$5850 up to four people
$675 each additional person
Call and book direct with us to avoid any extra booking fees.
3 Days/2 Nights
10-12 hours each day
Starts at 7am (negotiable)
Free Hotel Pickup: We offer free door-to-door pickup and drop-off for all guests staying in the Town of Jackson or Teton Village.
Driving In? We have you covered. Once you book, we’ll coordinate the most convenient, stress-free meeting point for your route with a safe place to leave your vehicle for the day.
10 passengers. Call for larger private groups; We can accommodate.
No age limit for private tours.
Stay overnight in the gateway communities of West Yellowstone and Cooke City while your naturalist-trained guide focuses on wildlife first, sharing local history, geology, and real stories from the field. This adds context and perspective you simply would not get on your own.
April 20-October 15
These dates are always weather-dependent.
Lodging in West Yellowstone and Cooke City, MT.
We share our go-to lodging options based on years of experience guiding in the park; places that balance location, comfort, and timing. If you’d like, we can also coordinate the hotel bookings on your behalf and charge the card on file, keeping the process simple and seamless.
There are many pass options. Someone may qualify for a free national park pass.
No stress navigating crowds, routes, or parking lots. Even moving hotels between nights feels straightforward when everything is planned and guided for you.
Spend three days exploring the world’s first national park with a private guide, moving through Yellowstone with a sense of ease and confidence. Stand near steaming hot springs, watch bison move across the road, and notice the small moments that tend to get missed when you’re busy managing logistics.
Yellowstone is a bucket-list trip for many families, and with that comes pressure to get it right. Our role is to remove that pressure. By the end of the tour, you’re not wondering what you should have done differently. You’re simply glad you chose a way to experience the park that felt calm, well-paced, and handled.
Your guide builds each day around your interests, priorities, and pace. While every tour adjusts in real time based on wildlife activity, weather, and conditions, the overall flow of the trip is designed to cover the most iconic and rewarding parts of Yellowstone and the surrounding region without feeling rushed or rigid.
The classic highlights are covered, and your input matters.
Iconic sights like Old Faithful, Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone’s waterfalls, and classic mountain scenery are part of the tour, along with many guide-favorite stops that most visitors wouldn’t find on their own. If there are places you’re excited to see, we’re always happy to hear them and work them in if they are not already part of the plan. We are happy to share a more detailed outline of the sites and daily flow, so you know what’s ahead without locking the trip into a rigid script.
A typical three-day framework looks something like this:
Day 1 begins with an early departure from Jackson, taking advantage of the best morning light and wildlife movement in Grand Teton National Park. The morning focuses on mountain scenery and natural highlights selected by your guide based on conditions that day, before continuing north into Yellowstone. The afternoon introduces the park’s geothermal features, with time spent exploring major basins and iconic thermal areas, followed by an overnight stay in West Yellowstone.
Day 2 moves through Yellowstone’s central and northern regions, with a mix of geothermal features, waterfalls, and changing landscapes. Stops are chosen based on timing and wildlife movement, often finishing the day in the wide-open spaces of the Lamar Valley before overnighting in Cooke City.
Day 3 starts early with prime morning wildlife viewing, then works south through the park, taking in dramatic canyon scenery, waterfalls, Yellowstone Lake, and the eastern side of the park before returning to Jackson by a different route.
Throughout the tour, specific stops and pacing are guided by conditions, wildlife activity, and the moments that present themselves. Some of the most memorable parts of the trip aren’t planned in advance; they’re recognized and acted on in real time by your guide.
The result is an itinerary that feels intentional without being rigid. You know what you’re seeing, you have a voice in the process, and you move through the park with confidence, leaving room for the unexpected moments that often define a great Yellowstone experience.
Just Your Group. No One Else.
This is your tour. Your family. Your friends. Your pace.
You won’t share the van with strangers or adjust the day around someone else’s priorities. Want to linger at a wolf sighting? Skip the crowded overlook? Take an unplanned detour because the light hit the meadow just right? That’s your call.
The conversation flows differently when it’s just your people. The day moves at your rhythm, not a schedule designed for a group of twelve. That flexibility changes everything—from how relaxed you feel to what you actually remember when you get home.
Private means personal. From the first pickup to the last stop.
With our iPhone photo package, you’ll go home with the best photos of your vacation. Your guide will capture the whole family and share the photos, so you can have your Christmas card shot.
Thousands of dollars of optical equipment at your disposal allow you to bring the wildlife up close and personal no matter how far away it is.
This being a remote national park, the facilities are mainly outhouses. We know where all of the 5-star restrooms are in Yellowstone, so you don’t have to go in a dark and dank outhouse. Need a place to wash your hands? We’ve got you covered.
Three days allow a deeper experience in the park. You can take your time during the day. Most of our guests choose the 3-day option if they want to explore more areas off the road, including hikes, such as the Biscuit Basin Overlook or the Brink of the Lower Falls, two of our favorites.
If morning is not your strongest time of day, or if you like to check in to your hotel early in the afternoon for a siesta before dinner, then this tour would fit perfectly.
Your guide will choose hikes that are perfect for the group. We are experienced at modifying the hikes for your ability levels.
Our basket of options includes hikes on established trails with, at most, a moderate level of exertion.
We recommend taking the tour at the beginning or end of your vacation. This will save you money and time.
You can fly in, take a tour of the area, and get started on your own exploration. You will be oriented-we will give you loads of recommendations for sites, hiking, and activities.
