Self drive car tour in the United States

YELLOWSTONE GEYSERS AND NATURE

Mountains, lakes, animals and immense skies - get ready to dream with your eyes wide open.

Length

2.787

Duration

10 days / 9 nights

Starting from

987 € per person in double room

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Geysers, mountains, endless stretches of trees, animals pasturing on the prairie and wild bears at dawn. A car tour dedicated to nature, including the huge Montana skies. ON your way back, you can spend some time in Salt Lake City and visit the lake.

Book your on-road vacation in Yellowstone, United States

With the Xplore tour operator, you can choose a car trip to Yellowstone, one of the most popular parks in the United States, relying on the expertise of a staff. The trip that we propose below does not include flights in their package. Remember that children up to 16 years old, if they stay in their parents' room, do not pay for hotels.

If you want a personalized itinerary for a car tour in Yellowstone or prefer to take advantage of the proposed routes, deciding in both cases the type of car that you would like to rent, write us at info@xploreamerica.com.

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Its majesty, the Yellowstone

It would be impossible to say what Yellowstone is in just three lines, so we won’t even try. Let’s just say that it is one of the most beautiful parks you will ever have seen, not just in the United States. Let the nature move you!

Grand Teton

One of the most fascinating mountain parks in the United States. Less crowded than Yellowstone, it offers jagged granite peaks, magnificent forests, bears, moose and groundhogs. Do not miss this gem of Wyoming.

Beartooth Highway

Considered by many to be the best scenic road in the United States, this highway connects Red Lodge with Cooke City and the northern entrance to the Yellowstone, a little more than 100km away from the mountains that tower over majestic valleys!

Sawtooth Scenic Byway

Lose yourself in the uncontaminated nature of the Idaho woods, drive a portion of the Highway 75 from Stanley on the Sawtooth Scenic Byway, a beautiful scenic road among the pine forests where the air is sparkly and fragrant.

Montana ranches

It is in the area between Billings and Bozeman that you will find the heart of Montana, among ranches, peace and quiet, some great steaks, mountains and gorgeous valleys in the land of the Little Bighorn and the last battle of General Custer.

Prices

The rates are per person, children younger than 16 years old sleeps free if they share the room with their parents.

HOTEL + CAR RATES

	Single	Double	Triple	Quad
Budget	1974 €	987 €	702 €	542 €
Deluxe	2631 €	1315 €	920 €	795 €

These rates are indicative and may vary in the quote phase according to the time of year and the available hotel types.

What's included

hotel reservations for the duration of your tour
Compact car rental with All Inclusive option (all insurances, taxes and no deductibles)
assistance and advice from Xplore in preparing for your trip

What's not included

international and domestic flights info@xploreamerica.com
any additional nights before or after the tour
GPS unit (available upon request)
national parks entrance fee
additional fees for high season trips, meals, tips and general extras
Xplore reservation fee with Europ Assistance medical insurance included

Flights rate

	from September to June	July and August
starting from	700-800 €	900-1100 €

These rates are indicative and may vary in the quote phase according to the time of year and departing cities. Average rates are calculated from the main european capitals for a r/t flight.
Rates based on an average round trip flight cost from London/Frankfurt airport.

You can decide to book the tour as it is or customize the itinerary to your liking.
Contact us for a free quote and remember: the sooner you book the more you save, both on flight and hotel prices.

Itinerary

1 ° day

Salt Lake City – Jackson Hole (Grand Teton Nat. Park)

439

The drive is medium-long so we consider you start relatively early in the morning. You drive through forests until you get out of the wooded area. Our favourite road is I-15 from Blackfoot Reservoir by arriving at sunset you can enjoy a pleasant dinner in one of the restaurants in this lively mountain city.

2 ° day

Jackson Hole (Grand Teton Nat. Park)

The trip is very short but we recommend you start early to have a walk or two around the magnificent granite complex of Grand Teton. At the entrance, the rangers will give you maps and in the Visitor Center you can get all the info regarding more or less challenging hikes. Overnight stay.

3 ° day

Jackson Hole (Grand Teton Nat. Park) – Cody

490

Today you get the chance to explore one of the less known parts of Wyoming. Bypassing the Shoshone National Forest, you reach Cody from the south, enjoying empty roads and realizing that the concept of traffic has not yet reached these parts. Enjoy the drive with some good music on the stereo and try to arrive on time to explore Cody and its cowboy atmosphere.

4 ° day

Cody – Bozeman

346

Bypassing Yellowstone again, which you will be able to visit in the following days, you can drive on one of the most beautiful roads in the USA: the Beartooth Highway. Leaving Cody, after some 27km on route 120 switch to route 296 towards east, with many scenic roads, such as the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway. Once you get over Beartooth Pass, you will reach Red Lodge and continue a long drive to the lovely town of Bozeman.

5 ° day

Bozeman – Yellowstone Nat. Park

346

Today you enter Yellowstone from the north and you're find yourself right in the Mammoth region, whose pools and geothermal areas definitely deserve a visit. Afterwards, you can visit the Yellowstone Grand Canyon and take a short hike or simply enjoy the view of the canyon with its majestic cascade.

6 ° day

Yellowstone Nat. Park

After waking up at dawn and seeing some animals, you can explore the Mammoth area to the north or continue to explore the area with the Yellowstone Lake. If you're fast enough, and depending on where you're staying, you can even take a boat trip on the Yellowstone Lake or go to the Lamar Valley at sunset to see some more animals.

7 ° day

Yellowstone Nat. Park

You can dedicate this day to the Grand Canyon area of Yellowstone and plan longer or shorter trekking in one of the five Visitor Centers you can get all the info you need, as well as permits, if needed. The weather in Yellowstone is a bit strange so dress in layers and bring a raincoat.

8 ° day

Yellowstone Nat. Park – Sawtooth Nat. Forest

590

Today's drive is rather long so we advise you to leave Yellowstone early. Along the way you can make a stop in Idaho Falls and then continue to Craters of the Moon, a huge lava expanse that will launch you right into a lunar landscape, truly a must-see. Continue towards Sawtooth National Forest for an overnight stay.

9 ° day

Sawtooth Nat. Forest - Twin Falls

224

In the morning you can drive along the stretch of Hwy 75 called Sawtooth Scenic Byway, which serpents through thick and rich pine forests and then, as you go down, you can take a break in the famous ski location of Sun Valley and visit Ernest Hemingway's grave in the nearby Ketchum. Arrival in Twin Falls for an overnight stay.

10 ° day

Twin Falls – Salt Lake City

352

Before you leave for Utah, you can use the morning to explore the Shoshone National Park. Close to Twin Falls, this park is famous for the Shoshone falls, which are higher than Niagara, and has hiking trails and picnic spots facing extraordinary panoramas. Start the descent for Salt Lake City, where you should arrive in the evening.