Private Three Hour Afternoon Custom Tour of Rocky Mountain National Park

Embark on a personalized historical experience in the Rocky Mountains. Explore wildlife, biology, geology, and the stories of early pioneers and indigenous people. Flexible tours for all interests!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Rocky Mountain National Park - This tour begins with meeting your party at your lodging in Estes Park or at the Estes Park Visitor Center on 500 Big Thompson Ave. We’ll make a few short stops to view historical sites and look for wildlife in the Estes Valley before heading into Rocky Mountain National Park. In winter our destination is Bear Lake for breathtaking snowy scenery or maybe a short snowshoe walk in the forest! In summer our destination is Trail Ridge Road the highest continuous road in the US. Both tours include plenty of stops for wildlife viewing, photography and a short hike as you and the time allow.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • National Park Reservation
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • National Park Pass
Additional Information

An individually tailored tour where your preferences take priority. We don’t operate on a fixed schedule and can make ad-hoc modifications based on what we discover on your unique day.

As a resident historian and naturalist who has called this area home for more than half a century, I view myself as a narrator of nature that adds vibrancy to the already breathtaking scenery you will encounter. Our focus will be on the plentiful wildlife, rich biodiversity, and impressive geology of the Rockies. Additionally, we will delve into what life may have been for early settlers, lodge keepers, as well as native tribes like the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute.

The tours I provide are entirely adaptable, so if you feel like trekking for 3 or 4 miles, fantastic! However, if you’d just rather sit back, unwind, and appreciate the view, that’s absolutely fine as well! Regardless of your preference, frequent stops will be made for photographs and discussions about the astonishing sights.

Location
500 Big Thompson Ave
Big Thompson Avenue
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Marzenass1522vc
Jul 28, 2024
Highly recommend - Excellent tour! We did this tour as a family and Bruce was a fantastic tour guide. He kept the kids engaged and was a wealthy of knowledge. He knew all the best wildlife viewing points. We were lucky enough to see an Elk herd (moms & babies) and a few male Elk. We also saw a Marmot and several Pikas. Bruce gave us great recommendations for hikes appropriate for our family, which helped us navigate the park the following days. Would highly recommend this tour.
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I9362awmichaeln
Jul 14, 2024
Rocky Mountain Tour - Bruce was very informative and professional. He picked us up and drove us through the park for three hours. Very enjoyable and informative.
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Goplaces52869614529
Jul 11, 2024
Amazing tour and guide! - Bruce was an amazing guide! Picked us up right at our condo and took us on our tour through RMNP. He was extremely knowledgeable and also very friendly. I'm always a nervous passenger but was very comfortable with his driving. My husband and I had a great time. Thanks Bruce!!
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Q6981uojoym
Jul 6, 2024
An afternoon in RMNP - We had a great time on this tour! Bruce was so knowledgeable about the park and adjusted his itinerary for what we wanted to see. The highlight was seeing a baby moose with its mother!
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Lisahj5356ii
Jul 5, 2024
Bruce knows RMNP - Bruce was fantastic! He was very knowledgeable and made sure we got all of the highlights of Rocky Mountain National Park. We had the best time—
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Kaye_o
Jul 2, 2024
Awesome…such amazing scenery! - The moose we saw was awesome! Traveling the Trail Ridge Road was amazing, even with the rain. Bruce was a wonderful guide…so very knowledgeable and accommodating. Everything kept to the schedule - we (my friend and I) had a great time! Thank you, Bruce.
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Wander398828
Jun 28, 2024
Great tour - We had a great time. Bruce was very knowledgeable and clearly wanted us to have the best time possible. He showed us much more than we expected and asked us if we had prior commitments in case his tour lasted a bit longer than advertised. We did not, and so he kept showing us things even though the tour lasted well over the advertised time. The sights were amazing1!
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Dennis
Jun 4, 2024
Bruce made our RMNP trip special! - We have started taking tours of National Parks on the first day of our visit then spend the following day(s) seeing what we liked from Day 1 at our leisure. Bruce was our tour guide and he was superb: low key, funny, unbelievably knowledgeable- he answered every single question we had. And what was REALLY neat, the first 15 minutes was a visit to some old-timer’s old house with arguably the best view in all of Estes Park! This was followed by two other old timer places outside of the Park. Thus, we had a good lay of the Park’s rich History way before entering. We knew we were in good hands when the Park Ranger (Nina) warmly greeted Bruce by name and thanked him for his article on the Park’s history in the local paper- Neat! Bruce made our RMNP trip special!
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5janetl
May 25, 2024
Start here for Rocky Mountain National Park - Bruce is an informal naturalist, local historian and all around Estes enthusiast. Let him know your interests and he'll get you there! You're bound to leave your tour with more knowledge and more amazing pictures than you could have imagined. It was a great afternoon.
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Estibalis
May 13, 2024
Awesome! - Bruce was awesome! We didn’t have to worry about driving. We did a small hike nothing extreme. Overall a wonderful experience, if you are looking for a couple experience book with Bruce !
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