
Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch
Traveler rating
5.0/5
Based on 996 traveler reviews. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
Quick answer
Is Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch worth booking?
Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch is a 7-hour experience in Yellowstone National Park, United States, from $2,200 per person. It scores 84 out of 100 on the Outty Ranking, which we label “Exceptional”, based on a 5/5 rating across 996 reviews. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start time. Same-day spots are currently showing.
- Outty Ranking
- 84 / 100
- Rating
- 5/5 (996)
- Duration
- 7 hours
- From
- $2,200 per person
All of our private tours are led by a professional wildlife biologist. We will tour the park in a modern chevy suburban. Our goal is to view the most wildlife possible on your tour while also visiting the most ICONIC destinations in there park as well visiting many hidden locations that are off the beaten path. During our day we will see Old Faithful, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Falls (308'), lots of wildlife, large waterfalls, seldom seen geysers, and two historic hotels. We will provide high end binoculars and spotting scopes for the entire group so we can view animals or geysers that are far off the road! This will be an educational experience for your family/ group yet fun and entraining at the same time. Your tour will experience the wonders of hidden Yellowstone that's awaiting around each corner of Yellowstone National Park. For lunch we will stop for an incredibly scenic picnic style lunch along the shore of Yellowstone Lake!
What you get
About this experience
All of our private tours are led by a professional wildlife biologist. We will tour the park in a modern chevy suburban. Our goal is to view the most wildlife possible on your tour while also visiting the most ICONIC destinations in there park as well visiting many hidden locations that are off the beaten path. During our day we will see Old Faithful, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Falls (308'), lots of wildlife, large waterfalls, seldom seen geysers, and two historic hotels. We will provide high end binoculars and spotting scopes for the entire group so we can view animals or geysers that are far off the road! This will be an educational experience for your family/ group yet fun and entraining at the same time. Your tour will experience the wonders of hidden Yellowstone that's awaiting around each corner of Yellowstone National Park. For lunch we will stop for an incredibly scenic picnic style lunch along the shore of Yellowstone Lake!
What's included
Included
- Vortex Binoculars for everyone in your group
- Bottled water
- Carbonated beverages
- 2 HIGH RESOLUTION SPOTTING SCOPES
- Booster seat
- Gourmet picnic lunch from a local deli at a scenic location along the banks of Yellowstone Lake
- Rain jackets and umbrellas
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Free take home HD video of all wildlife seen on your tour!
Not included
- National Park Entrance Fee
- Gratuity
What you'll see and do
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, hot springs, geysers, rivers, and wildlife encounters along the way. You will also have time to rest and take in the historic Old Faithful Inn built in 1903.
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Hayden Valley
One of the best wildlife viewing places in Yellowstone National Park. Therefore, one of the best places to see wildlife in the world! We will head to this area of the park first to maximize our odds at seeing black bears, wolves, bison, and grizzlies!!
25 minutes here
Lower Yellowstone River Falls
At 308" tall these falls are 308 feet (94 m) high, or nearly twice as high as Niagara Falls. The volume of water flowing over Lower Yellowstone Falls can vary from 680 cu ft/s (19 m3/s) in the autumn, to 8,400 cu ft/s (240 m3/s) at peak runoff in late springtime.
20 minutes here
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the most breathtaking sight inside Yellowstone National Park. Twenty miles long, the canyon is up to 4,000-feet wide and 1,200-feet deep in places. It's located on the eastern side of the park. From several vantage points, you can view Lower Falls plunging steeply into the canyon 308 feet, or the Upper Falls tumbling 109 feet.
30 minutes here · Admission not included
Yellowstone Lake
Depending on the day we might: hike, walk, view historic architecture, or possibly have a very scenic lunch right along Yellowstone Lake (largest lake in North America above 7000'' of elevation/ 126 miles of shoreline) at one of our secret secluded lunch spots!
30 minutes here
Yellowstone Geysers - Mud Volcano Area
Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!
20 minutes here
Old Faithful
Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!
20 minutes here
Upper Geyser Basin
We will access an area of the largest geyser basin in the park from an obscure entry point that few people know exist. In this area we will hike to multiple hot springs, geysers, and fumaroles that will get us into a place that's hidden in plain sight and few other tourist ever seem to find. This trail os often our clients favorite part of their tour. Over the years we have received tremendous feedback on this family friendly hike.
35 minutes here
Morning Glory Pool
Hike/ easy walking to view these incredible geothermal features that only exist inside Yellowstone!
20 minutes here
Grand Prismatic Spring
What Makes the Grand Prismatic so Grand? Grand Prismatic Spring, located in Midway Geyser Basin, has the distinction of being the park’s largest hot spring and third largest inn the world. It measures approximately 370 feet (112.8 m) in diameter and is over 121 feet (37 m) deep. A description of this spring by fur trapper Osborne Russell in 1839 also makes it the earliest described thermal feature in Yellowstone that is definitely identifiable
25 minutes here
Fountain Paint Pot
Along this short walk you will see very good examples of most types of thermal features found in Yellowstone. These features include some extremely colorful hot springs,, steaming fumaroles, erupting geysers and the best mudpots in the park. The area is highly active and at least one geyser is erupting here at all times.
25 minutes here
Firehole Lake Drive
Beautiful geysers and hot springs as well as the possibility of grazing bison!
20 minutes here
Firehole Canyon Drive
Beautiful 40 foot waterfall at confluence of ancient rhyolite lava flows.
10 minutes here
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We can pick up at almost any hotel or address in Bozeman or Belgrade
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We will plan to meet either at the visitor center or the Old Faithful Inn
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We will plan to meet somewhere convenient near the north entrance of Yellowstone national park in Gardiner, Montana
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We can pick up at any accommodations in West Yellowstone, Big Sky, Old Faithful area, Old Faithful Inn, Gardiner, or Bozeman. We can pick up your group at any time that you like but we recommend earlier the better.
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Pickup is available for selected locations.
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We can pick up at almost any hotel or address in Bozeman or Belgrade
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We will plan to meet either at the visitor center or the Old Faithful Inn
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We will plan to meet somewhere convenient near the north entrance of Yellowstone national park in Gardiner, Montana
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We can pick up at any accommodations in West Yellowstone, Big Sky, Old Faithful area, Old Faithful Inn, Gardiner, or Bozeman. We can pick up your group at any time that you like but we recommend earlier the better.
Before you book
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- Languages
- de, en, fr
- Ticket
- Mobile Only
- Runs on
- Every day
- Group size
- Up to 15 travelers per booking
- Operated by
- Yellowstone Adventure Tours
Know before you go
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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What travelers are saying
Outty’s summary of the themes that recur across 991 traveler reviews. Written by us, not quoted from reviewers.
Knowledge and storytelling
7 mentionsReviewers describe the commentary as informative rather than scripted.
The guide
6 mentionsTravelers single out the guide as the reason the experience works.
Photo opportunities
2 mentionsThe views and photo stops come up again and again.
Small groups
2 mentionsThe group size is repeatedly described as intimate rather than packed.
Traveler reviews
991 verified traveler reviews for Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
This is the tour you want....
We LOVED our tour with Josh. What a special person he is. We learned so much from him and he was so interesting and so interested. Whoever matched us knew what they were doing - I can't imagine any other way to tour Yellowstone. Most of the folks we met the rest of the trip missed out on so many of the things we saw (synchronized Bee Hive and Old Faithful) and places Josh took us. Some folks didn't even see a bear - we saw two! One of them full standing in front of a geyser!
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An amazing day spent touring Yellowstone.
We had an amazing experience on our Yellowstone Tour. My wife and I I were greeted by Clara, an enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. Her knowledge of the Yellowstone ecosystem and wildlife was truly impressive. She went out of her way to show us details of the park, its geologic makeup and the wildlife she spotted kept us engaged the whole trip. I highly recommend Clara and this tour.
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YELLOWSTONE THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME!
YELLOWSTONE THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME! If I could give Yellowstone Adventure Tours and Carrie 10 stars, I would. This was hands down one of the best private tours we have ever taken. Carrie was AMAZING. Her knowledge of Yellowstone is unbelievable, but what really separated her was her personality, storytelling and the personal touch she brought to the entire day. She didn't just drive us around and point things out, she brought Yellowstone to life. Every stop had a story, some history, something about wildlife or the park that we never would have known on our own. This is exactly why you take a private tour instead of getting on a big bus. Carrie took us to places the buses couldn't go and showed us incredible little off-the-beaten-path areas that most visitors would drive right past. She knew when to change course, where to stop, where the crowds would be and, most importantly, where the wildlife was showing up. Her connections and communication with other guides inside the park were incredible. It felt like she had an inside track on Yellowstone all day. We saw bison, a grizzly bear (rare for that time of year) and other wildlife that we very easily could have missed if we had tried to do Yellowstone ourselves. And somehow Carrie even managed to deliver Old Faithful perfectly. She timed everything so we arrived, got into position and had an incredible view. No wandering around, wondering where to go or wasting half the day figuring things out. She handled it. Carrie was also incredibly accommodating. Nothing ever felt rushed or scripted. If we wanted to stop, we stopped. If something interesting was happening, we changed plans. She paid attention and built the day around us. What impressed me just as much was that her help didn't end when the tour ended. Carrie gave us recommendations for other places to visit, things to see and ways to make the rest of our trip better. She genuinely cared that we had an amazing Yellowstone experience, not just an amazing tour. Yellowstone Adventure Tours absolutely nailed the private tour experience. If you're going to Yellowstone for the first time, do yourself a favor and book them. There is simply no comparison between trying to navigate this enormous park yourself and having someone with Carrie's knowledge, experience and personality showing you Yellowstone from the inside. And if you can, Carrie. She didn't just show us Yellowstone. She made us understand it, appreciate it and fall in love with it. One of the absolute highlights of our entire trip to the area and worth every penny.
via Tripadvisor
Great experience on lower loop tour with Josh
This was a great experience. We were a group of six and had a private tour for our group. Our guide (Josh) was awesome. He was very knowledgeable about the park and provided great commentary. I would highly recommend Josh. I thought the cost was a little on the higher side, but we did receive quality treatment.
via Tripadvisor
An Absolute Must!
We had the best tour specifically looming for wildlife in Yellowstone. Our guide, Hannah, was phenomenal! Her background and experience complemented this tour so well as she had such great knowledge to share. We could not be more thankful for our experience!
via Tripadvisor
Good to know
- Duration
- 7 hours
- Free cancellation
- Up to 24h before
- Minimum age to book
- All ages
- Availability
- Bookable today
- Runs on
- Every day
- Hotel pickup
- Available for selected locations
- Booked in 30 days
- 349
- Verdict
- Exceptional
Who runs this experience
Operated by Yellowstone Adventure Tours, who run 3 experiences we rank across 1 city, with an average Outty Ranking of 74.4.
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Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch: questions travelers ask
Practical detail on this experience, plus the wider planning questions for Yellowstone National Park.
How much does Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch cost?
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Prices start at $2,200 per person. The final price depends on the date, the time slot and the number of travelers, and peak weekends in Yellowstone National Park usually price higher than midweek mornings. Live pricing and remaining availability are confirmed on the booking screen before you pay.
How long does Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch take?
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Plan for about 7 hours from start to finish, not counting travel to the meeting point. Most travelers leave another 30 minutes on either side so the rest of the day in Yellowstone National Park is not rushed.
Is Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch worth it?
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It holds an Outty Ranking of 84 out of 100, which we label "Exceptional". That score blends traveler sentiment (5/5 across 996 reviews), the depth of that review evidence, recent booking momentum, value for money against comparable most popular in Yellowstone National Park, and how flexible the cancellation terms are.
Can I cancel or reschedule Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch?
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Yes. Cancel free up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Inside that window the booking is non-refundable, and no-shows are not refunded.
Is Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch suitable for kids and families?
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Yes, all ages are welcome. Families should still weigh the 7-hour running time, and strollers are easier on the earlier, quieter departures.
How far in advance should I book Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch?
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Around 349 people booked this in the last 30 days, so popular slots go early. Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable in shoulder season, while summer weekends and holidays in Yellowstone National Park can sell out a month out. Same-day spots do open up when other travelers cancel, so it is worth checking if you are already in town.
What should I bring or wear?
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Bring photo ID, your booking confirmation on your phone, a refillable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Dress for the weather in Yellowstone National Park and add a light layer if any part of the 7-hour experience runs outdoors or after sunset.
Where does Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch start and how do I get there?
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The exact meeting point and directions are on your voucher once you book, and they sit in central Yellowstone National Park within reach of public transport. Arrive 15 minutes early: late arrivals are treated as no-shows by most operators.
What are the best things to do in Yellowstone National Park?
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Yellowstone tours run geyser basins and Grand Prismatic, Lamar Valley wolf and bison watching at dawn, photography workshops and winter snowcoach trips. Distances inside the park are enormous, so itinerary honesty matters more than anything else. On Outty we rank every Yellowstone National Park experience on the same 0 to 100 scale, and alongside this one the highest scorers right now include Full-Day Guided Yellowstone Day Tour, Lower Loop Van Tour from West Yellowstone: Grand Prismatic and Old Faithful, Lake Yellowstone Half Day Kayak Tours Past Geothermal Features. The city page groups everything into most popular, highest reviewed, last minute and family-friendly so you can build a day around what actually delivers.
When is the best time to visit Yellowstone National Park?
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May to September, plus December to March for snowcoach tours. Booking patterns follow the same curve: prices and queues climb in peak weeks, while shoulder season gives you better availability on the top-ranked experiences and more room to change plans.
How many days do you need in Yellowstone National Park?
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Three full days covers the headline sights without sprinting. A workable rhythm is one anchor experience each morning, such as this one, an unhurried afternoon in a single neighborhood, then a food or nightlife booking in the evening. Five days lets you add a day trip outside the city.
Do I book through Outty or through the operator?
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Outty ranks and explains the experiences, then hands you to Viator to complete the booking with the operator directly. The price is the same as booking on Viator yourself, and Outty earns an affiliate commission on the referral, which is how the rankings stay free to read.
What is included in Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch?
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Included: Vortex Binoculars for everyone in your group; Bottled water; Carbonated beverages; 2 HIGH RESOLUTION SPOTTING SCOPES; and Booster seat. Not included: National Park Entrance Fee; and Gratuity. Always check the voucher for the final list before you travel.
Does Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch include hotel pickup?
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Yes, pickup is offered, or you can meet at the start point instead from 155 listed pickup locations in and around Yellowstone National Park. You can also enter a custom pickup address when booking.
What languages is Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch offered in?
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It is offered in German, English and French. Pick your language when choosing a date and time, as not every departure runs in every language.
Will I get instant confirmation and a mobile ticket for Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch?
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Confirmation is sent by the operator after booking, usually within 48 hours; if it is not confirmed you are not charged. Mobile tickets are accepted, so you can show the voucher on your phone.
Is Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch wheelchair or stroller accessible?
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The operator notes: Wheelchair accessible; Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller; Specialized infant seats are available; and Transportation options are wheelchair accessible. If accessibility is critical, contact the operator after booking to confirm arrangements for your date.
What happens to Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch if the weather is bad?
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This experience depends on good weather. If it is canceled because of poor weather, you are offered a different date or a full refund.
What do travelers say about Private Yellowstone Tour: ICONIC Sites, Wildlife, Family Friendly Hikes + lunch?
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Across 996 reviews averaging 5.0 out of 5, recurring themes include knowledge and storytelling, the guide, photo opportunities. Reviewers describe the commentary as informative rather than scripted.
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