I just read an article on “crowd-free travel”, which the Adventure Travel Trade Association is highlighting as a trend for 2025. We are all in. Travel shut down in 2020 due to the pandemic. It rebounded domestically in 2021 but boomed in 2022 and has remained high. This has affected our business. We run fewer Continue Reading →
Category: Yellowstone
Why You Should Take an ‘Exclusive’ Small Group Trip to a National Park
Many people don’t consider a vacation to a National Park as an ‘exclusive’ experience, but it can be when you take a guided tour. This exclusivity isn’t due to high-end luxury amenities, but rather the unique experience provided on a small group trip. Here are 6 reasons to consider a small group trip to a Continue Reading →
An Off-Season Wonderland: Exploring Yellowstone National Park in the Winter
At Zephyr, we obviously love adventuring in our nation’s national parks. And, we are not shy about exclaiming which we think is one of the very best in the world—and even more magical in the off-season. Renowned for its dramatic geysers, abundant wildlife, and expansive landscapes, Yellowstone National Park in the winter transforms into a Continue Reading →
National Park Vacations
There has been huge interest in national park vacations since the pandemic. On the one hand, this is great – we like to see people getting into nature and enjoying our national parks. On the other hand, national parks are BUSY. With a population in the United States of over 334 million people, a slightly Continue Reading →
Montana and Yellowstone Flooding Update
There has been devastating southern Montana and northern Yellowstone floods causing widespread damage in Southern Montana and northern Yellowstone National Park, including in Red Lodge, Zephyr’s headquarters. Thankfully, our staff in Red Lodge are safe along with their families and homes. Current Conditions Red Lodge was severely impacted, with people losing their homes, bridges washing Continue Reading →
Experience the Wolves of Yellowstone!
The gray wolf is a major predator that had been missing from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for decades until its restoration in 1995. The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park has been the single most amazing event regarding National Parks in our lifetime. The wolves have had an impact on everything, not just the Continue Reading →
Yellowstone Wolf Adventure Featured in Condé Nast Traveler Magazine
“When you go wolf-spotting … you likely won’t get close enough to behold their beauty with the naked eye, as you might the animals on an African game drive, or even the bison and moose right here in Yellowstone. But that’s part of the magic of watching them; it’s peering through a keyhole into their Continue Reading →
The Wolves of Yellowstone
Watching the wolves of Yellowstone has become one of the premier activities of our nation’s first and many call best national park. The gray wolf was eradicated from the entire Rocky Mountains region in the early 1900s, with the last wolf in Yellowstone killed in 1926. At the time, wolves were considered pests and a Continue Reading →
Zephyr Adventures to Require COVID Tests on Upcoming Tour
Zephyr Adventures and its sister company Travel Montana will require participants and guides on their upcoming February 22 – 26 Yellowstone Winter Snowshoe Adventure to be tested for COVID-19 in advance. Although travel companies cheered the recent positive news about the Pfizer vaccine trial, the likelihood of a vaccine being available to the general public Continue Reading →
Hot or Cold? Which do you prefer?
If you love to get away from the crowds, see wildlife in their natural habitat, and take in Mother Nature as you’ve never seen her before, we have two incredible adventures that fit the bill – our Yellowstone Winter Multisport Adventure, February 27 – March 2, 2020, OR our Mexico: Baja Kayaking Adventure, March 24 Continue Reading →