours. Because this is a small-tour group trip with a range of 2-11 individuals, you will receive personalized attention from a trained naturalist guide. Customers may also take modest, simple walks throughout the day along several walkways and boardwalks while enjoying the environment and wildlife.

Yellowstone National Park:

Yellowstone became the first national park on March 1, 1872, allowing everyone to experience its unique hydrothermal and geologic characteristics. On your trip, we’ll be experiencing Yellowstone National Park’s Lower Loop! You’ll get a taste of everything that makes Yellowstone National Park renowned, including animals, geysers (including Old Faithful), waterfalls, and breathtaking landscapes. Opportunities to watch wildlife in an intact environment, tour geothermal sites that include over half of the world’s active geysers, and experience geologic wonders such as the Yellowstone River’s Grand Canyon.

Old Faithful:

Old Faithful geyser, the world’s most renowned geyser, was called for its frequent and fairly predictable outbursts, which number more than a million since Yellowstone became the world’s first national park in 1872. Guests will be able to see Old Faithful erupt from the nearby wooden boardwalk and cross a big bucket list item off their list!

Old Faithful Inn:

The Old Faithful Inn was constructed in 1903-1904 using local timbers and stone from the Yellowstone National Park region. The Inn is said to be the world’s biggest log construction. As focal points of the foyer, there is a giant stone fireplace and a hand-crafted clock composed of copper, wood, and wrought iron.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone:

Yellowstone Grand Canyon, Canyon Village Great Loop Road

Yellowstone Lake (Pass By):

Yellowstone Lake, Grand Loop Road Between Fishing Bridge and Grant Village

Lower Yellowstone River Falls:

Yellowstone’s most famous feature is Lower Falls, the park’s largest waterfall at 308 feet. The canyon’s colors were created by hot water acting on volcanic rock. Not these colors, but the river’s golden banks at its distant confluence with the Missouri River, inspired the Minnetaree Indian name, which French trappers translated as Roche Jaune, yellow stone. Several times, the canyon has been rapidly down-cut, presumably by huge glacial outburst floods.

Fountain Paint Pot:

The Fountain Paint Pots are a fantastic stop on Yellowstone’s Lower Loop. They are mud pots in Yellowstone National Park’s Lower Geyser Basin. The Fountain Paint Pots are named from the mud’s brilliant reds, vibrant yellows, and browns. The various hues are caused by the oxidation states of the iron in the mud.

Hayden Valley:

Hayden Valley is a natural wonderland and home to the world’s biggest herd of free-roaming bison. While traveling through this lovely area, we’ll be on the lookout for bears, wolves, bison, elk, mule deer, coyotes, foxes, eagles, pronghorn, and other wildlife.

West Thumb Geyser Basin:

We’ll walk along the boardwalk and discover the many beautiful hydrothermal pools located in this basin area that is an extension of the Yellowstone Lake area.

Oxbow Bend:

Oxbow Bend is one of Grand Teton National Park’s most photographed locations. The Grand Teton mountain range’s Mount Moran is in the distance, while the Snake River flows into a magnificent oxbow in the foreground. Mirror reflections of Mount Moran are occasionally possible when we come here on non-wind mornings!

Jackson Lake (Pass By):

Jackson Lake is located in northeastern Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. The Jackson Lake Dam, which was completed in 1911, extended in 1916, and renovated in 1989, increased the size of this natural lake.