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Yellowstone & the Tetons — 9 days (Jackson, Grand Teton, Jenny Lake, Old Faithful & Grand Prismatic)

4.0(4 reviews)9 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Nine days, with a dawn out for wolves. Nine days with in-park lodges at Old Faithful and Mammoth, the guided wolf dawn and both Teton activities.

Meridian Overland
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Wildlife & birdwatching
Nine days, with a dawn out for wolves
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • JacksonNine days through the Tetons and Yellowstone — the first national park anywhere, and the valley where wolves were put back.
  • Jenny LakeThe Tetons rise about two thousand metres straight off the valley floor with no foothills at all — the fault runs along their base.
  • Mormon RowOxbow Bend at dawn is the photograph everyone takes and it is still worth taking.
  • Old FaithfulThe Upper Geyser Basin holds about a quarter of all the geysers on earth in two square kilometres.
  • Grand PrismaticFrom the boardwalk it is steam; from the overlook trail it is the colours.
  • Lamar ValleyLamar is where the wolves are, and where the bison herds are largest.
  • Wolf packsWolves were reintroduced in 1995 after seventy years absent, and watching them is done at distance through a scope.
  • Lower FallsArtist Point over the Lower Falls is the view Thomas Moran painted, and the paintings are part of why Congress created the park in 1872.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 8 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
  • Park passes for both parks and lodges inside them, booked far ahead
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
  • The Jenny Lake shuttle boat and a Snake river float
  • All park transport
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
  • A guided dawn wolf-watch with spotting scopes and a naturalist
Permits & fees
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • International flights to Jackson
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • Winter, when most park roads close and this becomes a snowcoach trip
  • Any wolf sighting, which is a scope view at distance if it happens at all
  • Most lunches

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Jackson Inn

Hotel

Days 1, 8

Grand Teton Lodge

Lodge

Days 2, 3

Old Faithful Retreat

Hotel

Days 4, 5

Lamar Valley Residency

Hotel

Day 6

Mammoth Retreat

Hotel

Day 7

What you'll eat

8 breakfasts and 7 dinners across 9 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 9.

  • DinnerServed on days 1–7
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–9

15 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Meridian Overland
4.0 (4)

Based in New Delhi

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.0/5
Based on 4 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.0/5
Guide
4.3/5
Itinerary
3.0/5
Transport
4.0/5
Accommodation
3.5/5
Tour operator
3.5/5
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Aditi Rao – Bengaluru2025-01-07 · Verified booking

Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area.

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Sameer Khan – Hyderabad2025-01-07 · Verified booking

Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed.

Reply from Meridian Overland

Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.

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Elena Petrova – Dublin2025-01-07 · Verified booking

Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Crew were professional without being stiff about it.

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James Whelan – Singapore2025-01-07 · Verified booking

Early starts, but that's where the wildlife is. Well run. Rooms were comfortable and the locations meant we could walk most evenings. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down. Would book with them again.

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