The Great West- Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, Glacier National Park

Itinerary

Day 1: Jackson Hole

Pass By: Jackson Hole Playhouse, 145 W Deloney Ave, Jackson, WY 83001-8718
Arrive in Jackson, Wyoming

Welcome to the West. Your guide will pick you up starting at 7:00 am and depart on your adventures. Be greeted by one of your Horizon Guides at Jackson Hole Airport if you are flying into this airport. Your driver helps you with your luggage and then drives you through the beautiful countryside to Jackson. Get settled as your second Horizon Guide checks you in.

Enjoy the scenic town of Jackson. Known as the "Gateway to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks," this town Has many exciting shops and activities for everyone in your family. Do some family shopping in Jackson for authentic cowboy gear.

Browse at designer boutiques and shops containing fine Western art and homemade items. Then, choose from an excellent assortment of restaurants.

Whether you're craving cowboy grub, comfort food or down-home country cooking, your Horizon Guides can help you find the ideal meal for your family.
Welcome Dinner: Meet the other families who will share your adventure. You will be given a hardy meal as you go through the chow line, in fact, when you reach the end you will be wondering how you are going to eat it all. To follow the tradition of all wagon trains, the Bar T 5 Band begins to play. They will entertain you with harmony and great western music just like it was shared at night around the campfire in the old west.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 2: Grand Tetons

Pass By: Grand Teton National Park, WY
Wake up and drive you to Jackson where you will be exploring Grand Tetons, National Park. This national park was first set up as a National Monument by the labors of the Rockefellers and other philanthropists. Originally home to trappers, traders, and Mormon homesteaders, today it. Is one of the most breathtaking and well-known parks in the US. You will start the day going to the park and seeing the sunrise on the lake. This area offers the opportunity to get fantastic photos of the Tetons along with the chance to see moose and beavers. Short walks are available along this waterway, and then we are off to Jenny Lake for a boat ride and a hike to Hidden Falls and if you are interested, Inspiration Point Once finished, you will return across the lake and head to Signal Mountain to enjoy stunning vistas of the Grand Teton with reflections off Jackson Lake and Spalding Bay. After you can to enjoy historical Jackson, WY. Here’s your inside line for the Bar T 5. You will be checking in, given a short introduction then loaded into horse-drawn covered wagons. With a team of horses hooked up your wrangler will guide you up Cache Creek Canyon. Traveling along you will encounter a friendly mountain man, Buckskin who will help you watch out for any trouble along the trail. You will be given a hardy meal as you go through the chow line, in fact, when you reach the end you will be wondering how you are going to eat it all.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 3: Yellowstone Lower Loop Excursion

Pass By: Yellowstone National Park, WY
This morning you will travel through Grand Tetons National Park up to Yellowstone National Park, which is America’s First National Park, established in 1872. Among its many treasures are the famous Old Faithful Geyser and inspiring Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.
It's easy to spend a week touring Yellowstone, and if you did, you'd never see all the features that make the world's first national park. Approximately 70 percent of the famous features lie along the lower loop of the Figure 8 road system in the Park, and the best way to spend one day taking everything you can on this route is on the Fire Circle. This is the senior (and signature!) tour of the Park, offered more than any other for decades. Your driver-guide will pack the day full of all Yellowstone he or she can, including showing you Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Lake, Hayden Valley (with wildlife stops available), the Upper and Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, and the Fountain Paint Pot Nature Trail (where you can see all four types of thermal features of Yellowstone). Ride the Circle of Fire for Yellowstone's classic tour!

Along with visiting the Old Faithful Geyser Basin, you will visit Black Sand Basin, Midway Geyser Basin, and others on your way to where you will lodge for the night. Take an excursion on the Lower Loop of Yellowstone National Park and see what captured the imagination of artists and adventurers alike. Discover the park’s most remarkable thermal features and iconic sites including Old Faithful! Explore magical places like Hayden Valley, Artist Point, the Upper and Lower Waterfalls and Lake Yellowstone. Fountain Paint Pot Trail. The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Hike Is awestruck by this spectacular canyon, featuring breathtaking waterfalls and beautiful multi-colored walls created by mineral stains. Hike around this 4,000-foot-wide (1219.2 meters) canyon and marvel at its majesty! Take a privately guided tour of Yellowstone National Park's thermal phenomena on Fountain Paint Pot Trail. Be awestruck by the beauty of blue pools, pink mud pots, mini-geysers and steam vents, which are also known as fumaroles.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 4: Yellowstone Lower Loop Day 2

Pass By: Yellowstone National Park, WY
This morning you will travel through Grand Tetons National Park up to Yellowstone National Park, which is America’s First National Park, established in 1872. Among its many treasures are the famous Old Faithful Geyser and inspiring Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.
This morning you will travel through Grand Tetons National Park up to Yellowstone National Park, which is America’s First National Park, established in 1872. Among its many treasures are the famous Old Faithful Geyser and inspiring Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

The park is also known for its world-class fly fishing, active geological
features, and abundance of large mammals. This natural wonder will be your classroom for the day as you explore its many waterfalls, geyser basins, and other unique geological features. Some of the first stops will include viewpoints along West Thumb Geyser Basin and Yellowstone Lake. Afterward, you will visit Old Faithful for lunch at the Historic Old Faithful Lodge dining room before witnessing Old Faithful erupt. After exploring this Geyser Basin’s thermal features, you will make a short drive to the volcanic caldera rim to Fire-hole Falls Then to Madison Junction.
You think Yellowstone Lake is beautiful from the shoreline, and you’ll love being out on it. This is subject to change on availability and tome of year.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 5: Yellowstone Upper Loop

Pass By: Yellowstone National Park, WY
This geological area has some fantastic formations to view along multiple boardwalks and scenic drives. It is also the original military fort where the US Army was stationed and managed the park in its infancy. After visiting this area, you will travel along the western side of the park to Gibson Falls and Norris Geyser Basin. Then we are off to Virginia Cascades Once finished, and you will continue Still following a regular schedule, to canyon junction. We then Travel to Yellowstone Falls and a few hikes/walks (see item 1) to various viewpoints along and below the rim of the Grand Canyon. After the Falls we are off to Hayden Valley for the opportunity to view some of the diverse wildlife that visits this area.

You will have the possibility of sighting wolves, bears, elk, deer, coyote, and bison — afterward, a drive to a unique area known in Yellowstone at Mammoth Hot Springs. Then we will travel to canyon junction to enjoy lunch in the village before going on toward Tower Falls and Lamar Valley. These areas are also great spots for viewing wildlife within the park. This area also has some unique geological formations that are remnants of previous volcanic eruptions. Wraith Falls and the Petrified Logs are also options for us to visit. Our final stop will be a photo of the group at Roosevelt Arch, the official northern entrance to the park Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center.

Hayden Valley Ride through Hayden Valley by motor coach and know you’re in a wildlife paradise! This is home to elk and grizzly bears and where the most significant number of free-roaming bison in the world live. Keep your eyes open—there’s a chance you’ll see some animals grazing on the vast grassy plains that surround you!

We will have lunch or dinner by stagecoach or horseback on this day — seasonal option.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 6: Yellowstone Upper Loop

Pass By: Yellowstone National Park, WY
For the first part of the morning, you will be on the river. You will have the possibility of sighting wolves, bears, elk, deer, coyote, and bison — afterward, a drive to a unique area known in Yellowstone at Mammoth Hot Springs. Then we will travel to canyon junction to enjoy lunch in the village before going on toward Tower Falls and Lamar Valley. These areas are also great spots for viewing wildlife within the park. This area also has some unique geological formations that are remnants of previous volcanic eruptions. Wraith Falls and the Petrified Logs are also options for us to visit.

Hayden Valley Ride through Hayden Valley by motorcoach and know you’re in a wildlife paradise! This is home to elk and grizzly bears and where the most significant number of free-roaming bison in the world live. Keep your eyes open—there’s a chance you’ll see some animals grazing on the vast grassy plains that surround you!

Drive TO Rexburg Idaho staying one night in Rexburg Idaho

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 7: Glacier National Park

Pass By: Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT
Throughout time, people have sought out Glacier National Park's rugged peaks, clear waters, and glacial-carved valleys; The landscape giving both desired resources and inspiration to those persistent enough to venture through it

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 8: Glacier National Park

Pass By: Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT
Boat Tours & Rentals in Glacier & Waterton National Park spend the day Hiking. Ride the boat there are endless things to do at the Park.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 9: White Fish to Billings Overnight

Pass By: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Interstate 90 Frontage Rd, Crow Agency, MT 59022
See the city as we prepare for the drive to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Nation. Afternoon

show dinner See Custer's last stand Park this is an excellent day after we return what time is left is yours.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 10: Devil's Tower

Pass By: Devil's Tower National Monument Visitor Center, Devils Tower, WY
Devils Tower Tour Breakfast is at Bubba’s (wait until you see the size of the biscuits and pancakes) we then drive over the Big Horn Mountains and have lunch in Sheridan WY. We will see many sites along the way to Devil’s Tower. Devil’s Tower was named America’s first National Monument. We arrive in Deadwood City late afternoon for check-in at hotel, dinner, and gambling if you are so inclined.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 11: Mount Rushmore

Pass By: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 13000 Hwy 244, Keystone, SD 57751-4403
MT Rushmore tour After Breakfast we take the Deadwood Boot Hill Tour. After lunch in Deadwood, we travel through the beautiful hills, of Black Hills South Dakota and make an extensive tour of famous Mt Rushmore. We visit the Crazy Horse Memorial. Lodging and dinner will be in Hill City, South Dakota

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 12: Badlands National Park

Pass By: Badlands National Park, 25216 Ben Reifel Pl, Interior, SD 57750-7020
Badlands tour We take a morning tour of the Badlands located near the Sioux Indian Reservation and then visit famous Wall Drugs for lunch and shopping. You can go to Rapid City for departures from the airport if you wish. The rest of us will head for Salt Lake City. From that point, we will lead for Casper, Wyoming (4 hours away) for lodging.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 13: Overnight in Casper

Pass By: Badlands National Park, Rapid City, SD
Enjoy a relaxing day.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lodging accommodations will vary based on availability. Please contact us for info.

Day 14: Return to Salt Lake City

Pass By: National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, 1501 N Poplar St, Casper, WY 82601-1375
We visit the Casper National Historic Trails Interpretive Center that morning and then return to Salt Lake, arriving at about 4:00 pm, in the afternoon.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.