Yellowstone Nat'l Park Full Day Tour From Cody, WY





Description
Yellowstone National Park is one of America’s great treasures. This full day safari will show off the highlights of this incredible place; volcanic thermal features, giant waterfalls, diverse wildlife, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and Yellowstone Lake. Throughout the day we will drive scenic roads, walk historic boardwalks, enjoy the peace of natural landscapes and use our optics to view wildlife. Your guide is your driver, and their goal is to cover as many of Yellowstone’s famous features as they can in a day. The guides at Yellowstone Safari Co. will make every effort to showcase as many highlights as possible, and will structure the day around making your experience a memorable one. They will take current road conditions, weather, seasonality, and your personal interests into consideration as they move through the park. Highlights Old Faithful & Grand Prismatic Spring Lower and Upper Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Geysers, Hot Springs, Mudpots & Fumaroles
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Yellowstone National Park East Entrance Your exact route and itinerary will be determined by your interests, current wildlife sightings, and current weather and road conditions. Our guides are all highly experienced, with thousands of hours in the field, and will expertly tailor your safari to you and your group. Summer is construction season in Yellowstone National Park and sometimes this can impact our tours. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park and your guide will do their best to navigate road closures, traffic slowdowns, and construction wait times.
The Hayden Valley is located in central Yellowstone National Park and is home to an abundance of wildlife. The valley floor was once the lakebed of Yellowstone Lake, but is now home to streams, grassy plains and geothermal features. Our safari makes several stops here in search of wildlife. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
At a depth of more than 1000ft (305m), the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River is an impressive sight. Water, wind, earthquakes and hydrothermal features have all worked together to form this area. Two waterfalls are visible from multiple vantage points, Upper Falls and Lower Falls. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Grand Prismatic Spring is located in the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The third largest hot spring in the world is most well known for the rainbow effect that the microbial mats create, producing reds, oranges, yellows and greens around the edges of the spring. The blue center is the result of sterile water at great depth appearing blue to the eye. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Incorrectly named as the vantage point for Thomas Moran's famous waterfall sketches, the name Artist Point remains to this day. Located on the south rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, this point provides classic views of Lower Falls on the Yellowstone River. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
The first photographic depictions of the Lower Falls were made in 1871 during the Hayden Expedition, although Native American tribes have known about the falls for centuries. Cascading roughly 308ft (94m) over volcanic rock, the falls are an impressive sight from several vantage points. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Fountain Paint Pot, located in the Lower Geyser Basin, is a mud pot most recognized for the reds, yellows and browns that can be seen in the soil. The colors represent varying levels of iron oxidation in the mud. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Old Faithful is only one of the roughly 500 geysers in Yellowstone National Park, but it is the predictability of eruptions that earned this geyser its name. Our safari makes a stop here. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Shoshone Canyon is a gorge cut through Rattlesnake Mountain by the wearing action of the Shoshone River. The Shoshone River runs from the Buffalo Bill Dam through an awesome canyon bordered by Cedar and Rattlesnake Mountains through Cody, Wyoming, and ultimately draining into Yellowtail Reservoir (fed primarily by the Bighorn River). Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
The Yellowstone River originates in the Absaroka Range at the Continental Divide and flows north through Yellowstone National Park and Paradise Valley before heading east across the plains of Montana and eventually flowing into the Missouri River. It is a large-volume river, fed by several tributaries on its journey eastward. The river provides habitat for many species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and is known for its excellent trout population. Our safari makes a stop here in search of wildlife. Your guide will educate you on the historical or geological significance of the area. Our tours are customized for each departure. We may not stop here on every tour. Please communicate to your guide what you most wish to see in the park.
Sylvan Pass is a mountain pass located in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The pass provides access to the park from the east entrance.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- If your child requires a car seat, please be sure to bring it with you.
- Children 8 and older may participate.
Reviews(17)
It was spectacular! We saw quite a bit of wildlife. Due to wildlife plans can change i.e. Bison jams. Overall it is a must see. Emma was very informative and knowledgeable. We enjoyed spending our time in Yellowstone Lower Loop with her.
We can ask for much better than spectacular!! Thank you for the positive review of Yellowstone Safari & Emma.
It was a great trip.emma the guide was fun and very informative. I would recommend this trip to everyone. The best part was that I did not have to Drive.
So happy to hear that you were able to sit back and relax with Emma showed you Yellowstone's famous sites. Thank you for the review.
Emma was the absolute best! She was so knowledgeable! We were just amazed at how much wildlife we saw, it seems she knew just where to go!! Would definitely do it again.
What a wonderful review of your day with Emma! Thank you for this kind review and for choosing Yellowstone Safari Company.
Yellowstone is once in a lifetime experience and our tour guide Emma makes it more beautiful. She is a very nice person and extremely knowledgeable about the park and wildlife… must recommend the trip and thank you Emma.
Sounds like you had a wonderful day with Emma and Yellowstone Safari Company. Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review.
Emma was an amazing guide! Traveling from east gate highly recommended! Emma was so attentive and knowledgeable! We saw bald eagles, grizzly/black bear, elk, deer, big horn sheep and of course bison. Learned history of Yellowstone and Cody. Saw all forms of thermal activity, waterfalls, mountains, lakes and forests! Would definitely recommend tour with Emma!!!
Thank you for this review and your recommendation! We are thrilled to hear you saw so much wildlife and had such a nice day with Emma!
Awesome experience great guides and the snacks and lunch was plentiful. Saw plenty of wildlife and the geysers
So glad you had a great experience with your guides & Yellowstone Safari Company. Thank you for the kind review.
It was the best way to see Yellowstone, our guide Grant, wasn’t afraid to make a u turn to set up the scopes to view Grizzlies and A moose. We saw many other animals also, he didn’t rush us.
Thank you so much for your review of your time with Grant. We are glad to hear you enjoyed your day in the park!
It was a small group tour. Our guide was Adam and he was amazing. He was very knowledgeable and accommodating. We saw a lot of wildlife including grizzly bears, elk, bison and a wolf. We would have never seen these animals if we had driven the park on our own. Would definitely recommend this tour.
Thank you for this great review of your tour from Cody with Adam! We are so happy you saw so much great wildlife and enjoyed your day overall!
Yellowstone Park is a once in a lifetime experience. And Adam, our guide, made the entire day smooth and enjoyable. Not having to figure out our own itinerary, and not having to do any driving, allowed us to just relax and enjoy the day. The binoculars and scopes Adam had with him allowed us to view wildlife we would otherwise never have even noticed. We would highly recommend this type of guided tour of Yellowstone, and this particular tour company.
Thank you so much for this review. We are so happy you enjoyed your day in the Park with Adam. And thank you for your recommendation!
Grant was a super guide and very knowledgeable and polite. Wonderful tour. We paid for group & ended up getting private.
That’s so great! We are so happy you enjoyed your day out with Grant!



