Private, Custom Yellowstone Wildlife Tours & Photo Safaris
Make the most of your visit to Yellowstone!
Let us work with you to craft your perfect Yellowstone nature adventure, led by an award winning professional nature photographer with over 30 years of experience in the Park!
Whether your interests are wildlife, landscape, or general nature photography, we can help you make better pictures, even if your camera lives in your phone.
We know Yellowstone and it's wildlife intimately, & will put you in the best locations for you to capture the photographs you've been dreaming of making.
Our clients range from professional photographers looking for a guide who understands their needs, through beginners just learning the craft, to nature lovers posting to social media for the folks back home.
Our goals are for you have a safe, fun, magical experience, and to leave with great memories AND great photographs!
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Private, Custom Photo Tours of Yellowstone National Park!
Pickup included
What's included in Private, Custom Yellowstone Wildlife Tours & Photo Safaris
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Roosevelt ArchPass-by Only
The Roosevelt Arch is a rusticated triumphal arch at the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, United States. Constructed under the supervision of the US Army at Fort Yellowstone, its cornerstone was laid down by President Theodore Roosevelt (who just happened to be vacationing in the area. Before this it wasn't planned that he be there.)in 1903. The top of the arch is inscribed with a quote from the Organic Act of 1872, the legislation which created Yellowstone, which reads: "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People". The arch is constructed of hexagonal blocks of columnar basalt, quarried locally. The arch is 52 feet high. Two towers or buttresses flank the main archway, pierced by pedestrian passages with heavy wood doors. Yellowstone was the first national park in the world, and local citizens felt that it lacked the grand entrance that such an august place demanded
Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces
As one early visitor described the Mammoth Hot Springs, "No human architect ever designed such intricate fountains as these. The water trickles over the edges from one to another, blending them together with the effect of a frozen waterfall." The hot springs were an early commercialized attraction for those seeking relief from ailments in the mineral waters. Today, to preserve these unique and fragile features, soaking in the hot springs is prohibitted. Mammoth Hot Springs are a surface expression of the deep magmatic forces at work in Yellowstone. Although these springs lie outside the Yellowstone Caldera boundary, scientists surmise that the heat from the hot springs comes from the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone hydrothermal areas. A large fault system runs between Norris Geyser Basin and Mammoth, which may allow thermal water to flow between the two. Also, multiple basalt eruptions have occurred in this area. Thus, basalt may be a heat source for the Mammoth area.
Fort Yellowstone Historic DistrictPass-by Only
The Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District has statewide significance as the administrative and concession headquarters of the largest national park in Wyoming. Park managers here developed significant conservation policies that greatly influenced the nascent National Park Service. It is also significant for its architecture, which includes Colonial Revival, Rustic, Prairie, Art Moderne, French Renaissance, and English Tudor styles. The district contains 189 buildings, 2 sites (Mammoth Hot Springs Campground and Fort Yellowstone Parade Ground), and 1 object (flagpole). Of these, 35 buildings also contribute to the significance of the overlapping Fort Yellowstone National Landmark, as does one structure (Fort Yellowstone Powerhouse) and one site (Fort Yellowstone Parade Ground). These remain from the 1890s and early 1900s when the US Army administered the park. They reflect the layout and architecture of a typical western army fort of the nineteenth century.
Inclusions
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Snacks
- National Park Entry Pass.
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- All participants must be at least 16 years of age without exception
- We will be driving long distances between locations, travel time will vary depending on traffic, conditions, weather.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Please be ready to go to the pickup point 10 minutes before pickup time.
Meeting / End Points
- The parking lot of the Mammoth General Store. We will confirm the meeting location the day before your tour, be sure to include a valid mobile phone number.
