Yellowstone Holidays

Luxury Holidays to Yellowstone

In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone National Park is a natural wonderland teeming with incredible landscapes of steaming geysers, rich grasslands, bubbling hot springs, dense alpine forests, towering waterfalls and impressive mountain ranges. Nearby Jackson Hole, surrounded by the Teton Mountains, is the perfect gateway to the park with plenty of opportunities for adventure activities including its aerial tram “Big Red” that takes you above the clouds for spectacular panoramic views. 

Great reasons to visit Yellowstone

A vast open wilderness, home to hundreds of wildlife species, Yellowstone is the place to spot both black and grizzly bears, majestic elk and moose, and bald eagles or osprey circling overhead. Take a trip to the Lamar Valley to search for the native grey wolf, or wonder at huge herds of bison grazing across the Hayden Valley. 

You’ll find half the world’s active geysers here thanks to millions of years of geothermal activity that’s also produced deep canyons,  bubbling springs, snow capped mountain ranges and nearly 300 thundering waterfalls.

Encircled by a 140-mile long grand loop road, Yellowstone’s paved roads, pathways and boardwalks make it easy to explore the dramatic landscapes by car, on foot or even on horseback.

5 things to do in Yellowstone

Watch Old Faithful erupt. A magnificent and iconic attraction - millions of people every year flock to see Yellowstones’s most famous geyser shoot boiling explosions of water heated by underground molten rock up to 56 metres into the air every hour. 

Discover rainbows at Grand Prismatic Spring. Strikingly turquoise at first glance, the algae, bacteria and changing temperatures in this bubbling pool offer a full rainbow of colour to wonder at.

Get your walking boots on. And hike Yellowstone’s deep forests and wilderness on well-kept paths, and woodland trails or guided ranger tours of more off-the-beaten-path tracks.

Explore the Mammoth Hot Springs. Marvel at these layers of travertine rock, covered in steaming hot springs. A boardwalk circling these colourful rock formations allows for some pretty awesome photo opportunities.

Visit Yellowstone Lake. Sitting 2357m above sea level, on top of a super volcano, it’s one of the largest high elevation lakes in the US, with cold water that freezes over almost entirely in Winter. Kayaking, canoeing and boating are the most popular ways to see this huge alpine lake.

Interesting facts about Yellowstone

• The park covers an area of 2.2 million acres. 
• Whilst the majority of Yellowstone is in the state of Wyoming, it also crosses into the states of Idaho and Montana.
• The park is populated by only around 1000 indigenous people.
• Yellowstone is believed to be the world’s first national park.

Yellowstone weather

A place to be prepared for anything, Yellowstone’s weather is variable to say the least.  Summer from June to September is when weather is mildest and more predictable, but nights are cool and thunderstorms are common. Spring and autumn are much more varied with rain, sunshine, storms and even snow all possible in a single day! Winter in Yellowstone is very cold with lots of snow, and therefore lots of areas of the park and roads are closed to visitors.