This tour is designed to be flexible, so you can road trip the way you want. No worrying about where to start or which portion of the park you want to see. Use our suggested itineraries in the app tour plan, or divide the commentary to create your own half, full or multi day sightseeing trips.
Yellowstone National Park spans nearly 3,500 square miles and it features picturesque mountain landscapes and some of the most iconic natural attractions in the United States, including perhaps the most well-known, Old Faithful. The park is also home to a variety of majestic wildlife, including bison, moose, black bears and much more. With so much to see, the Yellowstone driving tour from GyPSy Guide gives you the chance to enjoy the scenery while ensuring you don’t miss a thing. Take a self-guided driving tour of Yellowstone national park to witness all the natural wonders this one-of-a-kind destination has to offer.
America’s first National Park, Yellowstone, is high on many adventurer’s road tripping list.
It’s not hard to see why; amazing geothermal features that are abundant throughout the park, spectacular mountains, Yellowstone Lake, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and rivers.
And a diverse range of wildlife including grizzly bears, bison, wolves, elk and pronghorn.
We’ll help prioritize the must-see places vs suggestions, based on your time and interest.
Along the way, we’ll do a little thermal geology 101 lesson so you can better appreciate the plumbing behind the features you are viewing, such as Mammoth Hot Springs’ cascading travertine terraces.
Share stories of wildlife behaviour and their habitat, for when you are quietly watching animals in Hayden and Lamar Valleys.
And check off the most important landmarks in the area like those in the Upper Geyser Basin, location of Old Faithful, and Midway Geyser Basin with Grand Prismatic Spring and nearby Norris Geyser Basin.
Plus many other stories, tips and directions that will help enrich your Yellowstone National Park experience.
Gardiner, West Yellowstone, Northeast (Cooke City), East (Cody) & Grand Teton Entrances
It is recommended to have a minimum one day for each of the Upper and Lower Loops. You can drive the entire Grand Loop in a single day, and the commentary will help with selecting which stops to make. Multiple days to explore all areas of the Park and allow time for wildlife watching, geyser eruptions and other adventures in the Park is best.
Around 125 miles to complete the whole Grand Loop drive.
The National Park Service has made incredible progress throughout the summer to reopen 93% of paved roads in Yellowstone National Park after the catastrophic flooding in June 2022. They are projecting the last major section road between Gardiner, Montana and Mammoth Hot Springs) will open to regular traffic no later than Nov. 1, 2022. We will assess any longer lasting changes to the Park in the winter of 2022-2023 and update the tour to reflect. Visit the Yellowstone National Park’s Flood Recovery and Operations webpage for latest information.
Construction along the Moose-Wilson Corridor 2022-2025. For full details, visit the Grand Teton Moose-Wilson Corridor Project webpage.
