2022 Wyoming – Yellowstone and Grand Teton
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Vacation Style Holiday Type
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Binoculars
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Hiking
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Wildlife
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Activity Level Moderate
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Group Size Medium Group
One of the world’s greatest national parks, Yellowstone, covers a vast area in sparsely populated Wyoming (a state where Pronghorn outnumber people) and marginally into both Montana and Idaho. Arguably the most impressive-looking mountains in all of America lie just to the south of Yellowstone and are protected in another national park adjacent to Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park. Gray Wolves, along with two bear species (Grizzly Bear being quite easy to find here), huge herds of American Bison, water-loving Moose, Elk (Wapiti), and a plethora of other large and small mammals make this national park almost comparable to an African park with its big herds and predators. We’ll be on the constant lookout for some much more difficult mammals as well, including Wolverine, Puma (Mountain Lion) and American Lynx. Yellow-bellied Marmot, American Pika, and the amazingly cute, attractive little Least Chipmunk are three of the more common small mammals we are likely to encounter.
The Rocky Mountains also boast a lot of special birds, including Black Rosy-Finch, American Three-toed Woodpecker along with a good number of other woodpecker species (Lewis’s and Black-backed Woodpeckers need luck, whereas Williamson’s Sapsucker and various others are relatively easy), Broad-tailed Hummingbird (plus two other hummers during migration), a couple of the northern owls that make it far south of their normal “Boreal” range along the Rockies (the two-foot-high Great Grey Owl and the tiny Boreal Owl), and lots more. The beautiful Steller’s Jay and charismatic Canada Jay are usually easy to find. Clark’s Nutcracker, Townsend’s Solitaire, Mountain Bluebird, American Dipper, and other classic birds of America’s western mountains are also usually much in evidence. Pine Grosbeak and a lot of other special birds will also be sought.
Duration: 14 days
Limit: 6 – 8
Date: 19 September – 02 October 2022
Start: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
End: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Price:
US$6836 per person sharing assuming 6 – 8 participants
Deposit: US$1000
Single supplement: US$2027
We can run the same trip at a price similar to the larger group price for 2 tour participants, if they rent their own vehicle and pay for fuel – please e-mail [email protected] for details.
- Meals
- Accommodation
- Guiding fees
- Entrance fees
- All transport while on tour
- Tolls
- Domestic and International flights
- Items of a personal nature, e.g. gifts
- Alcoholic drinks
- Personal insurance
- Laundry Service
- Gratuities
- Day 1 Arrive in Jackson, Wyoming
- Day 2 Grand Teton National Park and Mormon Row
- Day 3 Moose Wilson Road, Oak Creek Canyon, and South Park Wildlife Management Area
- Day 4 Southern Yellowstone National Park
- Day 5 Grand Teton National Park
- Day 6 Yellowstone National Park - Lewis Falls and Yellowstone Lake
- Day 7 Mammoth Hot Springs and Cooke City
- Day 8 - 9 Lamar Valley - “Serengeti of the Yellowstone”
- Day 10 Yellowstone National Park - Old Faithful
- Day 11 Yellowstone National Park - Local Birding
- Day 12 - 13 Idaho for More Birds
- Day 14 Heading Home
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American Bison
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Elk
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American Black Bear
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Clark's Nutcracker
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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Black Rosy-Finch
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Pronghorn
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Gray Wolf
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Bighorn Sheep
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Great Gray Owl
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Mountain Goat
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Red Fox
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American Three-toed Woodpecker
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Lewis's Woodpecker
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Williamson's Sapsucker
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Townsend's Solitaire
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Red-naped Sapsucker
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Pine Grosbeak
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Steller's Jay
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Canada Jay
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Sharp-tailed Grouse
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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American Avocet