"Thanks again Lisa for a great day. (We) have been spending a lot of time critiquing our pics from our day with you. You have given us plenty to think about and some new skills. We enjoyed your teaching methods and your personality. The day was a great success!" ~ R. Hovis June, 2016
TouringWonderland offers photography tours during the favored months of
May, June, September, and October.
May, June, September, and October.
To schedule a tour for the 2025 season,
please follow the steps outlined below ~
1) click on the CHECK AVAILABILITY button below to see if your preferred dates are available
2) send an email to lisa@touringwonderland.com to request those dates
(Please note: you will NOT be able to make a reservation from the calendar site,
please send email to request dates instead)
please follow the steps outlined below ~
1) click on the CHECK AVAILABILITY button below to see if your preferred dates are available
2) send an email to lisa@touringwonderland.com to request those dates
(Please note: you will NOT be able to make a reservation from the calendar site,
please send email to request dates instead)
Each day is a ~8 hour tour and multiple days are welcomed, even encouraged in order to explore different areas of the park. Please note that the 6:00am time slot you will find on the calendar is not set in stone, only a suggestion as the early bird gets the worm!
After securing an available date, TouringWonderland will ask for a $100 deposit within 7 days to hold that date. Changes can be made as long as the preferred date is available.
After receiving the deposit, TouringWonderland will send you a questionnaire to get better acquainted with your specific interests, wishes, hopes and dreams of our upcoming tour!
After receiving the deposit, TouringWonderland will send you a questionnaire to get better acquainted with your specific interests, wishes, hopes and dreams of our upcoming tour!
Touring Wonderland offers photography guiding services during the spring and fall shoulder seasons of Yellowstone. These early season months (MAY,JUNE) and late season months (SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER) are absolutely the best times to visit Yellowstone!
MAY/JUNE offers the greening of the park after a long white winter, where dozens of bison calves (our little 'red dogs') are finding their legs and keeping up with the herd in just three hours, as well as many other species of young appearing on the landscape. We'll find spring flowers emerging such as the buttercup, arrowleaf balsam root, shooting stars, pasque, bitterroot, and spring beauties, a favored food of our recently-emerged grizzly bears. This lively scene is complimented with snow capped mountains, raging waterfalls and of course fewer crowds.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER offers the golden grasses of autumn, with sometimes a chill in the morning melting off to a surprisingly warm day. We may hear the trill of an elk bugle hanging in the cool air as the rut (the elk mating season) signals the fall season. We'll search for grizzlies devouring their way through the final month before they turn in for a long nap and perhaps we'll be waking up to an inch or three of fresh fallen snow with even more doting the mountains. By October, the crowds have once again thinned out, leaving plenty of opportunity for quiet contemplation as we frame our day to meet your needs and interests.
MAY/JUNE offers the greening of the park after a long white winter, where dozens of bison calves (our little 'red dogs') are finding their legs and keeping up with the herd in just three hours, as well as many other species of young appearing on the landscape. We'll find spring flowers emerging such as the buttercup, arrowleaf balsam root, shooting stars, pasque, bitterroot, and spring beauties, a favored food of our recently-emerged grizzly bears. This lively scene is complimented with snow capped mountains, raging waterfalls and of course fewer crowds.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER offers the golden grasses of autumn, with sometimes a chill in the morning melting off to a surprisingly warm day. We may hear the trill of an elk bugle hanging in the cool air as the rut (the elk mating season) signals the fall season. We'll search for grizzlies devouring their way through the final month before they turn in for a long nap and perhaps we'll be waking up to an inch or three of fresh fallen snow with even more doting the mountains. By October, the crowds have once again thinned out, leaving plenty of opportunity for quiet contemplation as we frame our day to meet your needs and interests.
Each month offers glorious scenic opportunities as well as prime wildlife viewing conditions as the cooler temperatures help concentrate the animals in the valley floors. We'll take our time studying the landscape, anticipating the wildlife behavior and capturing our memories of Yellowstone with the tools of a nature photographer.