Heidi is an amazing person besides being very knowledgeable with years of experience as an…read moreoutfitter. She truly cares about the horses and has spent tons of time in Yellowstone. If you visit Chico and take a ride, listen and learn. Ask for Heidi for a true western experience.

Extremely sad. These people should not be allowed to own horses. This is animal abuse. Horses…read moreforced to lay in their own waste and drink disgusting water. not a single area of ground that isn't half a foot high in horse poop. The horses were sinking into it and slipping in it. I've never seen anything this horrendous at a stable in my entire life and I've been to many. This place is disgusting and these people should not be allowed to own animals.

Stunning weekend in the Grand Teton State Park. We missed the Gennie Lake Lodge boat across the…read morelake and elected to pivot to String Lake hike for a different and new adventure in GTNP. The water is so clear. An incredible day with a high 70's and a mild cool breeze, made it a perfect day. You could see pockets of snow in the mountain valleys and an incredibly clear day. The leaves are turning and the yellows and reds are exploding. We spotted deer, bald eagles, hawks and martins. It was a spectacular weekend in Grand Teton National Park and the fall colors only added to the beauty. If you have a chance, get to the Grand Tetons for a glance at Roosevelt's dream of the beauty of the USA.

We absolutely loved our time here! We spent three days exploring the national park. We probably…read moreonly needed two because some areas closed for the season on September 30th. Jenny Lake boating, Colter Bay Village visitor's center, and Jackson Lake Lodge were all closed. The latter two even had all the restrooms boarded up! Bummer, especially since the weather was still super nice, sunny and 75°. Some of our favorite stops were Mormon Row, Cunningham Cabin Historic Site, Signal Mountain Summit, and Jenny Lake. The 42-mile Scenic Loop is a must and covers most of the park. There are many turnout and overlooks along the way with gorgeous views. My favorite visitor's center was the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center. It had everything...a museum with exhibits, gift shop, large restrooms, ranger information desk, and a big lobby area for sitting and enjoying the mountain range view through large windows. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our time at this national park. We would highly recommend!

Outwest Global Adventures (OWGA) specializes in both, programmed tours as well as custom group…read moretrips for the LGBT community. Since its humble beginnings in 1995, OWGA has grown into a worldwide LGBT adventure outfitter catering to active travelers. I have taken six memorable trips with them and I'm about to embark with them once again for my eighth trip on my Civil Service retirement celebration trip with my partner, returning to my favorite ski destination of all, Zermatt, Switzerland. OWGA's owners and organizers, Aaron and David, are extremely devoted to ensure unmatched customer service, and at the same time that the traveler embarks on an organized tour, the trips offer a high degree of personal attention and personalization. The trips are usually made up of 12-20 people with some exceptions such as one trip to Aspen Gay Ski Week that had a huge gathering. Trips are organized year-round, covering literally every continent. The LGBT nature of the trips is absolutely open, and every place and locale is screened for its suitability. I've done two Aspen Ski Weeks, a trip to Zermatt and a trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland, a trip to Katschberg, Austria, and one to Red Lodge and Big Sky, MT. Although most of my trips have been Winter trips, they have a plethora of year-round trips to wonderfully exotic destinations, from bicycling Tuscany, to hiking in Spain, to Cambodia and Vietnam. Outstanding customer service and value.

A great stop when entering Grand Teton NP! Clean restrooms, museum exhibits, gift shop and…read moreinformation desk. Love the large windows in the lobby area; shows a great view of the Tetons! Parking lot is pretty large here. Staff is friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend.

I don't often review visitor centers, but I felt compelled to after visiting this one. I do believe…read morethis is the best visitor centers I have experienced after visiting ones from dozens of national parks. It was clean, informative, and had a plethora of information. Truly was hugely impressed by it, would absolutely recommend visiting!

There are many choices of tour guides with various companies. We chose Casanova Guided Tours…read morebecause they are a company that specializes in personalized tours and totally delivered on that promise. We were so happy one of the other tour companies were unable to accommodate our request to pick us up at our hotel, which was the oldest hotel in Yellowstone, the Lake Yellowstone Hotel. We requested a tour for just my husband and myself for a two day tour focusing on both the Wildlife and Geothermal sites. Our tour guides were Jack, for the wildlife, and Issac, for the geothermal or upper and lower loops. Both guides were extremely prompt with an extremely clean car and all the equipment necessary to view and photograph each site. The information both these young men provided was delivered in a very detailed and genuinely enthusiastic presentation. Their love and passion for the wildlife and the geothermal landscape was contagious! They were able to help us understand the science as well as the background of all that Yellowstone National Park has to offer. Anything we might not have caught on our equipment they were able to utilized their specialized cameras and equipment to not only spot the wildlife but to send us the memories captured. Both guides have inside knowledge of where the wildlife might be at any given time of the day or where to best park to avoid crowds and reduce waiting in long lines or walking more than necessary to enable us to see more in our allotted time frame. Truly a fabulously beautiful area of the United States with a wealth of educational information provided by our tour guides. We would not hesitate to book Casanova Guided Tours and request both Jack and Isaac again and again.

We are SO happy we booked with Casanova guided tours! What an excellent experience in Yellowstone!…read moreWe will truly never visit Yellowstone without our friends from Casanova guided tours. Our guide, Jack was incredibly knowledgeable and so friendly! He was determined to get us our bucket list animals for our trip to Yellowstone and we were SUCCESSFUL! We got to see huge bull elk bugling early in the morning, the wapiti wolf pack stalking a heard of bison, and we managed to get our final animal which was a grizzly bear due to the patience and experience that Jack had in his years of experience with these animals! Our group of four were so thankful and impressed with this company! 20/10 experience for us! Thank you to Casanova tours and to Jack our amazing Yellowstone guide! You truly made it an excellent experience!

Great place to relax....It had that comfy Homey feeling when you walk in... A wonderful living area…read morewith fireplace on each floor...(3 of them) Rooms are big... bathroom has a pebble shower.... Really nice folks at the front desk...very helpful & knowledgeable about the town of Cody....it's cowboy shootout, dinner show & rodeo.... plus they knew everything about Yellowstone's opening, which gates to use and the distance to each one, etc.... Very helpful!!!

Not a very eco-friendly business, wanting to keeps things up and running while residents in Cody…read moreare without water due to a water main break. I guess your $300+ a night takes precedence over the people you expect to support your business. Wouldn't it have been better to be without water at your hotel in the evening and at night for however long it takes and have it fixed by morning than during the day when people need it most? Thousands of gallons of water wasted. Good thing there's not a drought going on.

Five plus stars. The atmosphere was amazing, the ride to dinner was not only beautiful but…read moreentertaining. The customer service was amazing! Everyone was helpful and kind. The cook was thanked for the amazing food and he thanked us back. Said without us he wouldn't have a job. Very gracious!!! The steak was perfect. The BEANS out of this world!! Next level delicious!! The corn was the only mishap for me, but to each their own! Highly recommended!

"This is the best food in all of Yellowstone!"* That's what our host for the evening started off…read morewith. Hmmmm....talk about setting high expectations. Let's start with the positive: They're generous here. They have a good assortment of non alcoholic beverages and you can help yourself to seconds with the food after everyone's had firsts. The wagon ride was pretty cool, our driver and host were entertaining, and we were allowed to visit with the horses for a bit too. So what's my beef? THE BEEF! The steak was very inconsistent and mine was awful...twice! I asked for medium and it was well done....twice. Dry and tough and half of it was straight up fat. My friend, on her second round, got a steak that was so marbled it looked like A5 wagyu! She was so full by then she couldn't finish. Her son wouldn't let it go to waste and took one for the team and gobbled it up. I looked on enviously the entire time. Most of sides and dessert were meh. The one exception was the Roosevelt beans that were the BOMB! I don't even like beans, but these were fantastic. Many in our party also commented favorably on them. Nice they gave us the recipe! At almost $75/pp for adult, this is a pricy! If you do this, go for the experience and not the food! Food: 1.5/5 Excursion: 3/5 _____________ * OK, so that might not be a lie. It might be the best food in Yellowstone, but that's only because the other food options suck too! We sampled many throughout the park on our first trip years ago and brought most of our food in this time because we knew we weren't missing out on anything.

We had an incredible day with Yellowstone Excursions, and I can't recommend them enough! My family…read morewas visiting me from Texas (my sister and her two boys) and California (my mom, daughter, and niece), and we rented a home in Big Sky for our trip. We booked the Yellowstone Lower Loop tour, and it was the perfect way to experience the park together. Our guide, Ben, was absolutely amazing! He arrived right on time at 7am with a spacious, super comfortable van fully stocked with everything we could possibly need for a great tour; including binoculars, drinks, and snacks. Ben was friendly, engaging, and incredibly knowledgeable. He kept the kids interested and made sure the entire group was enjoying themselves throughout the day. He was very accommodating to our interests, always asking if we wanted to stop when wildlife was spotted or if we wanted to take more time at certain locations. His flexibility made the whole day feel relaxed and tailored to us. Lunch was at Old Faithful, and it was a delicious treat; sandwiches, chips, fruit, and the best homemade chocolate chip cookie. Everything was provided and thoughtfully prepared. This was such a memorable and well-organized experience. I will absolutely be booking with Yellowstone Excursions again, whether it's to explore another area or when more friends and family come to visit us in Bozeman.

Fabulous adventure in winter! I missed the opportunity twice in the past 2 years...so I ditched…read morethe skis this year and focused on YELLOWSTONE in WINTER. So many animals to see! I highly recommend this adventure.

If it's within your budget, I would definitely recommend taking a tour with Ecotours…read more Our guide, Ben, was friendly, knowledgeable, and clearly passionate about Yellowstone and the surrounding area. He was also incredibly patient with our rambunctious kids, which made the experience much more enjoyable for our family. The snacks throughout the day were excellent and thoughtfully selected. The offerings ranged from blueberry muffins (which tasted like they may have come from a local bakery) to bison jerky. Sodas, tea, hot chocolate, and French press coffee were available throughout the tour. Hot drinks were served in stainless steel travel mugs, and water was provided in reusable water bottles that we got to keep--a nice touch that fit well with the company's environmental focus. Lunch was fantastic. The Mediterranean and elote salads were generous enough that we wished we had a way to take leftovers home. The mufaletta sandwich was piled with a generous amount of lunch meat and cheese. The kids also enjoued their PB& Js. The brownies were absolutely divine. We also appreciated that the meal was served in stainless steel bento boxes with real silverware rather than disposable containers, which felt very consistent with Ecotours' name and mission. I can't forget to mention the washable tablecloth and napkins. We enjoyed the viewing hatches on the vehicle. While we only had one opportunity to get close enough to wildlife to really use them, they were a fun feature. Our kids especially loved being able to see out the back windows and open them for a better view. Overall, the tour was well organized, comfortable, and family-friendly. The combination of excellent guiding, great food, thoughtful amenities, and a commitment to sustainability made it a memorable Yellowstone experience.

We met at the tourist information center before boarding the van. A telescope was provided for each…read moreseat, making it easy to observe wildlife from the moment we got in. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, sharing interesting facts about the Teton area and explaining wildlife behavior in detail. During the 4-hour tour, we visited 6 to 7 different locations. The guide knew all the shortcuts and the best spots to find animals, which gave us great opportunities to observe them up close. The tour also provided water, drinks, and snacks in case we got hungry. We took so many amazing wildlife photos and enjoyed the entire experience.

This is a difficult review to write because our guide was very knowledgeable and excellent…read more However, we booked the full-day tour, advertised as lasting 5-6 hours, specifically because it was supposed to include more than the half-day tour. Instead, we were initially grouped with guests who had booked the half-day tour, and we visited the same sites they did. Our tour also ended after only about 4.5 hours. We contacted the company afterward to request a partial refund, since we had specifically paid extra for the full-day experience and did not receive the additional time or itinerary advertised. Unfortunately, they refused to offer any refund or adjustment. While we had a great guide, the tour itself did not match what was advertised, and the company's response when we raised the issue was disappointing. Based on this experience, I would not book this tour again.

Ben was the greatest tour guide! What a wonderful morning touring West Thumb Geyser Basin by kayak…read more He managed to balance safety, fun and facts. His true love and respect for the park, the animals, the people and the history were obvious. And the kayaking itself was great-- beautiful! A highlight of an already awesome trip.