Montana
Yellowstone: A Great Outdoor Adventure With Your Family
Program No. 20977RJ
Explore the wonders of Yellowstone National Park with your family as you horseback ride, hike, raft the Yellowstone River and learn about geysers, hot springs and fumaroles!
Participant Reviews
Based on 10 Reviews
SHOWING
The intergenerational program to Yellowstone exceeded my expectations for a family trip that would push us outside our comfort zone, create an environment for new learning and appreciation of our National Park system and the natural world.
— Review left July 27, 2025
This was an outstanding trip with an exceptionally wide variety of activities . From learning about animal tracking and making castings of animal paw prints to taking the temperature of hot springs to horseback riding, rafting and wildlife viewing we were constantly busy both learning and “doing”!
Leadership was excellent: knowledgeable, well co-ordinated, informative and experienced. Quick to spot wildlife and equally quick to set up scopes they enabled all of us to get close up views of the wildlife. Brad Bulin, in particular, helped pass long hours on the bus with stories of his personal experiences with wildlife.
I, and my grandchildren ages 11 and 14, especially liked the fact that so many meals were included and were either generous buffets or we were able to order from a wide offering of menu items. It was wonderful when tired at the end of a day NOT to have to go hunting for dinner! Our accommodations were quiet, clean and comfortable and I loved having our own porch overlooking the fast moving Yellowstone River.
It was a wonderful, educational, fun -filled trip full of new experiences and leaving me and my grandchildren with a greater respect, knowledge and appreciation for wildlife and the world around us…and memories to last a lifetime. Thank you, Road Scholar.
— Review left July 17, 2025
My wife and I with our 3 ten year old granddaughters completed the 6 day Yellowstone adventure, was trip of a lifetime, complete with 3 day trips into the park on a tour bus with lots of bison 2 wolves, elk, prong horns and birds. The girls laughed their way on horseback and down the rapids the last 2 days. Friends were made and the staff educated us on God’s unique creation with 1.7 million acres of wildlife to view. I recommend it for everyone!
— Review left July 14, 2025
Yellowstone, A Great Outdoor Adventure With Your Family, was a trip that surpassed my expectations. I had traveled in Yellowstone years ago, but this trip, guided by very well informed naturalist guides, was more full of information, wild life sitings and amazing scenes in the part than I could have imagined. Our group of children and adults quickly came together as a group of friends. The trip could not have been more wonderful!
— Review left July 22, 2024
Our guide, Virginia, was superb. She was full of information about everything we saw, and able to present it in an engaging way. We loved her enthusiasm in sharing her knowledge and her curiosity about everything was infectious. These qualities enabled her to engage the children in learning about all the interesting places she took us to and explained. I would give her an A+++!
The accommodations at the Absaroka Lodge were simple but clean and adequate, and the location was great being an easy walk to the shops and restaurants in Gardner.
The food was for the most part fine; the only change I would recommend is to have some choices of sandwiches. We had 3 sack lunches with sandwiches: the first was ham, the second roast beef and the third was turkey. I don't eat ham or roast beef, but I would have been happy with a turkey sandwich all three times for me. (I made it work by just taking out the meat and essentially having a cheese sandwich, but that was a waste of the meat.)
The variety of activities was great. I loved seeing so much of Yellowstone Park, from the Grand Canyon, all the hot springs, geysers, mudpots and fumeroles, as well as rafting on the river, horseback riding in the hills, and seeing wildlife and identifying poop and prints in the Lamar Valley.
The rafting trip at the Flying Pig was a highlight of the trip; the guides on the river and at the campgrounds were delightful, fun, skilled, and created a wonderful experience.
My overall rating of this trip is definitely 5 stars, or a 10, whichever you use!
By the way, I am using this area to review because the link for the survey in the email you sent would not load.)
— Review left July 7, 2024
Wonderful intergenerational program that will bring you and your family to the wilds of Yellowstone and the beauty and grandeur of a fun trip to remember.
— Review left August 17, 2023
This program, while an excellent one with great leaders and good agenda for such a beautiful and unique place like Yellowstone, was POORLY evaluated for age appropriate trip. We took our nine year old grandson, as description of the program indicated it was geared toward 9-14 year olds. NOT CORRECT!!! Way too much time on the bus going to different locations (Yellowstone is a big place and understandable on bus times), with little physical activities besides hiking. Nine year olds need a variety of physical activities!!! Poor direction by Road Scholar!!
— Review left August 8, 2021
Just loved sharing this adventure with my grandson. He was thrilled to do so many new activities & see a beautiful part of our country.
— Review left August 15, 2019
This was a WONDERFUL trip. I highly recommend it. Our trip instructor was fantastic and kept all the children engaged and learning. Parents, grandparents and children all got along and experienced white water rafting, hiking, camping and horseback riding. Yellowstone is an amazing place and this trip allowed us to be fully emerged in all its wonders.
— Review left August 12, 2019
This was a life-time opportunity to see a marvelous place and to be able to share this experience with our grandsons. This adventure more than exceeded our expectations. The natural wonders (landscape, flora, and fauna) were phenomenal. The experiences of rafting and horseback riding in such marvelous terrain, were thrilling and breathtaking. And through it all, we felt safe and cared for. Thanks Road Scholar, for the experience of a life time!
— Review left July 6, 2019