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Yellowstone Wildlife Tour: Explore Northern Loop
5.0
88 Ratings
Island Park
Embark on a thrilling Yellowstone Wildlife Tour and explore the Northern Loop to spot bears, wolves, coyotes, bison, elk, and more. Discover diverse habitats and enjoy breathtaking vistas.
Embark on a thrilling Yellowstone Wildlife Tour and explore the Northern Loop to spot bears, wolves, coyotes, bison, elk, and more. Discover diverse habitats and enjoy breathtaking vistas.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Lamar Valley - Travel across Lamar Valley, also known as the American Serengeti looking for bison, elk, pronghorn, wolves, and bears. You may spend more or less time in this area depending on where the most wildlife is during the day.
- Tower Fall - Take a short hike out to Tower Falls along the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. This is an optional…
- Lamar Valley - Travel across Lamar Valley, also known as the American Serengeti looking for bison, elk, pronghorn, wolves, and bears. You may spend more or less time in this area depending on where the most wildlife is during the day.
- Tower Fall - Take a short hike out to Tower Falls along the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. This is an optional experience as wildlife on this trip is a priority.
- Yellowstone National Park - As you travel to and from Lamar Valley you will have the opportunity to view wildlife and other scenic locations as time permits.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Carbonated beverages
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Spotting Scope
- Snacks
- Binoculars
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Private transportation
- Carbonated beverages
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Spotting Scope
- Snacks
- Binoculars
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Yellowstone National Park Pass
- Gratuities
- Yellowstone National Park Pass
Additional Information
Embark on a search for wildlife throughout Yellowstone, with a key focus on the Northern loop of Yellowstone. You’re likely to traverse regions like the Lamar or Haden Valley with potential sightings of bears, wolves, coyotes, bison, elk, and pronghorn. Your exploration also includes visiting river corridors, valleys, forests, and varied habitats in…
Embark on a search for wildlife throughout Yellowstone, with a key focus on the Northern loop of Yellowstone. You’re likely to traverse regions like the Lamar or Haden Valley with potential sightings of bears, wolves, coyotes, bison, elk, and pronghorn. Your exploration also includes visiting river corridors, valleys, forests, and varied habitats in search of other species such as bighorn sheep, mountain goats, river otters, among others. As you journey through these locales, you’ll be able to appreciate the stunning landscapes these animals inhabit. (This outing offers your greatest opportunity to see a bear or wolf, however, there are no sureties.)
Location
Island Park
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(88 Ratings)
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Revk33
Feb 4, 2025
Highly Recommend Grand Canyon Tour - Our guide Tiffany was amazing! Great knowledge of the park and made sure we had a great experience. Great way to enjoy Yellowstone without a ton of people.
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Daytrip02448952234
Oct 13, 2024
Worth the money - We had an awesome time with Brian. He was very knowledgeable and knew a lot about the park. He knew all the places where the animals have been spotted and took us there. We got to see 6 grizzlies all in the same place! It was such an amazing experience and we never would have gotten to see all the wild life on our own like we did with Brian.
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Donna_m
Sep 10, 2024
Wildlife Day in Yellowstone - We had a wonderful day of viewing wildlife in Yellowstone with our guide Brian. He was knowledgeable and flexible with our itinerary and he had a calm welcoming demeanor that made for an enjoyable day.
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Kimkenny130
Jul 7, 2024
Yellowstone wildlife - Had our family of 7 on a wildlife tour of Yellowstone with Tied to Nature. Our guide, Brian, was very knowledgeable about the park and its wildlife and has a calming and kind personality. He spent time teaching us about the different places we were passing through as we made it to our ultimate destination of Lamar Valley. We saw a ton of animals including elk, a grizzly bear, a black bear, a black wolf, plenty of bison, elk, sheep, osprey and a pair of bald eagles.
What makes a trip like this enjoyable is that you can enjoy the scenery and knowledge of a professional who knows the park and where to look for animals. He also has spotting scopes and a phone connector to use for longer distance viewing/recording. Make sure you get some videos and pictures like that. They are way better than you will get with your phone or even a decent SLR.
Final note. Brian suggested we follow him in to Madison Junction because we planned to go see more of the park after our tour ended. That saved us at least 45 min of driving back and forth to West Yellowstone and we were able to head down to see many of the thermal features in and around Old Faithful to wrap up our afternoon. Great trip - thanks Brian! Highly recommend.
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W5094dvjimf
Jun 20, 2024
Takes your experience to the next level!!! - Brian was so personable and we immediately felt like we were traveling with an old friend. He was very knowledgeable about the park and the history. Brian put us on all the animals we wanted to see. Many of these animals were well
camouflaged in their environment and without his expertise we would not have known they were there. If you are wondering if it is worth the money, it absolutely is. I witnessed some other people on wildlife tours that were not getting the experience were and felt bad for them. We really lucked out choosing Tied to Nature. Made our trip so special. Thanks Brian!
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Laurentt6452jl
May 22, 2024
Great tour! - Great tour! We saw a ton of wildlife, and our tour guide Brian was super knowledgeable, friendly, and fun to hang out with all day. We learned a lot that we were able to use for the rest of our week in Yellowstone viewing and photographing wildlife.
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521jessalynn
May 20, 2024
So much wildlife! - This tour was AMAZING! Jered was the best guide and showed us so many amazing things. We saw wolves, a grizzly bear, mountain goat, elk, owls, etc! The views were amazing and it was so nice to be picked up and have a provided lunch. Would highly recommend this tour and guide anyone else!!
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Kathryn_g
May 13, 2024
Must Do Yellowstone Tour - Absolutely a must do tour! Our guides Jared and Scott were so knowledgeable about Yellowstone history and where to find bears, wolves, big horn sheep…etc…pretty much saw everything. Wouldn’t have known where or what to look for otherwise. A must do to truly appreciate this amazing natural resource.
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G3370yflorrainew
Oct 6, 2023
If you are going to pay for a guide service choose Adam and Tied to Nature! - Adam was by far the best guide we have ever had. Very informative, knowledgeable and helpful! We were able to see wildlife and parts of the park we wouldn’t have thought of. We saw a pack of wolves, red fox, eagles and so much more! If you are going to pay for a guide in YNP, choose Adam and Tied to nature.
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Nancy_h
Oct 12, 2023
Disappointing but still good - Trying to give a fair and balanced review. The reason we booked this tour was to see wolves, bears, and moose. We saw none of those. We are from central Pa. We can see black bear, elk, coyote, and eagles here or close by. We wanted to see what we can’t see around home. In addition we had already seen vast herds of buffalo and prong horn on our own.
We knew there was no guarantee to see a bear, a moose or a wolf. But, we were pretty hopeful to see at least one of the three.
I think it would be better if when Viator took a reservation they asked what the customer wanted to see. Our guide told us during our tour that the chances of seeing a bear are much better in the spring and that there aren’t many moose in the park since the return of the wolves. Wish I had known that before I booked the tour.
Our guide was very nice. He really, really tried to spot wildlife for us. We definitely did see animals that we wouldn’t have seen otherwise—he spotted an eagle and a coyote. He really tried to find us a mountain goat. He tried to find a bear as well. He took us where they had been seen recently.
We would not have gone to the Lamar valley if we had not been with a guide. It was spectacular, and there were just so, so many buffalo. We also saw herds of antelope.
I don’t regret the tour. We enjoyed it. BUT had I known the unlikelihood of seeing either wolves, bear, or moose on this tour at this time, I wouldn’t have booked in the first place.
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