Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks - A Tauck Escorted Tour

From £2775  per adult

(based on two people sharing)

Your Tauck Tour includes

• Flights from the UK to Salt Lake City, Utah returning from Rapid City, South Dakota
  
• Airport transfers upon arrival and departure
• 9 nights accommodation in sought after locations
• A private lecture on the ecology of the Great Salt Lake Basin in Salt lake City
• An opportunity to join Tauck and park experts on a volunteer service project in Grand Teton National Park, a very special experience for Tauck guests only
• Pioneer lunch at the National Oregon/California Trail Center in Idaho, where displays and an interactive presentation re-enact a glimpse of life on the trail for pioneers of the 1850s
• Rafting adventure along the Snake River, surrounded by the spectacular scenery of the Grand Tetons
• Visit to Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  
• Wild West Rodeo or a performance of the Dan Miller Cowboy Music Revue in historic Cody
• 21 meals service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage.

In Salt Lake City, view the unique downtown architecture of Utah's capital city; visit This is the Place Monument, where Mormon pioneers decided to build the city in 1847, and facilities used during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. During your free afternoon, perhaps visit Temple Square highlighted by the impressive Salt Lake Temple, the world-famous Tabernacle or the Beehive House, or trace your genealogy at the Family History Library. Attend an interpretive lecture on the ecology of the Great Salt Lake Basin tonight.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: The Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT

Today, view some of North America's most spectacular mountain scenery - and keep an eye peeled for wildlife ranging from moose and elk to beavers and bald eagles during a ten-mile rafting trip along the Snake River. During a free afternoon and evening, explore Grand Teton National Park as you please, enjoy optional activities from horseback riding to fishing (available at additional cost) at your lakeside lodge, or take part in a special volunteer project with park experts, made possible by Tauck's long-standing relationships with the national parks.

Meals: Breakfast. Dinner

Accommodation: Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park, WY

America's first national park is yours to explore today on this ultimate of Yellowstone tours; witness some of the parks abundant geysers, as well as hundreds of brilliantly coloured hot springs, bubbling mudpots, steaming fumaroles, and other geothermal wonders that early 19th-century skeptics found too astounding to be believed. You'll follow the Firehole River to Fountain Paint Pot - a collection of colourful, bubbling mudpots - then view the dramatic Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone; overnight in a historic 19th-century hotel on the shores of Yellowstone Lake.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner

Accommodation: Lake Yellowstone Hotel, Yellowstone National Park, WY

Traverse the Bighorn Mountains with their breathtaking vistas of rugged canyons, sparkling waterfalls, miles of grassland, and colorful vegetation. Feel the spirit of the West during an authentic ranch experience - including a horseback ride -  at The Ranch at Ucross*, a real working Wyoming ranch in the heart of "cowboy country."

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: The Ranch at Ucross, WY*