Top 10 Private Tours in Colorado, United States

Make the most of your time in Colorado and treat yourself to a fully customized private tour in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. This is the perfect tour for someone who simply wants ample time at each sight and a guide who treats them like family showing them all their favorite spots. Disconnect for a day and immerse yourself in the beauty and solitude of these majestic mountains in an upscale vehicle that offers extensive views of your surroundings. Feel small against the vast, all-encompassing, mountains surrounding you as you take in Colorado’s 300 days of sunshine. From Denver, drive along through Boulder with its famous Flatirons Rock Formations. Continue through canyons alive with wildlife up to Estes Park, the charming town at the entrance of the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Inclusions: Hotel pickup, National Park fees, Bottled water, Driver/guide, Professional guide, Snacks, COVID-19 Prepared: masks, routine sanitizing, and more

Exclusions: Gratuities

Explore Rocky through your viewfinder on a 4 hour Photo Safari. Select from Landscape, Wildlife, or Instructional Photo Safari options to get the best experience you can. Our job is to get you to the right place at the right time, avoid the crowds, help you dial in the best settings and get the best compositions to get the best images to take home. This tour is highly customizable with many locations and subjects we can focus on, so everything is tailored to your interests. For the Landscape option we can shot Sunrise at an Subalpine Lake, on the Tundra, or along the river of a Mountain Meadow. Wildlife like Moose, Elk, Mule Deer, Marmots, Pika, and on lucky days Bighorn Sheep can be captured. We can also focus more on education so you can learn to get the most out of your camera, to get off of Auto and learn your f-stop, exposure, focus, and composition. All guests have access to our arsenal of Nikon pro cameras and lens like the D810 and 600mm lens.

Inclusions: Transport by private vehicle, Private tour, Hotel/port pickup and drop-off, Professional photographer guide with 15 years of teaching experience, Local guide, Snacks, Bottled water

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Explore Rocky through your viewfinder on a 4 hour Photo Safari. Select from Landscape, Wildlife, or Instructional Photo Safari options to get the best experience you can. Our job is to get you to the right place at the right time, avoid the crowds, help you dial in the best settings and get the best compositions to get the best images to take home. This tour is highly customizable with many locations and subjects we can focus on, so everything is tailored to your interests. For the Landscape option we can shot Sunset at an Subalpine Lake, or on the Tundra. Wildlife like Moose, Elk, Mule Deer, Marmots, Pika, and on lucky days Bighorn Sheep can be captured. We can also focus more on education so you can learn to get the most out of your camera, to get off of Auto and learn your f-stop, exposure, focus, and composition. All guests have access to our arsenal of Nikon pro cameras and lens like the D810 and 600mm lens.

Inclusions: Transport by private vehicle, Private tour, Hotel/port pickup and drop-off, Professional photographer guide with 15 years of teaching experience, Local guide, Snacks, Bottled water

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All of Adventure Scenic Tours are customized and on this tour you will see both historic and the modern buildings of Denver but you will hear tales of its sordid, salicious past. You will see the all the professional sporting arenas, the State Capitol, Union Station, Larimer Square (where Denver was founded) as well as the RiNo street art area and the Art and Theater District. From there we will acend to the world famous Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater where you will gaze at the majestic views of the Red Rocks and the Amphitheater as well as downtown Denver. Continuing on you will see Buffalo Bill's Gravesite that sits on top of Lookout Mountain. Buffalo Bill wanted to buried there because of the spectacular views of the mountain ranges and Golden Colorado. This tour will give you, your friends or you family an extremly comfortable private touring experience that will last a lifetime.

Inclusions: Private transportation

Exclusions: Lunch or Dinner are excluded. Fees to museum at Bufflalo Bill's Museum.

Enjoy a  Evening Wildlife Safari leaving from Estes Park in RMNP. Each tour is limited to 4 guests and private so each trip is just for you and your group. We will pick you up outside the office of your Estes Park hotel at the time we confirm, usually 5pm  or later but adjusted depending on the exact date. Yellow Wood Guiding Wildlife Safaris are driving tours with many stops as we travel across Trail Ridge Road. Our tours are designed to both provide great views of wildlife, but also learn extraordinary information about these amazing animals and the wonderful Rocky Mountain ecosystem.  Nearly every Summer Safari we see Moose cows and sometimes bulls, Elk bulls and cow herds with calves, Mule Deer, Bighorn Sheep on the distant mountains through the spotting scope, Yellow-bellied Marmots, American Pika, and a number of small cute critters only found in the Rockies like Least Chipmunk, Ground Squirrels, many different birds and some hawk & eagles.

Inclusions: Local Professional Guide with 12 years experience and having lead 4000+ tours, Professional photographer guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Live commentary on board, Private tour, Snacks, Bottled water

Exclusions: National Park Entrance fees

This is a private custom tour in a luxury SUV. I am a history buff and have been a private guide for over 12 years. I am certified by the State of Colorado for private driving and guiding for all my tours. I will not only show you the beautiful sites of the Colorado Mountains but I will also give you some of the sordid and salacious details of Estes Park's past. In the Rocky Mountain National Park we can go on small hikes to the Alluvial Fan and other sites such as Spaque Lake or Bear Lake. There are many wild animals to see such as Mule Deer, Elk, Moose and more. Estes Park is a great place to souvenier shop and stop for a bite to eat from one lof the local establishment that specialize in the local game and food. If the clients would rather go to Grand Lake then I can customize and take that route. This is a full day where you will see some of the most beautiful majestic sites that exists. We will drive along the longest higest road in America where you will witness these sites.

Inclusions: Private transportation

Exclusions: Lunch

This classic area hike is ideal for area visitors. It includes streams, aspen trees, rock formations and panoramic views, including Pikes Peak. It provides a short trail with moderate elevation gain. Your Hike for Life guide will provide information on the geology, flora, fauna and area history during your hike. They will also instruct you on the five fundamentals of front country hiking to help prepare you for your own hikes in the future.

Inclusions: Your guides will provide a light snack for the hike. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lunch to enjoy at the summit.

Exclusions: Guests should bring adequate water for a two-hour hike at altitudes above 10,000 feet. To learn more visit our hiking prep page at https://www.hikeforlife.co/prehike-prep

Chief Experience Officer and local historian, Dave Lively, will guide you beyond closed gates of Rocky Mountain National Park, leaving the pavement, parking lots and heavily used trails behind to reveal the stories of the region's history, people and wildlife. He will shine light on the rich history of Rocky in a way that brings the adventures of the people of the past to life. With unique stories and one of a kind photos he will connect you to events and personal journeys from the past, transporting you back in time and allowing you to visualize this wilderness in a new light. Dave is a resident and well-known historian in Grand Lake, and the only Certified Tour Guide in Grand County, Colorado. He lives less than ½ mile from Rocky Mountain National Park, his backyard. His family homesteaded what is now the western entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, giving him generations of unique detailed knowledge, personal stories and photographs.

Inclusions: Each passenger will receive a goody bag with bottled water, sunscreen, snacks and information about other activities and restaurants in the area., Air-conditioned vehicle, Private transportation, Bottled water, All Fees and Taxes

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Attention all thrill seekers! Jump on Pedego’s award winning full suspension Elevate Mountain Bike and head for the mountains. Select 1 of 3 electric assistance modes as you wind your way along the renown Switzerland Trail and enjoy some of the best backroad biking Boulder has to offer. Soak up the 4×4 road’s challenging terrain using the Elevate’s wide trail tires and feel what it’s like to ride high up in the Rockies! Then take one more stop for a panoramic picture at a mountain viewpoint before riding back on this epic trail to the starting trailhead!

Inclusions: Professional local guide, Use of electric bike, Use of bike helmet, Snacks, Bottled water

Exclusions: Hotel drop-off, Hotel pickup, Gratuities

Custom tour designed for you and where your interests are. We are not on a schedule and can even adapt as we go depending upon what we find on your special day. I am a local historian and naturalist who has lived in the area for over 50 years. I consider myself an interpreter of nature adding color to the already stunning beauty you'll see. We'll concentrate on the myriad wildlife, the diverse biology, and incredible geology of the Rockies. We'll also get insight into what it might have been like for early pioneers and lodge keepers as well as indigenous people like the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute. My tours are completely flexible so if you want to hike for 3 or 4 miles, great! Or if you just want sit back and relax and enjoy the view that's fine too! Either way we'll stop often to photograph and talk about the amazing sights.

Inclusions: All Fees and Taxes

Exclusions: National Park Pass