Springtime in Yellowstone Wildlife Safari & Geology tour of Mammoth Hot Springs!

Spring in Yellowstone is the best time of the season to view the parks population of grizzly bears and wolves intermingling/ fighting for dominance on a landscape that's coming back to life after a long harsh winter. Our tour will focus on Yellowstone’s northern range, undoubtedly one of the prime wildlife viewing spots in North America as it harbors impressive bison/ elk herds, wolf packs, moose, and meandering grizzly and black bears.

In late March Yellowstone starts to comes to life as the temperature gets warmer, the snow starts to melt. green grass starts to grow, elk and bison are giving give birth to off spring, hungry and therefore aggressive grizzly bears are waking up from hibernation, and the parks wolf packs are hunting elk/ bison calves to feed to the their litter pups.

It is not uncommon during this time of year to view wolves hunting elk calves then a hungry grizzly bears charges in to attempt to steal the carcass from the wolves. Its surely a sight to be seen!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, WY

The Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park is world renowned for the wildlife that congregates here. It is often refeered to "The Serengeti of Yellowstone." The Lamar Valley is currently the best place to spot wild wolves in the United States. This is the exact location where biologists from National Park Service released the first wolf pack to walk in Yellowstone since the early 1900's. Not only can we see wolves here but we will see large bison and elk herds grazing in this famous valley.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Mammoth Hot Springs, Grand Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

We will explore the board walks surrounding Mammoth Hot Springs. Mammoth Hot Springs is a very large thermal feature sitting over a large deposit of limestone. The super heated water from the volcano underneath Yellowstone is dissolving the limestone a redepositing it to the surface as travertine limestone causing turquoise pools and unusual terraces.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Exploring the areas of the park in between Mammoth Hot springs and the Lamar Valley. We will see more animals in this area including: Elk, Moose, Fox, Coyote, Wolves, Pine Marten, long tail weasels, etc.

Duration: 3 hours