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A variety of different Yellowstone
tours is offered, ranging in length from
two to
five day
tours. The popular Yellowstone tour is our
three day trip. This is the most time efficient and cost effective
Yellowstone tour you will find.
Activities offered on our
Yellowstone tours include river rafting, horseback riding, cycling, fly fishing
and animal spotting. Complete details on all these Yellowstone tours can
be seen here.
Please mail us,
or call 1 800 724 7767 or (USA) 435 658 2227 for additional information .
The Yellowstone tour below is
not being offered. The Yellowstone tour that is most similar can
be seen here.
Tour details can be found
here, dates can be found
here, and the cost can be
located here.
This tour can be ordered online
here.
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Pre tour |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
This tour starts at about 1
p.m., to give guests the opportunity to fly in from around the country on
the day that the tour starts. Please note, though, that we will
probably not be able to wait for you if your plane is late, so allow
enough time for flight delays!
If you fly in the day before,
consider staying in our home town of Park City. Park City is a
beautiful little ski resort town, high up in the Wasatch Mountains, about
45 minutes from Salt Lake City. We can use our contacts to get you a much better deal at a Park
City hotel than you would get in Salt Lake. In addition, our shuttle division,
Park City
Shuttle, will provide you a half price shuttle from the Salt Lake airport.
If you stay in Park City,
after your arrival you can spend the rest of your day exploring historic Main Street, Old Town or the Olympic Park. Tomorrow you'll get picked up at your
Park City hotel, on the way to Salt Lake.
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One |
Park City or Salt Lake to
West Yellowstone
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Route Map
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321 miles
514 kilometres
5 1/2 hours |
We'll pick you up at your
Park City hotel, downtown Salt Lake hotel or at the Salt Lake airport
(only if you are flying in that same day), and
head out for West Yellowstone. The Park City pick up is at about
12.15 p.m., and the other two pick ups at about 1 p.m.
Our route takes us through
northern Utah, into Idaho, before entering Montana. The drive is a
picturesque one, and we'll stop occasionally to take pictures and to
stretch our legs. A sack lunch is provided. |
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One |
West Yellowstone to
Yellowstone |
24 miles
39 kilometres
1 to 2 hours |
In the summer months, and if
we arrive early enough in the spring and fall, we'll take advantage of the
last bit of sunshine and enter the park for a short while. We'll
make for the Lower Geyser Basin, and check out Fountain Paint Pots,
amongst other areas of interest. Along the way, with any luck, we
may see elk, bison, deer and Trumpeter Swans.
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One |
West Yellowstone |
Not applicable |
You're on your own for
dinner. That night is spent at either the Brandin' Iron Inn or Stage
Coach Motel. |
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Two |
Yellowstone
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Yellowstone Map
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All day |
This will be a full and fun
day! There is a lot to see and do. We'll head out of West Yellowstone towards Madison Junction,
where the Madison, Gibbon and Firehole Rivers meet. Turning
left (north) we'll make for Norris Geyser Basin.
Although it is not as well
known as some of Yellowstone's other hot spots, it has some fascinating
thermal sights. Norris is the hottest and most changeable geyser
basin in Yellowstone, and it is home to Steamboat Geyser, the
world's tallest active geyser, which can erupt to more than 300 feet high.
The two main areas at Norris are Back Basin and Porcelain Basin.
We'll stroll around and take pictures.
The next stop is Mammoth
Hot Springs, headquarters of the park, and home to a fascinating array of
weird rock shapes, bright colors and sizzling hot springs. Elk are
generally plentiful in this area, wandering around the old park buildings,
and, if you're lucky, you might even see a whole herd. A sack
lunch is provided today.
Everyone wants to see a
bear in the wild at Yellowstone, and the trip from Mammoth to Tower Falls
is one of the best places to do so. Tower Falls is an impressive
water fall.
Unfortunately, the road
from Tower Falls to Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is likely to be closed
for construction for most of the 2005 season, as it was in 2004, so for
most of the summer, we will have to turn around a little past Tower, and
retrace our steps back to West Yellowstone.
This doesn't work out too
badly for us, though. Assuming that you have enough energy left,
we'll go through Mammoth again, but this time we'll head north towards
Gardiner, the north entrance to Yellowstone. On the way there we'll
pass the 45th Parallel, and stop for a quick picture at the point that is
exactly half way between the equator and the North Pole. What better
way is there to finish the day's activities than with a swim in the
Boiling River?
Only a fraction of the
many people who visit Yellowstone know that there is one place in the park
to sit in the hot waters, and we'll take you there. About half a
mile from the road is a point where the remnants of one of the springs at
Mammoth flow into the Gibbon River. Visitors are permitted to sit
and relax in the pools that have been created along the river.
Please be aware that there are times when the Parks Service closes the
Boiling River to the public, and this is not something that we can
control.
On the way back - or
earlier if you choose - we'll stop at a scenic spot and have a western
style cookout. You'll help your guide set up a barbeque - weather,
time and grill space permitting - and enjoy a delicious meal of steak,
chicken, potato, corn, salad and all the fixin's!
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Two |
West
Yellowstone |
Not applicable |
Spend the night.
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Three |
Yellowstone
National Park
West Yellowstone to
rafting on Gallatin or Madison Rivers |
All day |
It's another full day, as we
return to Yellowstone, this time heading south from Madison Junction down
to the Lower Geyser Basin, the Midway Geyser Basin, and the Upper Geyser
Basin. There are numerous sights to see and small hikes to take, and
we'll try to get to as many of them as possible.
Depending on whether or not
we got there on the first evening of the trip, we may or may not stop
first at
Fountain Paint Pot, where you can wander along the boardwalks, through the
geysers, hot springs and fumaroles. Bison are often present in this
area.
The next major area we'll
visit is the Upper Geyser Basin, home to Old Faithful. There is a
lot to see and do here, and you can take a very interesting hike around
the various geysers in the basin. You'll have the opportunity to
watch Old Faithful erupting - more than once, if you choose.
Amongst the geysers that are worth seeing is Grand Geyser, the tallest
predictable geyser in the world. Old Faithful Inn, a magnificent old
structure, is located in the area, and you can relax there with a cup of
coffee, or even have a meal while the others are taking in the action
outside.
Time permitting, other
locations we may take in include Midway Geyser Basin, Biscuit Basin and
Black Sand Basin. From Old Faithful we'll head for West Thumb, on
the shores of Yellowstone Lake. We'll cross the Continental Divide
twice on the way to West Thumb, where there are a number of hot springs
and geysers. Elk are often also present.
Our trip continues up past
Fishing Bridge and the Hayden Valley, where wolves may occasionally be
seen. A sack lunch is provided today.
The last major stop of the
day is Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, where the Yellowstone River
cascades over a powerful waterfall, and through a deep canyon.
It's time to return to
West Yellowstone and we'll take a shortcut across the middle of the figure
of eight that makes up the Yellowstone road system.
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Three |
West
Yellowstone |
Not applicable |
Spend the night. |
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Four |
West
Yellowstone to Jackson, Wyoming, via Yellowstone and Grand Teton National
Park
Route Map
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125 miles
200 kilometres
4 hours |
It's a relatively early start
today as we retrace our steps past Old Faithful and West Thumb, before
heading south along the Rockefeller Parkway and taking a leisurely drive
through Grand Teton National Park to Jackson.
Jackson is a small western
town a few miles outside Grand Teton National Park, and we'll stop there
for a little while. You'll have a chance to stroll around the town
and grab yourself a quick bite to eat.
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Four |
Jackson to
Salt Lake City
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302 miles
484 kilometres
5 1/2 hours |
That's it - time to go back
to Utah! We can either drop you off at the airport or a Salt Lake
hotel, or you can return back to Park City with us, ready to start one of
our
Salt Lake City/Grand Canyon/Arches/Monument Valley/Bryce
Canyon/Zion/Lake Powell/Antelope Canyon tours. You'll get back to Salt Lake at about
4.30
p.m.
That's the end of your
Yellowstone tour - thanks for joining us! |
Please note the following:
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Entry fees to both Yellowstone and Grand Teton
National Parks are included.
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Three nights accommodation is included. The
lodging is in the moderate category - clean and comfortable, but not fancy.
Luxury accommodations are available at a surcharge, and economy accommodations
are available at a discount. Prices vary depending on the month.
Please
mail
us, or call 1 800 724 7767 or (USA) 435 658 2227 for additional information.
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Prices are based on double occupancy. A
single surcharge of $135 is applicable, or we can try and match singles.
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Depending on the number of guests, the type of
vehicle to be used is likely to be a mini bus, a large SUV, a coach or a van.
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The price includes the services of a guide/driver and transportation.
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Meals are excluded unless specifically mentioned
above. The meals that are included are three sack lunches and a barbeque
or picnic on the second day.
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The tour itinerary may change at our discretion
without notice. Factors that may cause a change include, but are not
limited to, the weather, vendors and road conditions.
The
cost of this tour is $550 per person. There is also a minimum 5%
($27.50) per person gratuity for your guide, although you are welcome to give
more. A $10 per person fuel surcharge is currently in effect, and is
likely to remain through the summer of 2005. Details on paying for this
tour can be found here. This tour can be
ordered online here.
Please
mail
us, or call 1 800 724 7767 or (USA) 435 658 2227 for additional information, or
to make a reservation. Online booking will be available soon.
Please click on the
month in which you want to travel,
and you will see when each of our tours is available.
2005 Season
Payment Details
There are two ways to book this
tour. The first way is to order online.
The second method is for us to email you a contract which will need to be faxed back to us. The
contract will ask for your credit card details. While we would rather you
not make a booking until you are sure you want to go, you are welcome to cancel
the booking any time up until 31 days prior to the start of the tour, and you
will get a full refund. After that time, we will not accept a cancellation
and you will have to pay for the tour in full. Trip insurance is
available. Half the cost of the tour will be charged to your card any time
from 31 days prior to the start of the tour, and the balance will be charged any
time from 7 days prior to the start of the tour.
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CONTACT
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mail@toursofyellowstone.com
Toll free
in the USA and Canada: 1 800 724 7767
Worldwide: (USA) 435 658 2227
Fax toll
free in the USA and Canada: 1 888 574 8885
Fax worldwide: (USA) 435 647 3055
PO Box
3441
Park City, UT 84060-3441
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