Oct 1, 2024
Excellent High End Tour of Yellowstone - We were looking for a more “luxury” tour of Yellowstone for our family of 6. I couldn’t have asked for better.
To start off with, we were staying in Cooke City and most tours come out of west Yellowstone. When I told them where we were staying, our guide actually came to Cooke City and stayed so we didn’t have to drive to him each morning!
To start with our guide , Andrea. He was just fabulous. I can’t say enough great things. He immediately was comfortable and conversational with everyone. This is no easy feat with 3 teenagers. He is incredibly knowledgeable about the park and wildlife but easy to talk to and never felt like he was stressed or bored. He tailored our tour to our group. If a hike was too much for my mom, he offered to stay behind. He immediately figured out what was comfortable for everyone and always recommended alternates. We would not have begun to see the wildlife that we saw without him. We saw wolves, grizzly, buffalo, antelope and everything in between.
The suburban was clean, nice and roomy. All the water and portable snacks you could want. Lunches were great (again, 3 teenagers and no complaints).
I would 100% book this again and recommend anyone I know. Worth every penny! I would request Andrea again as well.
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Aug 31, 2024
Amazing Yellowstone Day - Fantastic trip to Yellowstone Park. James our guide was very engaging and well informed. We saw bears, bison, elk and the geothermal features are other worldly. Picnic lunch by the river was delicious and so peaceful. Thank you again for a great day.
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Aug 29, 2024
FIVE STARS - What a wonderful tour. FIVE STARS from everyone. James, our tour guide, was informative and knowledgeable. James picked us up on time. He took us to see so much of Yellowstone. We all enjoyed the hikes. Really liked seeing all the wildlife. James made sure we made it on time to see Old Faithful errupt. Lunch was a picnic near the Madison river, so relaxing. Such a memorable day!!! Thank you James😁
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Jun 17, 2024
The best wildlife safari in Yellowstone. - Most incredible wildlife safari of all time I saw everything I wanted to see including a closeup encounter with Raspberry the grizzly bear and her cub. Andrea was amazing he was fully prepared with toms of snacks and drinks plus an attachment from the scope to his camera so I got to take home impressive video footage of our wildlife encounters. Andrea is very knowledgeable about the park and the wildlife I learned a lot during the experience even about physiology of the animals I didn’t know about and I’m a veterinarian. Not only did we see wildlife Andrea also took me to see many of the top sites in the park and he tailors the experience to what you want to see so if you ask to see some part of the park it is a guarantee you will see it. Lunch was provided during my experience and Andrea took me to only the cleanest of bathrooms located within hotels in the park. Highly recommend this tour.
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Jun 10, 2024
BEST experience AND guide! - Booking this wildlife tour was the best decision we (my husband and I) made and we HIGHLY recommend it! Our guide, Kevin, was AMAZING. Hands down the coolest guide and dude. Super knowledgeable, courteous, fun, friendly, and an overall decent human. For reference, we were picked up from the Snow Lodge in a Chevy Suburban first thing in the morning (Kevin reached out a week prior to introduce himself and set up a time), headed into the park, and had the time of our lives (to include a provided lunch and snacks/drinks - thanks, Kevin, for the jerky!). We saw: coyote, grizzly bears (4), black bears (1 cinnamon and 1 black), wolves (8 in total, 4 adults and 4 pups), bald eagles, golden eagles (1 adult and 2 chicks), bighorn sheep (2), mountain goats (8), bison, pronghorn, cutthroat troat (surprisingly awesome), ground squirrels (my favorite 😀), and elk. What a day! Kevin followed up by sending us pictures he took of the wildlife we saw. My only recommendation: expectation management when it comes to seeing wildlife. While we had an amazing day and the animals were out, the park is a wild and wonderful place! Enjoy every moment and appreciate the beauty no matter what wildlife you may see. Sit back, relax, and enjoy Yellowstone. Kevin taught us so much about the park itself and the landscape, so there's more to it than the wildlife. Next time we are in the park, we'll be booking another tour and requesting Kevin. Thanks!!
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Jun 8, 2024
Private Yellowstone wildlife tour - We had a fantastic experience on our all day wildlife tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and persistent in making sure we saw as much wildlife as possible on our tour. He was clearly very experienced and was able to find animals very quickly.
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Jun 6, 2024
Incredible experience…definitely worth it! - The experience with James, our guide was incredible. We saw all kinds of animals! He went above to give us extra experiences and shared his knowledge on lesser known areas inside the park. We have created family memories and that is priceless. Thank you!
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Apr 10, 2024
Memorable Adventure - Andrea is truly a wealth of knowledge and somehow kept everyone engaged for the whole entire day! We have teenagers and an 8 year old which can be tough to keep everyone interested but he did so with ease. He is so passionate about his business; his excitement is contagious. We saw plenty of wildlife, navigated varying weather (snow-sun-sprinkles), took a beautiful hike, saw some of Yellowstone’s famous geographical highlights…this was a memorable trip for the whole family!
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Apr 3, 2024
Best Yellowstone experience! - I cannot say enough how much my family and I enjoyed having Andrea as our Yellowstone tour guide for our very first trip! He showed us so much that we would not have picked up on without a professional guide. He was professional and very personable. He answered all of our questions and we really enjoyed the day with him! It was worth every penny!
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Dec 28, 2023
Yellowstone Wolf Packs - Andrea was a great guide and we saw and photographed 2 wolf packs (the “shrimp” and “rescue” packs) as well as 15 mountain goats in a group, a herd of bighorn sheep, several lone coyotes, and of course many bison and elk.
We also did a very nice hike. Andrea is very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna and is very passionate about Yellowstone Park.
Without Andrea we would never have found the wolves, goats and sheep. You really need a guide with the proper equipment, connections and knowledge.
He is a very professional guide and a nice guy.
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