The West is home to some of the most famous national parks in America. Tourists can explore Canyonlands, Yosemite, Yellowstone, or any of the breathtaking national parks on a national park bus tour. Bus tours vary in starting location, length, and price, and you can pick from among private or public tours, low-cost or high-cost tours, and one- or multiple-day tours to find the national park bus tour that's right for you.
Yellowstone Tours offers one-day to four-day tours of this national park starting typically from Salt Lake City, though they offer pick-up services from other locations. One option is their self-proclaimed "best tour": a three-day guided tour of Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton, and Jackson Hole. Yellowstone Tours offers a four-day Yellowstone Tour as their lowest cost tour, including lodging at nearby motels, dinner at nearby cafes, and shuttle services from the motel to the parks. You can choose from private tours, charter tours, or air tours of the parks. Prices start at $695 per person, as of October 2010.
The Buffalo Bus Touring Company provides luxury coach tours through the Yellowstone National park. The tour offers free pickup at local campgrounds as well as the West Yellowstone motels. Everyday tour stops include Firehole Canyon, Fountain Paint Pots, Old Faithful Geyser, Isa lake, Yellowstone Lake, Mud Volcano, Hayden Valley, Grand Canyon, and Gibbon Falls. Tours leave every morning at 8:15. Prices start at $65 per person, as of October 2010. Senior discounts are available.
Riders can tour Las Vegas, Zion, Yosemite, Death Valley, and San Francisco on the Green Tortoise bus tours. You can pick your destination from their summer or winter tours, such as a short Death Valley National Park three-day tour, or the longer Canyons and Coast 16-day tour, topped off with two days at the Grand Canyon. For the ultimate West coast bus tour, choose the 14-day West Coast Wonder tour, which includes the Joshua Tree, Yosemite, and Zion National Park, with a few days spent in San Francisco.
Tourists can experience a winter wonderland in the West national parks with a winter coach tour from Yellowstone Alpen Guides. The winter tours provide a snow-covered tour of Yellowstone aboard bombardier snow buses, providing the smoothest ride of all the snow vehicles in Yellowstone. The winter season is from December 15th to March 15th. As of October 2010, rates range from $110 to over $1000, depending on your chosen tour.
You can explore additional options for West national park bus tours by visiting the website All Yellowstone Park, which provides links to various bus tours of the national parks including Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Jackson Hole. Pick your desired national park, such as Acadia, Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, or Rocky Mountain and find the tour that's perfect for you based on price and destination.
