Yellowstone Vacation: A large American Bison or Buffalo stands in tall grass near the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The large grazing animal wanders through an open field while occasionally stopping to graze.
Written by on July 19, 2019

Yellowstone Vacation Tours: 7 Day Recommended Itinerary

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Yellowstone Vacation Tours: Dead trees stick up out of the ground near Celestine hot spring and Fountain Paint Pots in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Deep blue sky contrasts with white clouds over the stark bacteria mats and mineral earth near the spring.

Yellowstone Vacation Tours – Recommended 7 Day Itinerary

We’ve planned the best 7 Day West Yellowstone Vacation Tours Itinerary so you don’t have to! Check out each of the days below to put together your own vacation to Yellowstone and the surrounding area near Henrys Lake State Park in Idaho, Jackson Hole, and Grand Teton National Park.

Click on any day below for full itinerary details!

Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A view of a thermal pool connected to Celestine hot spring near Fountain Paint Pots in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Clear, bubbling water creates a deep blue hue against the white minerals lining the volcanic caldera's thermal vent. Orange and brown bacteria mats surround the spring.
Thermal springs near Fountain Paint Pots, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Click for Day 1: Yellowstone Road Trip

  • Don’t run out of gas in the desert
  • If you DO run out of gas, check out the countryside and wind turbines
  • Check in at Henrys Lake State Park
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A wide-angle view of Henrys Lake at the inlet to the lake, from hiking trails that lead out from Idaho's Henrys Lake State Park. Reeds and other marshland vegetation grows in the foreground, and the Targhee National Forest and mountain range are visible in the distance.
Henrys Lake State Park, just 15 miles from the West Gate of Yellowstone

Click for Day 2: Henrys Lake State Park

  • Explore the state park hiking trails
  • Kayak and canoe the lake
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A young girl paddles her blue youth kayak across Henrys Lake at Henrys Lake State Park in Idaho, near Island Park and West Yellowstone, Montana. Tree-covered mountains border the lake under bright blue skies.
Kayaking Henrys Lake like a pro!

Click for Day 3: Yellowstone National Park – Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic Springs

  • Get creative at Fountain Paint Pot
  • Do the geyser walk: Beehive, Old Faithful, Grand Geyser, and Castle Geyser
  • Eat lunch at the Old Faithful Inn
  • Run with the buffalo (at a safe distance, of course)
  • Walk across the glassy surface of Grand Prismatic Springs
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A deep thermal vent displays shades of green and yellow at the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The thermal spring opens up under the water, creating a funnel-like appearance.
Careful – that water is HOT! Thermal springs near Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Click for Day 4: Henrys Lake and West Yellowstone

  • Kayak the perimeter of Henrys Lake
  • Walk around West Yellowstone and get a taste of the Old West
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A view of the Teton Mountain Range near Driggs, Idaho. Green farmland stretches toward the forested foothills and jagged mountain peaks of the majestic Tetons.
The Tetons from the West, near Driggs, Idaho

Click for Day 5: Jackson, Wyoming and the Tetons

  • Drive through Driggs and the epic front range of the Tetons
  • Bike to Jackson’s town square and the iconic antler sculptures
  • Eat, drink, and be merry
  • Tour local historical and wildlife museums
  • Drive to the Teton National Park Visitor Center overlooking the magnificent Teton Mountains
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A view of the National Park Service sign at the entrance to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, just outside of Jackson, Wyoming. The Tetons sit beneath white clouds and a blue summer sky.
A big sign for some big mountains: The National Park Service Sign at the entrance to Grand Teton National Park

Click for Day 6: Yellowstone Hot Springs – Mammoth Hot Springs

  • Stop by the Gibbon Falls overlook on your way North to Mammoth
  • Walk through primal mud pots and thermal pools between Gibbon Falls and the Norris Geyser Basin
  • Smell the sulfur at Norris
  • Hike around Mammoth Hot Springs (upper, lower, and everywhere in between)
  • Tour Historic Fort Yellowstone, the visitor center, and Park Headquarters
  • Track bison like a pro
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: The upper-most section of Mammoth Hot Springs. White and orange platforms hold hot water as it spills down the hillside at one of Yellowstone's most famous sites.
A section of Mammoth Hot Springs (also extremely hot)

Click for Day 7: Fishing Henrys Lake

  • Catch Idaho’s State Fish, the native Cutthroat Trout
  • Experience one of the West’s best fisheries, with tons of different species of fish to catch in Henrys Lake
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A large American Bison or Buffalo stands in tall grass near the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The large grazing animal wanders through an open field while occasionally stopping to graze.
Bison buddies: I got to know this guy pretty well (from a safe distance, of course)
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Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A large, multicolored thermal spring near Old Faithful Geyser and the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Vibrant yellow and green striations lining the thermal vent are visible through crystal clear water that bubbles up from the volcanic caldera.
Thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A view of Celestine hot spring near Fountain Paint Pots in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Deep blue sky contrasts with billowing white thunderclouds clouds over the bacteria mats and stark, white, mineral earth near the spring. Crystal clear water that bubbles up from the volcanic caldera creates a deep blue hue in the bubbling spring.
Thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Yellowstone Vacation Tours: A view of the entrance to the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The iconic Lodgepole Pine lodge sits near Old Faithful and the Upper Geyser Basin near the Firehole River.
The Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone Vacation: Another view of thermal hot springs at the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. In this photo, round, calcified material bulges over and down toward hot springs pools below.
Thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A large American Bison or Buffalo stands in tall grass near the Madison River after wandering off a two-lane highway at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
An American Bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A close up photo of the famous antler arch entrances to Jackson, Wyoming's town square. Bright white antlers overlap against a green background from the surrounding trees and bushes.
Antlers in an antler arch, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
A view of the Teton Mountains in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, just outside of Jackson, Wyoming. The Tetons sit beneath white clouds and a blue summer sky.
The majestic Tetons
Yellowstone Hot Springs: The striated, watery landscape of the Norris Geyser Basin. The area's sulfur springs and volcanic activity create this multi-colored ground.
The Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Yellowstone Hot Springs: Turquoise blue pools in Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin.
The Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Yellowstone Hot Springs: A close-up of upper Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The sweeping mountains and valley floor can be seen beyond the thermal springs.
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Yellowstone Hot Springs: A wide-angle view of lower Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A photo of a large American Bison sitting among trees and dense foliage inside Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
An American Bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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