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Custom Wildlife, Natural History, Geology, & Educational Tours

Based in Gardiner, MT., our highly-experienced naturalist guides and top-of-the-line equipment produce the highest quality wildlife sightings and natural & cultural history excursions in Yellowstone.

 

 


Our Featured Winter Tours

Wolves & Winter Wonders 6-Day Package
  • New for winter 2024/2025
From $3050

Discover the extraordinary in our enhanced Winter Wolf Package! This new package includes an entire day exploring the Old Faithful and surrounding thermal areas via a private snowcoach. Immerse yourself in the ultimate all-inclusive adventure, where wolves, wildlife, and winter wonders converge.

12/29/24 – 1/3/25 – Space available

1/19/25 – 1/24/25 – FULL

1/26/25 – 1/31/25 – 3 spaces left

2/16/25 – 2/21/25 – FULL

Multi-Day Photography Workshop From $4500

We’re excited to be offering two immersive Yellowstone Photography Workshops for Winter 2025. Each workshop will focus on encouraging all levels of photographers to hone their visual storytelling skills through one-on-one instruction with a local professional photographer.

2025 Workshop Dates and Instructor

Workshop 1:   9-Days: 1/5/2025 – 1/13/2025 ~ Led by local photographer Evan Watts  FULL

Workshop 2:   7-Days: 2/9/2025 – 2/15/2025 – Led by local photographer Rob Harwood  ONLY 1 SPACE LEFT!

 

Welcome to Yellowstone Wild


Discover Yellowstone’s iconic wolves, bears, bison, moose, and vast wilderness with your own friendly and knowledgeable naturalist guide. Yellowstone Wild specializes in custom wildlife tours, geology, natural history, and hiking adventures in Yellowstone National Park. Our highly experienced local guides know exactly where to take you for mesmerizing views of our wildlife, sharing meaningful and memorable insights and stories along the way, and are passionate about the protection of our animals and our environment. It doesn’t matter what season you visit us — we’re sure to find your favorite wildlife and scenery! Discover the magic and beauty of Yellowstone on our personalized guided adventures!

Our trips are often focused on viewing and learning about Yellowstone’s dynamic wildlife, most notably Yellowstone wolves. Wolves are our passion, and they are what draw many of our guests to Yellowstone, the best place in the world to see wild wolves. On our tours, it is common to witness wolves galloping across Yellowstone’s vast landscapes, hunting their wild prey, or traveling to and from their dens to feed their playful puppies. During the unforgettably beautiful Yellowstone dawn, we often hear wolves howling across the breathtaking expanses of Yellowstone’s famed Northern Range. Come explore America’s greatest park with us!

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See What Other Adventurers Are Saying!

I could not recommend this highly enough

We took the Wildlife Watching and Day Hiking combo with Matt. We had an excellent tour and a wonderful day. Matt was an awesome guide who made sure we had the best time possible. He was extremely knowledgeable of the park and wildlife. He tailored a hike to fit just what we wanted. I could not recommended this highly enough.

– Jennifer Capstack, Google Reviews
Can't say enough good thinsgs...

We spent 2 days in Yellowstone National Park with this guide company and I can't say enough good things about how it enhanced our experience of the park. Laura was our guide and if you use Yellowstone Wild, ask for her! Laura's knowledge of the park, the history, wildlife, geologic and everything else was incredible. One of the advantages of YWT is that they have guides out all over the park looking for wildlife and the team radios each other with any sightings. We saw bison, elk, bear, mule dear and stopped at some of the most beautiful places I had ever seen in my life. You are standing there, part of the iconic scene of the mist coming off the river. Pro tip - you will never see all there is to see without a guide. Laura drove all those steep and winding roads like a champ and took us to everything that was on our list to see. We thought this was just going to be a wildlife excursion but we ended up seeing so many dramatic elements of the park that it was mind blowing! Book with Yellowstone Wild Tours and ask for Laura. She has good snacks too!!

– Maureen M., Google Reviews
Thank you!!

We had an outstanding morning with Rob. My brother said, in his 53 years, this experience was #1 and we've been to Churchill to see polar bears!! A great company with great guides that provide an excellent tour experience!! Thank you!! Susan and David

– Susan Sutherland, Google Reviews
Thank you for a WONDERFUL tour experience!!!

Our family booked the Wolf and Bear watching tour with Leysa yesterday. We were a bit nervous when our 17 year old, Kaylie, BROKE HER LEG the day before at the grand prismatic but still pushed through because we wanted to do this so badly! Leysa over delivered and made the tour special for all three of us!!! Kaylie had to stay in the car the entire time and Leysa made the tour so special for her. :-) We saw Grizzly, Black Bear, Grouse haha, wolves, an extremely special experience with wolves, deer, a close encounter with a fox while we were looking at mountain goats. Leysa was on point keeping an eye out for us while we were looking at the goats to make sure the fox didn’t get us. Of course, alllll the bison! She was extremely knowledgeable, professional, and an excellent guide! We would love to go again when we are back. We saved and saved for this vacation and feel this was money well spent as we shopped many tours and selected this one. Thank you for a WONDERFUL and memorable experience. :-)

– Stacey Marie, Google Reviews
Aleksa's passion and knowledge were our highlights of this trip

Our first tour was with Aleksa to the canyons and waterfalls. Despite the animal life being quiet in Summer, she managed to find two wolfs, moose, and a grizzly. We had ample time to observe them with her scopes, and she even sent us footage she recorded. She is so knowledgeable not just about the park but shared so much detail about the wildlife and her honest take on how the park is taken care of. Her passion and knowledge were our highlights of this first 7 hour trip - and the hot beverages and lunch were great too.

– Topher M., TripAdvisor
Laura was incredible!

We had a simply amazing and wonderful day with our guide Laura on our trip to Yellowstone to view nature and wildlife in January. Laura was incredible, with a wonderful, outgoing personality and a deep knowledge of the park, its geology and the wildlife. She continuously amazed us throughout the day with facts and discussions that connected all aspects of what we were seeing. The provisions (coffee, tea, snacks, and lunch) were all top-notch. We saw a multitude of animals including bison, elk, eagles, dippers, pronghorns, (and many others) as well as a lone wolf. The spotting equipment was excellent as well. Cannot recommend this tour highly enough! If you are thinking about booking, you absolutely should!

– Waverly Green, Google Review
Winter Wildlife Tour

Absolutely amazing experience. We got a last minute tour with Emil after our other tour got canceled. We saw wolves, moose, bison, elk, fox and many others. We saw a black bear hibernating in her den. Emil is very knowledgeable having studied and worked with wildlife for many years, especially wolves and mountain lions. We learned about wolf packs and their hunting behavior. On one day of the tour we came across a fresh wolf kill. There was an elk carcass with a radio collar attached. Emil retrieved the collar and returned to the research scientists. There were plenty of bathroom, coffee and hot chocolate breaks and breakfast and lunch provided. We would highly recommend this tour for anyone that would like a wildlife tour of Yellowstone Park. Also, we stayed at the Wonderland Lodge and Cafe. The rooms and food were excellent and staff were very helpful and friendly.

– Mike S., TripAdvisor
The Perfect Yellowstone Experience

A tour with Yellowstone Wild is the perfect way to spend a day in Yellowstone. My wife and I have been on three separate tours with Yellowstone Wild, and each has been more spectacular than the last. The guides are friendly, professional and extremely knowledgeable, and they will greatly enhance your experience in the park by sharing their expertise. These tours can also be tailored to your interests and your desired level of activity, so you can be sure that you will be completely satisfied by your time in the park. I give Yellowstone Wild my highest recommendation and strongly encourage anyone interested in exploring Yellowstone to book a tour with them. You will not be disappointed!

– Kyle S., TripAdvisor