Yellowstone Discovery

Views of the magnificent Rocky Mountain welcome to you Bozeman. Get to know this charming town with an easy stroll along Main Street. Savor dinner accompanied by wine in the company of your fellow travelers.

Let your curiosity be your guide as you explore Bozeman with Insight Choice. Opt to join a guided walking tour of Bozeman’s historic Main Street, once a gathering place for the local indigenous people and an important location in the 1860s gold rush. Enjoy the stories of the colorful characters who helped mold the look and shape of the town as you stroll past historic buildings representing different phases of Bozeman’s growth. Or, visit the Museum of the Rockies, a world-class cultural and natural history museum renowned for displaying an extensive collection of dinosaur fossils. Get up close to the fully mounted Montana Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton and explore exhibits including Welcome to Yellowstone Country, Enduring Peoples and the Paugh History Hall.

Begin in Big Sky Country and travel toward West Yellowstone, a long-standing gateway to the park since the early 1900s. Inside Yellowstone National Park, pause at Gibbon Falls, where the river descends over ancient volcanic rock. Nearby, Norris Geyser Basin reveals the park’s most thermally active terrain, with acidic springs, steam vents and unpredictable geysers offering a close look at Yellowstone’s powerful geothermal systems.

Set out with Local Expert Adam Brubaker, naturalist and photographer, to track Yellowstone’s iconic wildlife in its natural habitat, from elusive wolves to mighty bison. As you scan the vast landscapes, learn how to spot telltale signs of movement and discover the delicate balance that allows these species to thrive. One of the major geyser basins in Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs terraces invites you to put boots to ground on a gentle hike. The 2.2-mile Mammoth Terraces Trail passes many of the most beautiful and historic hot spring terraces of the park and snakes up to a sweeping outlook. This afternoon, explore Fort Yellowstone, home to 35 remaining buildings from the 1890s and early 1900s, and visit the Mail Carrier’s Cabin, the only 1800s log structure still standing in Mammoth Hot Springs. After this step back in time, your Travel Director reveals more of Yellowstone National Park.