Travel Reference
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Lodge and Bridge Bay Campground and takes in the lower loop, including the geyser
basins and Canyon.
Lamar Valley wildlife excursions
( mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
A less grueling half-day trip
departs in the afternoon from Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Canyon Lodge (four
hours, adult/child 12 to 16 years $63/31.50) and early in the morning from Canyon, Mam-
moth and Roosevelt (five hours, $78.50/39.25).
Photo safaris
($85)
Early-morning trips depart daily from Lake Hotel and Old Faithful
Inn.
Sunset tours
(adult/12-16yr $34/17; Jun-late Sep)
Daily two-hour tour from Lake
Yellowstone Hotel and Fishing Bridge RV Park along Lake Yellowstone's north shore to
the Lake Butte Overlook.
Yellowstone in a Day
( Jun-mid-Sep)
Ambitious eight-hour trip departs from
Gardiner (adult/12 to 16 years $73/36.50), Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful ($71/
35.50) twice a week.
There are dozens of other tours, ranging from daily tours of the Tetons to hour-long local
tours that don't require reservations. Most of these tours are on the wonderful Old Yellow
Buses, a refurbished fleet of classic convertible 19-seater touring cars that plied the park's
roads between 1936 and 1956, only to return to the park in 2007. They are guaranteed to
add a touch of class to your sightseeing. See the 'Things to Do' section of
www.yellowstonenationalparklodges.com
for details on all Xanterra tours.
