Day 1: Salt Lake City – Temple Square – Utah Capitol

Depending on your arrival time (airport transfer included) stroll around the impressive Mormon Temple Square, headquarters of the Mormon Church, then visit Utah’s capitol building – all in walking distance to our base hotel. We meet at 5:30PM at the hotel lobby. Your tour guide will inform about the tour and hand out a tour documentation. At a nearby restaurant the tour participants will get to know each other. You will be invited to an antipasti and drink.

Day 2: Olympic Park – Fossil Butte National Monument – Jackson, Wyoming

Leaving Salt Lake City, we stop at the 2002 Winter Olympics Park, featuring the Alf Engen Ski Museum. Enjoy superb outlet mall shopping nearby, then proceed to Fossil Butte National Monument and explore the unique landscape and fossil displays. 2 Night in Jackson, Wyoming a unique and Western town with attractive galleries and shops.

Day 3: Jackson – Grand Teton National Park 

Explore at your own pace the wild west town of Jackson with its many galleries and cowboy stores. Optional activities include a scenic float trip lead by a naturalist on the beautiful Snake River. In the afternoon, we walk along Jackson Lake with views of the Grand Tetons.

Day 4: Yellowstone National Park 

This day’s highlights include views of the park’s own chasm, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Hike along the canyon rim with views of nearby Upper and Lower Falls and a backdrop of colorful, sulfur-stained cliffs. Drive through Hayden Valley, famous for its wildlife. Next, experience for yourself Old Faithful geyser and the historic Old Faithful Lodge. Walk along thermal pools, boiling streams, roaring gas vents, and brightly colored algal mats, then explore the west thumb of Yellowstone Lake, the caldera within a caldera. Night in Westyellowstone.

Day 5 & 6: Norris Geyser Basin – Mammoth Hot Springs

Today we explore active geothermal mineral pools at Norris Geyser Basin. We stop to picnic at fascinating basalt cliffs , then move on to Mammoth Hot Springs  with their unique travertine terrace formations. Expect to spot wild buffalo, elk, prairie dogs, and sometimes bears, moose, and porcupines as we drive over Dunraven pass through scenic wildlife areas. Night in Gardiner.

Day 7: Gardiner – Lamar Valley – Beartooth Highway — Waterfalls – Cody

Drive through Yellowstone’s animal rich Lamar Valley over Beartooth Pass, an all American highway with beautiful scenic views and waterfalls. On to Cody, where we visit Buffalo Bill Historical Center, with a unique display of Native American artifacts and art of the Wild West. Revisit the settlement of western America, and the depiction of surrounding natural wonders. Good-bye dinner at a historic restaurant. Night in Cody.

Day 8: Cody

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