Itinerary Details
Insight Vacations: Yellowstone Discovery
Day 1 - Welcome to Bozeman
Views of the magnificent Rocky Mountain welcome to you Bozeman. Get to know this charming town with an easy stroll along Main Street. Savor dinner accompanied by wine in the company of your fellow travelers.
Accommodations: AC by Marriott Downtown, Bozeman
Meals: Dinner with Wine
Day 2 - Enjoy Bozeman Relaxed Start
Let your curiosity be your guide as you explore Bozeman with Insight Choice. Opt to join a guided walking tour of Bozeman’s historic Main Street, once a gathering place for the local indigenous people and an important location in the 1860s gold rush. Enjoy the stories of the colorful characters who helped mold the look and shape of the town as you stroll past historic buildings representing different phases of Bozeman’s growth. Or, visit the Museum of the Rockies, a world-class cultural and natural history museum renowned for displaying an extensive collection of dinosaur fossils. Get up close to the fully mounted Montana Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton and explore exhibits including Welcome to Yellowstone Country, Enduring Peoples and the Paugh History Hall.
Accommodations: AC by Marriott Downtown, Bozeman
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3 - Hello Yellowstone!
Depart Bozeman in the morning and enter the vast wonderland of Yellowstone National Park. The world’s first National Park, Yellowstone spans over 2.2 million acres and is full of natural wonders, geothermal phenomena and diverse, free-roaming wildlife. Spend the afternoon sightseeing and wildlife spotting in Yellowstone with your Travel Director, looking out for wolves, bears, elk and moose. In the late afternoon, join local artist John Potter for an insightful MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, learning about the natural environment in a whole new way. Potter reveals the park's history, culture and wildlife through his deep artistic and spiritual connection to the land based on the traditions of his Anishinaabe (Ojibwe/Chippewa) ancestors.
Accommodations: Canyon Lodge, Yellowstone National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4 - Mammoth Hot Springs Sightseeing Relaxed Start
One of the major geyser basins in Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs terraces invites you to put boots to ground on a gentle hike. The 2.2-mile Mammoth Terraces Trail passes many of the most beautiful and historic hot spring terraces of the park and snakes up to a sweeping outlook. This afternoon, explore Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District at your leisure. Get up close and personal with Fort Yellowstone where 35 structures remain from the 1890's and early 1900's. View the Mail Carrier's Cabin, the only 1800s log structure still standing in Mammoth Hot Springs from the time when mail carriers delivered the mail from railroad distribution points to remote post offices. After this step back in time, your Travel Director reveals more of Yellowstone National Park.
Accommodations: Canyon Lodge, Yellowstone National Park
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5 - Yellowstone's Grand Canyon
Join Local Expert, Adam Brubaker of Tied to Nature for a private tour of Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Hayden Valley and Lake Yellowstone. Formed by erosion caused by the Yellowstone river, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone offers views of dramatic colors and shapes as puffs of steam rise from the canyon walls. Making your way along Hayden Valley, watch for herds of bison, elk and the occasional grizzly bear. Lastly, bask in the beauty of Yellowstone Lake, the largest high elevation lake in North America. After learning about the creation of the park’s waterfalls, canyon, wildlife, and human and geological history, enjoy sightseeing in the park with your Travel Director.
Accommodations: Grant Village, Yellowstone National Park.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner with Wine
Day 6 - Yellowstone's Famous Old Faithful
Set off this morning with a hike on the Midway Geyser Loop, strolling along the boardwalks as steam rises from the distant Grand Prismatic Spring - Yellowstone's largest hot spring - and past Turquoise Pool and Opal Pool. Your Travel Director leads the way to Old Faithful showcasing other highlights of the park along the way. After lunch, take your time exploring the many impressive thermal features around Old Faithful, one of Yellowstone’s most famous geysers. From rising steam to colorful pools and ponds, choose from a variety of hikes from less than a mile to 3.5 miles.
Accommodations: Grant Village, Yellowstone National Park.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 7 - Mountain Peaks and the Wild West
Conclude your journey in Grand Teton National Park to marvel at the stunning mountain peaks as your Travel Director reveals all the best vistas in this wildlife haven. Cap off your adventure with a lunch in the private Members Only lounge of the museum. In the late afternoon, bid farewell to the national parks to transfer to Jackson Hole Airport arriving at 2:00 PM. Please note this time when booking flights or extend your stay in Jackson.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch