Private Wildlife Tours in Yellowstone
Expertly Guided Wildlife Watching Tours & Hikes in Yellowstone & Surrounds
See & Hear Yellowstone’s Wild Wolves!
Expertly Guided Wildlife Watching Tours & Hikes in Yellowstone & Surrounds
Watch Grizzly Bears, Safely!
Expertly Guided Wildlife Watching Tours & Hikes in Yellowstone & Surrounds
Go Birding in Yellowstone!
Expertly Guided Wildlife Watching Tours & Hikes in Yellowstone & Surrounds
Wildlife Watching in Yellowstone & Surrounds
In addition to Yellowstone's Geysers and Hot Springs, the park hosts the full diversity of animals that have lived here for centuries. Thanks to it's big, open steppes and grassy valleys, Yellowstone is the best place in the world to watch wild wolves...sometimes interacting with grizzly bears. There's an incredible amount of wildlife here. Bison, elk, pronghorn, deer, moose, bighorn sheep, coyotes, foxes, mountain lions, badgers, otters and nearly 300 species of birds make their home in Yellowstone. Whether you're joining us for a day or a week, our Biologist and Naturalist Guides will use their knowledge and high quality optics to help you see the wildlife that you're interested in seeing. We live locally and know the wildlife and their habitats by heart. We welcome questions and can't wait to share our knowledge with you. Our tours are private, so we can be flexible with our activities. We work with you to ensure that your trip is more than just wildlife observations, it's a meaningful and enjoyable experience.
Watch Yellowstone's Wolves and other Wildlife
Meet your guide and head out early, before the crowds, to marvel at Yellowstone's wildlife in Lamar Valley or Hayden Valley. We'll go where we know wolves and grizzly bears have been sighted recently. Let us know if there are other species you are excited to see.
Join our biologist guides while they use their expert local ecological knowledge and premium spotting scopes to help you see the wildlife you're interested in. Tours are private and offered year-round.
Grizzly Bears on the Edge!
Yellowstone National Park is one of the best places in the world to see Grizzly Bears. But what happens when these far-ranging foragers leave the boundary of the park? Take this unique opportunity to watch wild grizzlies on Yellowstone's edge and learn how local ranchers coexist with grizzlies. You'll learn about staying safe in bear country and every trip supports grizzly conservation and coexistence.
Yellowstone Birding Trips
Join us on a private birding excursion with a local biologist as your personal guide. With nearly 300 species of birds, you'll have seasonal opportunities for yellow-headed blackbirds, breeding sandhill cranes, resident American dippers, great gray owls and occasionally pygmy owls, just to name a few.
Yellowstone is a huge place with a diversity of habitats. Using our expert local ecological knowledge and superior optics, we'll maximize your chances of seeing the birds you're interested in. Book your tour now to start adding to your life list!
Reviews
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fmwnyc21 August 2026Verified
Great experience We had a great experience touring with Lauren. She was knowledgeable, friendly and engaging. We knew we made the right choice when, near the beginning of our tour, she suddenly pulled over after spotting a moose that we never would have noticed on our own. The highlight came later on with a grizzly on a bison carcass. Overall we saw tons of wildlife and had a great educational and fun experience!Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
Annewil D2 August 2026Verified
The most amazing morning! We had the most amazing morning with Lauren! We saw so many animals in the most beautiful scenery. She knew where to look for the wildlife and knew a lot to tell about them. We were a party of two, and Lauren adjusted the time we had to look for the animals we found interesting. The scopes she had with her were very good. Without them we would have never seen the wolves and grizzlybears. The communication before, during and after the tour was correct and efficient. I would very much recommend In Our Nature! (The snacks and food were delicious :)Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
James S5 July 2026Verified
Best Yellowstone experience Our trip with Cara from In Our Nature was fantastic. i have been to Yellowstone a number of times in the past, and I always thought Yellowstone was great, but this tour with Cara's background in Biology, her wealth of knowledge about geology and environmental science, opened my eyes to more than i could have dreamed. We saw wolves, grizzlies, mountain goats, literally hundreds of spawning cut-throat trout lining up to head up a stream. Entertaining , but also very educational.Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
Jason V15 June 2026Verified
Yellowstone Guiding Had a great 9 hour tour with Cara. She was very knowledgeable and experienced with the park and the animals. She found a wolf and grizzly while we were not crowded with other tours. Vehicle was comfortable. Would highly recommend her guiding services.Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
Luke23 May 2026Verified
An Unforgettable Yellowstone Experience If you love nature and believe that love is patient, kind, and not self-seeking, then you’ll be absolutely thrilled with your In Our Nature tour. I’m a wildlife photographer, and I spent two days with Lauren and Cara on a wildlife tour in early May 2026. What struck me immediately was how effortlessly they spotted wildlife while we were driving. They clearly know the park and its residents intimately. One of our first stops was at a crowded wildlife scene: a grizzly bear and wolves feeding on a bison carcass in the river. The excitement was palpable. When we first arrived, people spoke in hushed tones, though the area grew louder as more visitors gathered. Even in the crowd, Lauren and Cara respectfully avoided intruding on others’ space while still finding us an excellent viewing location. They kept their voices low, allowing us to stay immersed in the experience while also respecting the superior hearing of the wildlife around us. On another outing, their expertise led us to great gray owl habitat. We were fortunate enough to watch the magnificent bird fly past us. Although we could have continued tracking it, we chose not to disturb it further during nesting season. That moment captured the heart of the tour for me: appreciation without entitlement. Beyond wildlife, Lauren and Cara had deep connections with the park’s naturalists, biologists, and longtime locals. They genuinely cared about the people around them, sharing stories, conversations, and snacks along the way. It became clear that their vast knowledge came not just from study, but from years of meaningful relationships and experience. The stories they shared painted vivid and fascinating portraits of both the wildlife and the people of the park. I spent a few additional days in Yellowstone after the tour, and during those drives I realized how much shorter the roads had seemed with laughter, stories, and shared excitement filling the car. I was also grateful for how much I had learned during those two days—knowledge that helped me create incredible wildlife experiences on my own afterward. More than anything, what stayed with me was Lauren and Cara’s genuine respect and love for nature. Before the tour, Yellowstone felt immense and unfamiliar. Afterward, it felt as though they had introduced me not only to the wildlife, but also to the rhythms, stories, and people of the park—welcoming me, for a brief time, into their backyard. Thank you both for a genuinely unforgettable experience.Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
Ashley31 March 2026Verified
Excellent wildlife adventure with two park expert guides Immersive guided tour of Yellowstone’s wild with a carefully curated experience watching wolves.Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
enrique l14 March 2026Verified
Extraordinario Extraordinaria experiencia Hannah the guide is amazing fun and super experiencedPosted on Tripadvisor![]()
Wes S8 January 2026Verified
Back for a second time! This is our second year on this trip! In Our Nature does a great job of getting you out to the wild life and then explaining the animal behaviors you are seeing. On each trip we added a little adventure the second day. Snowshoeing on our first trip and then a great hike up Junction Butte on the trip this year. You cannot go wrong with Cara or Hannah!Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
Ashley R28 November 2025Verified
Wonderful Wolf Experience I spent a week in Yellowstone with Cara watching wolves. It was amazing. Cara is very knowledgeable not only about wolves but other species that call Yellowstone home. She has a great grasp on the history of Yellowstone as a park and the re-introduction of the wolves. We got to see bison, elk, pronghorn and coyotes as well as other interesting aspects of the park. I highly recommend Cara if you are travelling to Yellowstone and want to see its amazing wildlife.Posted on Tripadvisor![]()
Kathleen S28 November 2025Verified
Fabulous wolf experience Cara was fabulous. We saw wolves four out of five days. Many other sightings, too numerous to recount. She is knowledgeable, fun and very good at her job
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Elise Ansher27 August 2026
Our day watching wildlife with In Our Nature Guiding Services was an incredible experience. For our tour, Lauren picked my friend and me up at our hotel at sunrise and drove us across the northern edge of the park, where we got to observe wildlife at multiple scales. We hiked out to spot wolves through a scope, peered at osprey nestlings with binoculars, scanned the ground for telltale tracks and scat, and eyed bison & elk herds from the road – all skills that we would continue to use during the remainder of our week exploring Yellowstone. Lauren was so friendly, answering our questions with a combo of factual knowledge and anecdotes from her own experience in the wilderness. She was also an excellent driver, cruising easily through the park’s windy roads, which we only grew to appreciate more once driving around on our own. Online booking was so simple, and email communication was clear and thorough. Our only regret is that we did not book for two days instead of one!Posted on Google![]()
Annewil Degeling2 August 2026
We had the most amazing morning with Lauren! We saw so many animals in the most beautiful scenery. She knew where to look for the wildlife and knew a lot to tell about them. She adjusted the time we had to look for the animals we found interesting. The scopes she had with her were very good. Without them we would have never seen the wolves and grizzlybears. The communication before, during and after the tour was correct and efficient. I would very much recommend In Our Nature! (The snacks and food were delicious :)Posted on Google![]()
James Smith9 July 2026
When we travel abroad, we always book tours ahead of time. most of the time recently we have been using Toursbylocals. But I really never thought of having a guide for a trip in the States, I have been to Yellowstone and the past, always have been great. But this time, with two days with Cara as a guide, the trip was fantastic. Her knowledge about not only the plant, bird and animal life was impressive, but also geology and environmental sciences. It was very educational, very entertaining, and I have already recommended this guiding service to friends back home.I would definitely do it again.Posted on Google![]()
Marcel de Roure17 June 2026
My son and I recently traveled to Montana with a very tight schedule. We decided, even if only for a short time, one day only, to visit the park. That's when we contacted "In Our Nature Guiding Services." We weren't expecting much for just one day visit. What a surprise! Lauren came to meet us at 5:00 AM. Her knowledge, friendliness, and versatility in various subjects were already evident on our way to the park entrance. To make a long story short, we saw 5 wolves, 4 black bears, 1 grizzly, 1 ram, and dozens of buffalo. The visit, which should have been very superficial, ended up being fantastic, rich in landscapes and wildlife. Thank you, Lauren!!!! We highly recommend them.Posted on Google![]()
Jerry Cloud7 June 2026
I can't say enough about our Wildlife Watching day trip with Cara as our guide. Along with setting up three spotting scopes for viewing grizzly, wolves, and bison, Cara provided expert commentary interaction and behaviors taking place in front of us. Cara provided photos and video through her spotting scope that will be a lasting memory of our experience. Jerry C. May 2026Posted on Google![]()
Peter Waanders1 June 2026
I had an absolutely brilliant day out to Yellowstone with Cara. We had multiple sightings of wolves (including a pack of wolves hunting a bison!), plus coyote, black bear, grizzly bear, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, pronghorn and more, plus my 2 main target bird species: dusky grouse and williamson's sapsucker. One of my best nature experiences ever! Cara is great company and she has top quality scopes for use and provided nice food and coffee, what else could you ask for?! I can't recommend "In Our Nature" highly enough.Posted on Google![]()
Caitlin Harris29 May 2026
We recently spent three days in Yellowstone with Cara and Lauren for wildlife viewing. We saw multiple wolf packs and bears along with a number of animals (like Harlequin ducks!). Both Lauren and Cara are incredibly knowledgeable about the park and its inhabitants along with being responsible stewards of wildlife viewing. They communicated all the details we needed for our trip and were there each morning right on time to pick us up. We left feeling like we’d seen everything we could have wanted to along with covering a lot of different areas of the park.Posted on Google![]()
Yu Liu23 May 2026
If you love nature and believe that love is patient, kind, and not self-seeking, then you’ll be absolutely thrilled with your In Our Nature tour. I’m a wildlife photographer, and I spent two days with Lauren and Cara on a wildlife tour in early May 2026. What struck me immediately was how effortlessly they spotted wildlife while we were driving. They clearly know the park and its residents intimately. One of our first stops was at a crowded wildlife scene: a grizzly bear and wolves feeding on a bison carcass in the river. The excitement was palpable. When we first arrived, people spoke in hushed tones, though the area grew louder as more visitors gathered. Even in the crowd, Lauren and Cara respectfully avoided intruding on others’ space while still finding us an excellent viewing location. They kept their voices low, allowing us to stay immersed in the experience while also respecting the superior hearing of the wildlife around us. On another outing, their expertise led us to great gray owl habitat. We were fortunate enough to watch the magnificent bird fly past us. Although we could have continued tracking it, we chose not to disturb it further during nesting season. That moment captured the heart of the tour for me: appreciation without entitlement. Beyond wildlife, Lauren and Cara had deep connections with the park’s naturalists, biologists, and longtime locals. They genuinely cared about the people around them, sharing stories, conversations, and snacks along the way. It became clear that their vast knowledge came not just from study, but from years of meaningful relationships and experience. The stories they shared painted vivid and fascinating portraits of both the wildlife and the people of the park. I spent a few additional days in Yellowstone after the tour, and during those drives I realized how much shorter the roads had seemed with laughter, stories, and shared excitement filling the car. I was also grateful for how much I had learned during those two days—knowledge that helped me create incredible wildlife experiences on my own afterward. More than anything, what stayed with me was Lauren and Cara’s genuine respect and love for nature. Before the tour, Yellowstone felt immense and unfamiliar. Afterward, it felt as though they had introduced me not only to the wildlife, but also to the rhythms, stories, and people of the park—welcoming me, for a brief time, into their backyard. Thank you both for a genuinely unforgettable experience.Posted on Google![]()
Derek Hudgens29 April 2026
My father booked us a trip with In Our Nature for several days in April for his birthday weekend wanting to see wolves. We were assigned with Cara for the trip and could not be happier with our experience! We saw a whole variety of flora and fauna and the landscapes are next level. Cara was super knowledgable, professional, and just overall a wonderful human. I don't think I could ever want to book with another guiding service after the overwhelmingly positive experience this was for me and my father. We learned and experienced so much and are already thinking of when we want to go back out again. Cara, we cannot thank you enough! We hope to be booking with you guys again in the future!Posted on Google![]()
Ann Bishop1 April 2026
Cara and Hannah guided us for 5 days through the northern ridge of Yellowstone and it was a life-changing experience! They are both so knowledgeable and made the experience so fun and exciting. They had coffee and snacks for us everyday, had a loose itinerary that allowed us freedom to watch the animals and still have time to enjoy the scenery, grab lunch at reasonable times, and learn from some incredible scientists. Highly recommend them, and can't wait to book a backpacking trip with them!
