Private Yellowstone Tour: Iconic Sites, Wildlife, Family Hikes

Embark on a private Yellowstone tour led by a professional wildlife biologist. Explore iconic sites, spot wildlife, and discover hidden gems off the beaten path. Enjoy a scenic picnic lunch by Yellowstone Lake.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Yellowstone National Park - The Classic Yellowstone Tour features Yellowstone’s most popular stops and highlights including Old Faithful, The Grand Prismatic Hot Spring (by request only), rare wildlife in the Hayden Valley, Yellowstone Falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Lake, as well as several other off the beaten path waterfalls,…
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Binoculars
  • Carbonated beverages
  • High zoom spotting scope
  • Gourmet picnic lunch from a local deli at a scenic location along the banks of Yellowstone Lake
  • Free take home video of all wildlife seen on your tour!
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • National Park Entrance Fee
  • Gratuity
Additional Information

Every private tour we offer is delivered by a seasoned wildlife biologist. We’ll be journeying through the park in a sleek Chevy Suburban. Our mission is to help you sight as many distinctive wildlife species as possible while exploring the park’s most FAMED sites and uncovering lesser-known spots seldom frequented by visitors. During our expedition,…

Location
Bozeman, Mount
Cancellation Policy

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

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Andrewhm4110yl
Feb 11, 2025
Unforgettable Moments in Yellowstone! - This was a returning visit with Yellowstone Adventure Tours, and Andrea was incredible as always! Very knowledgeable, dedicated, and thoughtful, he always makes sure you are provided with the greatest opportunity to encounter and capture wildlife in their natural environment! Andrea always has a plan, and knows just where to put you to make your outing a success!
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D7980ncemilyp
Feb 2, 2025
Just book it!! You won't regret it!!! - Oh my goodness!! I cannot begin to describe just how amazing this tour was!!! I thoroughly researched lots of options before booking a private winter wildlife tour with Yellowstone Adventure Tours. They are truly the best and live up to their high reviews. I was blown away with just how amazing it was. Andrea, our guide, was fabulous. He was professional, considerate, friendly, so incredibly knowledgeable of Yellowstone and the wildlife we were seeing, and so easy to talk with and spend 9 hours with!! We saw wolves, elk, big horned sheep, mountain goats, coyote, fox, and bison to just name a few all while enjoying the beauty of Yellowstone. Booking our trip online was easy. We received great information to prepare us for our tour (grateful for all the layers they suggested considering it was -16 at one point in our day!) We were picked up right at our air bnb which was super convenient for us. Lunch was delicious. The tour was well planned out and we made memories that we will be forever grateful for!! We are already planning our next trip and Yellowstone Adventure Tours will be the first activity we book!!!!
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R2663ypdeanc
Jan 19, 2025
An amazing experience - What an amazing day with Yellowstone Adventure Tours. Our guide Andrea was knowledgeable, insightful and engaged throughout the day. I could not recommend Yellowstone Adventure Tours more highly. Thank you for a wonderful experience.
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Escape202016
Jan 4, 2025
Family fun wildlife experience. - Andrea was amazing got to see a host of wildlife. What a great day seeing everything from bear in a den to wolves bedded down. The vehicle was warm and comfortable and Andrea had more than enough equipment for all too see the wildlife.
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Setht259
Dec 23, 2024
Matt is the best! - What an awesome experience and Matt was the best tour guide tons of Bison, waterfowl and eagles! Old faithful in the winter is incredible. Highly recommend!
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Summer
Dec 17, 2024
Magical winter yellowstone day tour - Our mid-December one-day visit to northern yellowstone was incredible. We would highly recommend Andrea and would love to visit again in a different season just to see a different perspective. Andrea picked us up at our hotel in Bozeman at our agreed time of 6am. He has a new, well-equipped, upgraded and very comfortable black chevy suburban- the snow tires and heated back seats were a must for the snowy chilly day on which we visited. Andrea was very knowledgable about history and other details of the park and surrounding areas and inhabitants and gave us a great background en route to the park. We had such a great day, with elk and deer being our first sighting, followed by a pack of six wolves that we, along with some other locals who follow the wolves regularly, had the pleasure to watch using binoculars and high-res scopes provided by Andrea. He also shares the videos with you afterward so you have them to share with friends and family. The experience of chasing the wolves and watching Andrea and the other professionals communicate via their walkie talkies to help each other locate wildlife was so cool, and seeing the wolves alone would have been worth the trip. But we also saw many dozens of bison, including a nursing calf, which were just gorgeous. We then saw two golden eagles as well. Took an amazing hike through a very beautiful canyon, and the snow started coming down at that point, so it was a stunning winter wonderland hike we will never forget. We also saw many more elk, and then two coyotes that we stopped to view through the scopes for a while, followed by two more single coyotes. We also saw the mammoth hot springs, with a stop at the hotel, which had just opened that day. Very cool and a cute gift shop for souvenirs. Lastly we saw a large waterfall, which was only partially frozen and very beautiful, followed by a group of great horn sheep which were also very beautiful. The drive back was also stunning, as it was dark when we were initially driving to the park that morning. Seeing this area of yellowstone in the winter was very special! And Andrea was a fabulous host and guide and we learned so many interesting things. We absolutely loved the experience!
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Paradise26498519273
Nov 19, 2024
Great guide for a great tour! Made our trip super easy. - My husband and I went on the wildlife tour for our first day in Yellowstone and it was fantastic. Our guide, Alex, met us before the crack of dawn at our lodge in Gardiner with a thermos of hot coffee. First stop was a private ranch north of the park where we saw bison, herds of elk and pronghorn, and the most amazing bear watching ever. He is a conservation biologist and could tell us a lot about the animals, habits and habitats. He provided all the scopes and binoculars. From there, we went to Lamar Valley and saw, among many other animals, a large herd of buffalo on the move, had a picnic lunch, and took a couple of walks off the beaten path. We saw rivers, waterfalls and magnificent scenery throughout. He gave us pro tips (parking, etc.) for our own exploration the remaining two days of our stay, which saved us a lot of time and were spot on! We were able to cover the geyser basins, Old Faithful, grand canyon, Hardin Valley, Yellowstone Lake -- all we wanted effortlessly. Having a guide made our time in Yellowstone SO EASY. I would not hesitate to recommend this company (good communication and setup) and Alex in particular.
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Andrewfd6044rm
Oct 24, 2024
Made our visit memorable! - Andrea was an excellent guide. Knowledgeable, friendly, personable, and showed us so many cool sights we would not have found on our own. Highly recommend him and his company if you want to really get the most of Yellowstone.
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Stus452
Oct 23, 2024
Special Day - Derek was the best guide you could ask for . He help arrange for a special engagement for my son, including a great photographer ! I highly recommend this company and I will use them again!!!
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316janew
Oct 16, 2024
Well worth the investment! - We were so glad we used a tour guide. While the guide along app is great for the usual tourist stops and turnouts, we wanted to get “off the beaten path” so chose two days with Yellowstone Adventure tours. On the day we asked for the big tourist sites, our guide Jessi knew where to go when to avoid the big crowds, timed our arrival at Old Faithful so we waited very little time before an eruption and watched from a less crowded viewing area, and got us efficiently to all the big tourist spots. On our second day, she took us hiking on trails that were very unpopulated and that I would not have ventured onto by myself. She asked about our hiking ability and how many miles we wanted, and she found those hikes. These hikes were some of the highlights of our trip. Along the way on both days, she filled our car time between stops with interesting facts about the geology, the animals, etc. The lunch was generous and she found us nice spots to eat, including the deck of Old Faithful Inn before the eruption. I really could not have asked for more.
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