Chadd's Walking With Wildlife: Rocky Mountain National Park Tours | Wildlife and Photography

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Spotting an elk from the car is easy in this town. Understanding what it is doing is where Chadd's Walking With Wildlife comes in. The tours run in Rocky Mountain National Park, start and end in Estes Park, and come in full-day and half-day versions, private or group, with photography tours for people who brought the long lens.

Chadd has more than 25 years of hands-on wildlife work behind him: study, filming, photography, rehabilitation and long expeditions. It shows. The guide's knowledge, and his knack for keeping a group entertained, are the first things people mention, followed by the animals themselves, turkeys included.

He also gives wildlife education presentations at events around the country, and the educational programs are pitched to different ages and interests. The full-day tour is the one that comes up most, and it is the one to book if the goal is a long, unhurried day of looking.