Guided Yellowstone Wildlife Tour
Description
This tour focuses on Yellowstone's famous wildlife. The tour provides great sightseeing and photography opportunities. Wildlife viewing in Yellowstone is a very dynamic experience. Our guides will explore where the most wildlife is currently active. This may be Lamar Valley, Hayden Valley, or both. Please do note, this tour does not always visit both Lamar and Hayden Valley, but prioritizes where wildlife is most active.
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Hayden Valley is a great place to see wildlife in Yellowstone, including bison, elk, bears, eagles, otters, and more.
Lamar Valley, often called the Serengeti of North America, is the best place to see wildlife in Yellowstone. The valley is famous for its wolves, bison, elk, moose, and more.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(107)
Elijah was punctual, had a van stocked with everything we’d need for the day, and was extremely informative regarding all things Yellowstone. Highly recommend this tour!
Our guide Elisha was extremely knowledgeable and helpful.
Overall, we had a great experience and really enjoyed the tour. The guide (Diego) was knowledgeable, organized, and made the day enjoyable. The only disappointment was that the tour advertises visits to both Lamar Valley and Hayden Valley. In reality, you only visit one or the other depending on the day’s itinerary. While we understand that wildlife sightings and logistics can change, the advertising should be clearer and not imply that guests will see both valleys. Setting accurate expectations would make the experience even better
Thanks for the input Katherine. I’ve just updated the description of the tour to make it clear the tour can visit Lamar or Hayden individually, or both, but not necessarily always both. We focus on where activity has been greatest, which changes seasonally. Sometimes we don’t even spend the bulk of the day in either valley if activity is best somewhere else, so I hope the description makes that more clear now. -Elijah
This guided tour was the HIGHLIGHT of our family vacation. We saw two bears, wolves with wolf cubs, a bald eagle, mountain goats, elk and many more kinds of animals. We would not have been able to see this amount of animals without booking this tour. Our guide Elijah was AMAZING!!!!!! More than seeing a large amount of animals Elijah was FUN and very knowledgeable of all the animals and the park. At the end of all our annual vacations we all say what was our favorite activity ... This year all 6 people said this guided tour. BOOK THIS TOUR. Stop wasting your time looking. I am a mom who plans all of our vacations and this was one of the best all time tours we have been on as a family and my kids are adults.
Diego was great. He was very knowledgeable about the park, the past and present. Diego took us around the park where he knew animals would be or had potential of being. He never rushed us to the next spot. Diego was very considerate of what we wanted to see. The lunch was a welcomed bonus.
Excellent knowledge of the area. We had spent a day self driving and only saw a fraction of the animals we saw on the guided tour.
Very nice tour. Saw many animals and the guide was personable and knowledgeable.
Yellowstone Recreation Company’s Elijah was absolutely terrific: a highly engaging, educational and fun tour. We saw male & female big horned sheep, mountain goats, bison, elk, a coyote, multiple black bears, a grizzly and both a peregrine falcon nest with chicks & parents plus a mama osprey feeding her newborn chick. Elijah had quality scopes and binoculars for all and was full of really interesting information about Yellowstone, each animal and the geology of the region. He did a terrific job of appealing to elementary-age kids as well as seasoned wildlife-viewing adults. Delicious lunch too. Perfect. Best tour we have been on.
Elijah was a wonderful guide - very knowledgeable and patient. He even went back to find my lost hat that I left on his van.
So much fun! We saw many animals. The guide Elijah from American Recreation Company was great! Even sent us pictures he had taken that day!
