• 4 Dinner (D)
• 8 Breakfast (B)

• Grand Teton National Park: Head to Grand Teton National Park for sightseeing of its alpine landscapes featuring eight peaks towering 12,000 feet above. At the Craig Thomas Visitor Centre, gaze out at the Teton Range rising above. Inside the Centre, explore the themes of place, people, preservation, mountaineering and Native Americans as you contemplate the past and future of this park. With your Travel Director enhancing your visit through narrative, drive by Jenny Lake, a glacier-carved lake at the base of the Teton Mountains.
• Yellowstone National Park: Yellowstone National Park. A bucket list destination and a must-see icon. Established as America’s first National Park by President Grant in 1872, Yellowstone is famous for its hot springs, bubbling mud pots, vast canyons and lush forests and a variety of terrain including alpine mountains, prairies, valleys and waterfalls as well as a diversity of nature including the hydrothermal features. Explore the Southern Loop of Yellowstone with your Travel Director who shows you the must-sees and highlights, paired with background information of this huge, ever-changing national park. See the splendour of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, keep an eye out for bison in Hayden Valley, and witness Old Faithful blow off some steam.
• Yellowstone National Park: Explore the otherworldly Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone’s hottest and most active thermal area. Walk among steaming springs and hissing geysers, including Steamboat Geyser, the tallest active geyser on Earth. With time to explore on your own, discover how the geology and stories of this dramatic landscape continue to shape the region today. 
• Cody: Visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, a museum complex in Cody with five museums under one roof. You’ll explore Plains Indian cultures, view original works by artists like Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, examine historic firearms, and learn about the life and legacy of Buffalo Bill — the scout, showman and town founder.
• Devils Tower: Admire Devils Tower, a geological monolith that seems to rise up out of the prairie. You’ll be able to see why Devils Tower is considered sacred to local Native American tribes, as it is totally unique and contrasts with the plains around it. The first National Monument in the USA (1906) the tower stands some 867-feet from summit to base. Native American’s often refer to the monument as Bear Lodge Butte.
• Little Big Horn: There’s no better place to learn about the Battle of Little Bighorn than visiting the famous historical site itself. Explore the Visitor Centre to get oriented with the history of Custer’s Last Stand. With your Travel Director driving along Battlefield Tour Road where General Custer and his men were roundly defeated by combined forces of Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal warriors in 1876, feel echoes of the past come alive on this one-of-a-kind experience. 
• Black Hills: Unlock the history of Crazy Horse Memorial. Learn how construction began in 1948 after Henry Standing Bear, a Lakota elder, commissioned Korczak Ziolkowski, who worked on construction of Mount Rushmore. While the original idea was to carve a face into rock like Mount Rushmore, the monument will ultimately have a full body and horse. There is no completion date yet, but the face of Crazy Horse was completed in 1998 at 87 feet 6 inches (26.7 m) high.
• Mount Rushmore: The grand faces of Mount Rushmore National Memorial await. View the faces of four of America’s most important presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt – dramatically etched into the granite rock. Mount Rushmore tells the story of the birth, growth, development and preservation of the United States. From the history of the first inhabitants to the diversity of America today, visitors will come face to face (literally) with the rich heritage we all share. 

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• Standard regional accommodation

Trafalgar

Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers over a welcome dinner in Jackson, Wyoming. Share an introduction to the national parks, frontier towns and Black Hills landmarks at the heart of this journey.

Jackson sits in the broad valley of Jackson Hole, framed by the Teton Range. Its mountain-town setting makes this hosted gathering a chance to connect with the group and get a feel for the landscapes you have come to explore.

Explore Grand Teton National Park with your Travel Director, taking in the jagged Teton Range and glacier-carved Jenny Lake. At the Craig Thomas Visitor Center, look out toward the peaks and explore exhibits about the park’s landscapes, people and preservation.

The mountains rise sharply above the Jackson Hole valley, creating one of the American West’s most recognisable skylines. Your Travel Director’s insights add context to the scenery, from its glacial origins to its mountaineering heritage.

Discover Yellowstone National Park’s geothermal landscape with your Travel Director, encountering the hot springs, bubbling mud pots and geysers for which the park is known. Explore the southern part of this vast protected area, where hydrothermal features sit among forests, valleys and mountains.

Established in 1872 as the world’s first national park, Yellowstone protects a landscape shaped by volcanic heat beneath the surface. Staying inside the park offers the chance to appreciate its surroundings in the quieter evening hours.

Walk the boardwalks of Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone’s hottest and most dynamic thermal area. Pass steaming vents, hissing geysers and mineral-coloured springs while your Travel Director explains the forces at work beneath this restless terrain.

Set near the rim of the Yellowstone volcanic caldera, Norris also contains Steamboat Geyser, the world’s tallest active geyser. Eruptions are unpredictable, but the basin’s shifting steam and vivid pools make its geological energy visible throughout a visit.

Look for wildlife in Hayden Valley, a broad Yellowstone landscape of grassland and river. Watch for bison and elk, with the possibility of spotting grizzly bears; sightings depend on the animals and conditions on the day.

The valley’s open terrain offers a striking contrast to Yellowstone’s steaming thermal basins. Its meadows are important habitat, and the sight of bison moving across them evokes the scale of the wildlife that once ranged across much of the American West.

View the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, where the Yellowstone River cuts through a deep gorge of rust, ochre and pale-yellow rock. Take in the canyon walls and the waterfalls cascading through this dramatic section of the park.

Water and geothermal alteration have helped shape the canyon’s distinctive colours. It is a different expression of Yellowstone’s restless geology: instead of a geyser erupting upward, the river reveals layers of rock carved and changed over time.

Watch for an eruption of Old Faithful, Yellowstone’s best-known geyser. Gather near its viewing area to see a column of hot water and steam rise from the ground when the geyser next erupts.

Old Faithful earned its name from its comparatively regular eruptions, though the interval and height vary. Seeing this hydrothermal feature in person brings Yellowstone’s underground heat into sharp focus, with the anticipation of the eruption part of the experience.

Visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, a museum complex with five museums under one roof. Explore exhibits on Plains Indian cultures, Western art, historic firearms and the life of William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, the town’s namesake.

Original works by artists including Frederic Remington and Charles Russell help illuminate how the West was depicted. The collections place Cody’s showmanship alongside the histories and cultures of the people who shaped this region.

Dine at the historic Billings Depot for a locally hosted dinner pairing Montana-inspired courses with three cocktails from Billings-based Undammed Distilling Company. Meet owner Allen Hodges and hear how the distillery makes products inspired by the Yellowstone River.

Chef Stephen Hindman of Stacked a Montana Grill prepares the food, while the cocktails are served by the historic Rainbow Bar, a downtown Billings fixture since 1935. The pairings offer a taste of the city’s contemporary food and drink scene in a heritage setting.

Explore Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, beginning at the visitor center to learn about the 1876 battle. Travel along Battlefield Tour Road with your Travel Director and consider the ground where Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors fought U.S. cavalry forces.

The site recalls an event often called “Custer’s Last Stand,” while also inviting reflection on the Indigenous nations defending their communities and ways of life. Its open grassland gives the history a tangible sense of place.

View Devils Tower National Monument rising abruptly above the northeastern Wyoming landscape. Take in the great columned rock formation and hear why it holds cultural and spiritual significance for many Indigenous peoples.

Designated the United States’ first national monument in 1906, the tower is also known by names including Bear Lodge. Its vertical sides and isolated setting make it a memorable geological sight, while its living cultural importance gives the visit meaning beyond the view.

Visit Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota’s Black Hills and view the immense, still-unfinished mountain carving honouring the Lakota leader. Learn about the project’s origins and its continuing work.

Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear commissioned sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, and carving began in 1948. The completed face emerges from the granite, while the planned figure on horseback remains a work in progress. The memorial offers a perspective on Indigenous history and representation in the Black Hills.

View the four presidential faces at Mount Rushmore, carved into a granite mountainside in South Dakota’s Black Hills. See the likenesses of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln at this nationally recognised landmark.

The sculpture presents a story of the United States through its presidents. Its setting in the Black Hills, a place of deep significance to the Lakota people, adds important context to a visit focused on American history and the ways it is commemorated.

Meet cultural ambassador Stephen Yellowhawk in Rapid City for an evening of dinner, dance, song and conversation. Hear him share family and tribal history, the traditions passed down by his grandparents, and how he learned traditional dances.

A performer for more than 20 years, Stephen draws on his Lakota and Onondaga Iroquois heritage to present a personal account of living Native American culture. This hosted experience creates space to listen to stories directly from the person sharing them.

Ride an aerial tram up Rendezvous Mountain for sweeping views across the Teton Range, Jackson Hole, the Snake River Valley and Grand Teton National Park. From the high vantage point, trace the shape of the valley and the steep mountain skyline.

The tram gives you a different perspective on landscapes seen from the valley floor, opening up a broad mountain panorama. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Join a western hoedown with Bar-T 5 near Jackson, featuring a Dutch-oven-style dinner and an evening shaped by the region’s cowboy traditions. It is a hosted alternative to an ordinary restaurant meal, with food and entertainment at the centre of the experience.

Dutch-oven cooking is closely associated with outdoor meals in the American West. The hoedown draws on that frontier atmosphere for a sociable evening. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Float along the Snake River with an expert guide, taking in mountain views while watching the riverbanks and sky for wildlife. Depending on conditions, you may see beavers, cutthroat trout, cliff swallows, pelicans, osprey or bald eagles.

The gentle pace makes it possible to notice details that are easy to miss from land, from birds overhead to movement along the water’s edge. Wildlife sightings cannot be guaranteed. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Explore Badlands National Park with your Travel Director, discovering sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires amid one of America’s largest protected mixed-grass prairies. The excursion also includes a stop at Wall Drug, the well-known South Dakota roadside attraction.

Layers of sediment give the Badlands their banded colours and reveal a landscape shaped by erosion over vast spans of time. The contrast between rugged formations and open prairie makes this a distinctive day out. It is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Experience Mount Rushmore after dark at a seasonal evening programme. Listen to a ranger talk in the outdoor amphitheatre and watch as light gradually reveals the four presidential carvings against the night sky.

The ceremony offers a different way to consider the monument from a daytime visit, with the sculpture emerging slowly from the darkness. Availability is seasonal. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.