Top Gardiner Walking Tours

I have visited the Park many, many times. This was my best visit by far. Highly recommend booking with this company. We had a spacious, comfortable van with tall windows. We left the driving to the guide, which, is HUGE in Yellowstone! No one has to miss out on half the sights because they are dealing with traffic/animals in the road. Our guide knew exactly where to go to see great animals and took us to hidden gems. Many were new to us despite having visited the park many times. He knew quick shortcuts and sneaky parking places, which maximized our experience in the Park. He was incredibly knowledgeable and could talk about anything: causes of white bark pine decline? geological processes behind the fumeroles and mud pots? The role of grasses in the Yellowstone ecosystem? Tim was your guy! He adapted the tour to our group (one of us just got out of the hospital, and one of us has trouble walking) so that we all could enjoy the tour. He took some amazing videos that he sent us later so, again, we could enjoy the sights while he did the work.

The tour was outstanding, our guide Mitchell was phenomenal. Mitchell picked us up at 5:30 AM with his Suburban LOADED with snacks, Coffee, Hot chocolate, soda's and our picnic lunches. We drove in from West Yellow in a heavy fog. Right off the bat We get near the Gibbon River and Mitchell spots two wolves crossing the road. We caught a couple of pictures. Mitchell had the wherewithall to turn the car around and drive back a few hundred yards and we saw and filmed two more wolves, one collard and he believes they were from the Wapiti pack. The day started out great. Next stop Washburn Hotsprings overlook for a great sunrise above the fog. We next drove across the Washburn mountain area and again Mitchell spots a grizzly, we got some great film of him/her. Next we headed to Lamar valley. Saw the osprey nest, got to stand 25-30 yards from a Bison group crossing the road. Watched Coyotes and bald eagles eating a few day old bison carcass. Mitchell has this sixth sense, we were almost ready to leave the area we were at in Lamar and he said lets wait a few more minutes to see if we can catch the Junction Butte Pack. His sixth sense was AMAZING. Not only did we see and film 12-14 of the Junction Butte Pack but we watched and filmed the wolf pack ambushing a small Bison herd surrounding them, no one got hurt and the wolves moved on. What an experience thanks to Mitchell. We had a great picnic lunch and then made our way back to West Yellowstone. The whole time Mitchell sharing incredible knowledge about the park the animals, the history. Just an amazing day.

We had a awesome day. We did have an advantage since Dallin was a park Ranger before being a tour guide. He had plenty of information. He knew more information to tell us to keep us safe from animals and checking weather. Very informative on the animal sighting and geyser timing.

Made our trip to Yellowstone even better with this audio guide. Appreciated the recommendations of when a site is ok to skip if pressed for time. Enjoyed the background information on the sites.

Mark is animated, thoughtful, and knowledgeable and we covered a lot of ground. We stopped at key spots and Mark was patient in finding animals far away or on ledges, which was amazing. We would not have spotted many of the things on our own. The history and animals facts about the park made this a memorable experience.

This was a First Class Tour, absolutely everything was thought of, and exactly as described in the Cool Destinations App. We had a very experienced and thoroughly knowledgeable guide, Rose, who was fascinating, and had a degree in environmental science, and was clearly passionate about her job. We did the lower loop tour, it was perfectly paced, starting with the hot/mud springs, over to Grand Prismatic, Wildlife viewing (we got really lucky with a Bison herd) the Geyser (Old Faithful) and a few other interesting sights (Yelowstone Lake) that she fit in along the way. On the score of 1 to 10 this Tour was an 11! We can’t wait to come back and do the upper loop or the Tetons!

Allen was very knowledgeable. It was a a nice clean vehicle. Took us to many places and we saw almost everything we wanted.

We had a great experience with the Shaka Guide self-guided tour! It provides the flexibility to enter the park from several different locations while also allowing the user to determine which stops works best for them. We have already recommended this app to friends and family, and will use it again!

Excellent experience. Ask for Kelsi as your guide. She was amazing!!!

Jay was a fabulous tour guide. He contacted us to set up a time that worked as well as food choices. He was very familiar with the park and got us to all the key spots. We were able to see old faithful and castle geysers erupt without spending any time sitting around waiting for it. He found a wonderful spot along a waterfall for a very private picnic lunch. Throughout the day, he kept asking us for feedback to make sure he was providing us the tour we were expecting- and he exceeded our expectations!!! He never rushed us through anything and went well beyond the anticipated time. If you want a great personalized adventure- this is the one to book!

We had the best time. Jenni and Kelsi are so knowledgeable and made it truly special. We highly recommend them and the experience.

Ask for Carrie, she was an exceptional guide! Fun, kind, and knowledgeable!

Ask for Carrie. She was exceptional. Fun, kind, and extremely knowledgeable!

Having a knowledgeable guide like Mark who knew where to look for animals and had binoculars and telescope to facilitate the viewing was fantastic. He also knew how to facilitate seeing all the terrific sites unique to the upper loop. Mark thoughtfully brought tasty snacks , breakfast muffin and fruit, lunch . We chuckled about his reputation as knowing where all the flushing toilets are located. We had a great time.

This was money well spent. It really helps to get the most out of your tour through Yellowstone. It taught us things we would have never learned on our own. Very well done.

This audio tour was awesome! It gives turn by turn directions in the park to all kinds of sites other than just the bigger, well known ones. Lots if info on the geologic formations, history of the park, wildlife, etc. I highly recommend