Yellowstone Under Canvas

These guys are the best! We got the basic package: tent with 4 single beds, no stove. Late June, perfectly warm, cozy beds. Chairs & table are under the beds, so pull them out, set up, & get ready for some of the best star gazing you’ll ever experience. All staff were helpful, well humored (even in the wee hours) & approachable. Water available for water bottle refill in the reception tent by coffee/​tea station. CLEAN bathrooms. Fire pits! Charging station for electronics. & surprisingly quiet at night despite full occupancy.

If you’ve had a real camping experience before, this will be a nice step up. If you’ve never truly roughed it, this might end up being a shock to the system. My bf and I got a Safari Tent (king size bed, public washroom, stove in tent) in early June. The washrooms were a 1 min away. They’re individual rooms and inside you’ll find a toilet and shower that uses a pull lever to operate. The one I used was clean but I could see how inconsiderate guest could ruin it for others by not picking up after themselves. (This is not a hotel!)
The stove was tricky to use, but one of the workers was able to start the fire and inform me on how to keep the smoke out of the tent. It was windy outside, so that made stoves difficult to operate.
The King-​size bed was awesome. The tent itself was super sturdy and kept out the wind and cold. In terms of price point, I’d probably reconsider reserving this place again at the price I found it for on Expedia. It’s definitely an interesting experience!

We stayed here on opening night for the 2016 season and had a great experience. It’s pricey per night for what you get (tent with beds, no electricity or private bathroom) but the experience is worth it.
The temperatures were around 42 degrees Fahrenheit when we went to bed but with 6 blankets, we kept warm and slept great (just don’t open your window or anything). I love the idea of camping but like sleeping in beds so «glamping» was great for me!
Since Under Canvas is located away from the town center, you’re really able to enjoy the night sky and clean, fresh air. We stayed in the first tent, which is right near the main tent where you check in so it was noisy as a lot of people were socializing in the main tent. But it was also close to the bathroom facilities, which was nice.
Eventually, I would like to return and stay for at least two nights to get the full community-​type experience. I’d also opt for a tent with heat and a private bathroom. (Hmm, that sounds like a hotel… so I’ll stick with the bare minimum again!)

Awesome «glamping» experience!
As a girl who has been camping often, this offers many many advantages over typical camping experience. For one thing, the teepee-​like tent is already set up, and the inside is pretty spacious with room for 2 fold-​able chairs and a small table. The sleeping bags kept us warm, at some points, almost too warm. This is quite a feat given that temperatures drop below freezing at night.
The bathrooms were pretty clean and there was a closet for towels, which I appreciated a lot. We had the chance to talk with some of the other campers over the nightly campfire, and there were ample stargazing opportunities. The Milky Way was astonishingly clear.
The only downsides might stem from the location. It takes about an hour to get into the main loops in Yellowstone through the west entrance, though it’s a beautiful drive. One other note: you have to take a dirt road to get into the campground, and there are a number of cows that graze nearby who sometimes wander onto it. I found this rather hilarious.

We came here in August and it was just as expected. We love camping, so this was camping with bells and whistles. The people who come expecting luxury really shouldn’t bother. It is the outdoors. The clue is in the name, glamping. The beds were warm and we were well looked after. The fire was a bit tricky and the sleeping bag zips were broken, but the young staff were helpful. Although pack lunch never turned up. So it was a little loosey goosed. But if you are a camper and want luxury do it.

Love the teepee! This place is nirvana for kids and reminds me what being a kid was all about — imagination, wilderness, adventure —- all within the confines of a safe outdoor setting. I liked the cold night air in August and the double sleeping bags and the 4 cots on the perimeter of the large teepee, and the howling wolves in the middle of the night and the bright moon. Awesome experience and a highlight of our western road trip. Highly recommended!!!

Be forewarned: what you see in the photos is NOT what you get to stay in.
Exorbitant rate for little amenities and a bad location. ($ 200 a night and they tried to charge us more to have a 2 year old, even though we brought something for him to sleep in).
Unfriendly staff, couldn’t care less about customer service. Cold. Windy. More fun to go camping than they stay here. We travel and camp a ton across the world and this is by far the worst anywhere. The bad reviews are accurate. Mia R is way off base.

This was a cool idea for a place to stay. Camping without any of the discomforts of camping. This site is located near a creek. There are chairs near the creek and there is a fire pit on the site. Unfortunately, it rained the night we went so we didn’t get to utilize these features much. The real disappointment was the tent. We checked in and everything went smoothly. We got to our tent and the zipper was broken. An attempt was made to fasten it again with velcro, but that was coming off. So the tent couldn’t really be closed. The site clearly new about this but made no mention of it to us and didn’t take this tent out of use (which is what they should have done). We went to the front desk area to tell them and the lady behind the desk was just so incredibly rude. No apology. She said, «we are fully booked so you can either just stay here or cancel your reservation and find somewhere else to go. What do you want to do?» It was unbelievable. At this point ti was 7PM at night so we figured we wouldn’t be able to find anything else, and we were getting absolutely no help from the lady behind to the desk to do so. We toughed it out and stayed in the tent. It was quite windy and rainy and the tent blew open several times in the night. In the morning we spoke to another manager and were refunded half of our money. (Because we booked on
, they couldn’t fully refund out money-​as it is hotels.com’s policy). We at least got some money back. I actually think they would have fully refunded us had we not booked on
.

Overall it was good experience. I don’t like camping but my boyfriend wanted me to get camping experience (this was very close to camping). We stayed at Tipi. It was spacious enough for two people.
The restroom was surprisingly clean, considering we were there at 9 pm. We didn’t have to wait in line for restroom both in the morning and at night (we went to use the shower at 9:30 pm and at 4:30 am).
I didn’t have problem with noise but my boyfriend did. He said a group of people kept talking all night long. I think it was understandable, considered we were sleeping in the tent not an actual hotel room. If you don’t like noise I suggest ear plugs.
Per the guy at the register, you are allowed to have liquid but not solid food. If you spill anything you have to tell them right away. At the register area, they also provide drinks like hot chocolate, coffee, tea and water. If you need to charge your phone, you can charge it there.
You may want to bring mirror. If I remember correctly, the big bathroom in the middle didn’t have mirror.
We brought our own towels and toilet papers, just in case they ran out. We also brought our own pillowcases (I got freaked out after reading one of the reviews about stain one the pillow).
I will do it again but maybe during June or July. It was too cold at the time we when we went (September).

We had a wonderful 5-​night stay here in June of 2015! We stayed in a tipi tent and enjoyed the beautiful views of the landscape and the mountains! We used the pool and hot tub at the lodge and ate at the Bar N Ranch restaurant a couple times — LOVE that both are walkable from the tipis. YUC is located about 15 minutes away from the town of West Yellowstone and the west entrance to the national park. There are also several places to go horseback riding within a 5-​mile radius, and we definitely took advantage. All-​in-​all a wonderful experience!

Cant beat this for the camping experience without all the work. I plan on looking for these everytime I go for hiking trips!

The experience was amazing. The bed was clean and cozy .
The tipi houses get really cold. The fire starter they provided was just two pieces which was finished in 2 hours. Of course there were plenty of logs but without the fire starters it’s useless.
The shared bathrooms were not that great. Some of them dint have soaps. We had to walk a bit to use the toilet.
The disturbing point was the price. It was super expensive for a place with no toilet attached !!!

Awesome location with easy access to yellowstone park. Super friendly and helpful staff that helped us settle in and out of our tent with our luggage via a little golf cart. Absolutely beautiful grounds with a running stream, tall grass etc. No food allowed on the camp ground (don’t want to attract wild animals) but both dinner and breakfast we had at the on site restaurant were wonderfully prepared meals and very reasonably priced. Night time was very cold but their bed and bedding was super comfy and warm. On top, there’s firewood prepared right at the tents with a cool little stove that warmed up the tent real quick! The bathroom and showers were shared amongst other «glampers» and were kept nice and clean with shampoo and towels supplied. Highly recommend the experience and would totally go back again! (Had a spider or 2 inside the tent, but we’re camping right?)

Short of it: Not worth the amount of money.
*disclaimer: We stayed in the teepee, which are a far cry from the deluxe, or personal bathroom ones they have. Maybe if I ponied up the extra $ 150-​$ 200/​night to stay in one of those, I might have had a better experience*
Long of it: Here goes…
1.Too much money to be that close to other people. I’m still spending a decent amount of cash to be literally 15ft from another teepee. So I can hear everything going on in other tents. In regular campsites at state/​national parks you are not that close at all and have a sense of privacy. Apparently glamping means squished in with the other people.
2. Waiting in line for the bathroom. Again paying money to wait in line for the bathroom (again, I never have had to wait at a campsite), people skip in line too because there are two ways to get onto the platform to the bathrooms (hard to explain but trust me, it happens). They had another bathroom area, which would have cut down on waits, but it was not ADA compliant. So build a ramp, spend the $ 2,000 to contract it out. I’m sure they make that in 1 night… you’re a in a customer service industry… C’mon!
3. Fix the road. I know I’m «glamping» but fix the potholes in the road.
4. Pray you don’t get a tent near the bathrooms, they had a slight odor. Strong on the first night, then less so the other days. The bathrooms have plumbing, how is this possible? Say a prayer that you’re not right across from them. The smell, all the people walking there, and the outside light.
5. Employed college kids. Not that I expect a smile on everyone’s faces, I’m realistic. But dang there are some mopey kids around there. Which leads me to believe they are not the happiest and are probably stuck there for the summer. There was one really nice kid, who left to go to another under canvas location. They probably need a manager, who is above college age, present, visible and on location.
6. Drool stained pillowcase. After a long day and laying my head down, I see old drool stains on my pillowcase. Maybe it was coffee, or tea… or drool. Whatever it was, it was obviously not washed very well. Which then made me question their cleaning abilities, and whether or not the sleeping bag I’m crawling into has been washed equally as well.
7. Poor design/​layout. Imagine it’s dark, and you’re coming into the campground. The only way to get to the main parking lot is to drive and shine your headlights into the teepees for a bit. Now imagine you’re in of those. Ideally no one would come late at night, but they do. When we first pulled up the «commoners teepees» were in rows, which seemed reminiscent of the beauty of army barracks. Seems like a very poor design by whoever planned this campsite.
8. They hired a great graphic designer. Have you seen their website? This place looks like Heaven on Earth. Then you get there and and all the little things add up to a question of, «For this money, I could be somewhere pretty decent».
We stayed here because we were on a really long road trip, didn’t feel like hauling all our camping stuff in a little car, and thought it may give us some of that camping goodness. Yes, it is pretty there BUT you’ll be in yellowstone all day seeing things waaay prettier than that view. Since you can’t cook there, it really doesn’t make sense to hang out there for any length of time. And why would you just sit there when there is not even a glimmer of a sense of privacy (again in the teepees)? Bottom line, use the same amount of money, stay in a nice hotel/​motel, watch espn/​cnn/​dsc/​nbc, cause the novelty isn’t worth it.

Getting here: if potholes were money, this place is sitting on a gold mine. The road in is bad and the parking lot is hellish. Initial greeting: one guy was truly great, warm and friendly, sincerely wanting to give whatever he could. The other two barely looked up from their electronic devices to grunt a hello. I was almost embarrassed for him, having to carry the whole weight of doing the right thing by himself.
My tipi-​shaped tent is fine. You can forget the «glamorous» in «glamping,» though. It’s a tent with two cots, sleeping bags and pillows, and a Coleman lamp. It also has a small wooden folding table and chairs. That’s it. The only benefit is that, unlike unglamorous camping, I didn’t set it up and I won’t have to take it down.
If it were cheap, there’d be that in its favor, but it isn’t. Or not cheap enough. Given the remoteness of the location, maybe it’s not-​overpriced but to be this uncomfortable (it’s early August, has rained all day, and is cold) it needs to be cheaper.
The restaurant just a short, easy walk up the road is the best part about it. If I came to Yellowstone again, I wouldn’t consider staying here but I would eat there.

Honestly looking at the other reviews I don’t understand what people were expecting… this is NOT the 4 seasons, but they never claim to be. Yes it is expensive, the deluxe was about $ 300/​nt, but you are paying for the experience of camping in the middle of Montana, in beautiful surroundings, without the hassles of bugs, no showers, etc.
If you are a car camper and you want a little more luxury, this is it. We saw so many campsites, motels, and hotels that were just in town, or camp sites that looked like a parking lot. If you’re back country camping in the middle of Yellowstone, then yes, your view and experience will likely top this place. But if you’re in a motel, or some parking lot camping, the scenery of this place is unreal.
Opt for a deluxe or higher suite just for the views alone. Deluxe was plenty for us, no need for the suite. We even used the shared bathrooms every once and a while, they are VERY NICE, surprisingly nice.
If you are looking for a Montana camping experience unlike any other, and you go in with the right mindset, this place is all you need!

Sadly, with better management this place could be amazing. It is 12:28 AM as I write this review and the extremely loud and rude neighbors are still screaming and have unzipped their tent at least 50 times… seriously, we are in the middle of nowhere — for the life of me I can’t imagine where they keep going. We have walked the quarter mile to the «office» twice now to see if someone there can ask the rude neighbors to obey the extremely generous 11PM quiet hours…
If you are looking to enjoy the great outdoors and have a unique experience, don’t stay here! If you are trying to save money from the more expensive hotels nearby, don’t stay here! If you have ANY other option in life — don’t stay here!

We stayed one night and it was a nice change from our regular backpacking lifestyle
I haven’t slept in a camping area with people for so long
I forgot they are very noisy at night. (Only draw back)
People bear the bathrooms are noisy.
We had a King bed Safari and it was nice comfy and warm. Bathrooms and showers were clean and very nice.
We also had a teepee with cots for our teens. They were fine but of course not as great as our bed
Friendly staff and overall a good place. Close to West but far enough away
Would stay here again if needed a room and didn’t want to pay West hotel prices

First off, Montana & Yellowstone are absolutely gorgeous. This «hotel» banked on the gorgeous surroundings to justify its relatively high prices.
The tents themselves were pretty amazing. (We stayed in a delux tent, I imagine the tepees are less comfortable.) Huge bed with mountains of soft pillows and warm blankets, all with a noticeably high thread count. The views were breathtaking from the tent.
But that’s where the magic began and ended.
The bathrooms were pretty so so. They look nice at first, simple & modern. But come the morning shower rush, they become so so dirty with impossibly long lines.
This «hotel» is really nothing more than tents on a field. There’s a lodge and restaurant on the same property, but neither was explained to us at check in.
This whole experience could have been so much better had they offered some kind of activities. The camp is too far from both the lake and the river if you’re looking to mosey around & explore. (We drove about 3 miles to find the lake, and had to go way way past the spot the staff had offhandedly recommended because it was a weird RV park.) Hotel owners & Staff– if you’re reading this, here’s my suggestion: morning yoga class, guided walking tours, guides on local plant & animal life, a much less dinky bonfire, and give your guests some information when they arrive!
Probably won’t come back here again, it’s kind of a fun one time experience but no one
Or nothing in particular motivates us to return.

Pretty cool place. You have to go in with the right expectations. Don’t expect it to be like a hotel. It’s between camping and cabins.
The location is a short drive from West Yellowstone. The larger tents (with beds and more space) could be considered «glamping» while the smaller tipis (with cots) are just a bit better than camping. Either way, you’ll hear your neighbors but you’ll pay less than many hotels in the area where you’d likely hear your neighbors anyhow.
Private bathrooms were efficient (LED lighting and pull-​chain showers) but better than most camp showers. Hot water and clean towels were available most of the time.
The views and night skies were pretty. Staff members were friendly, there was a nightly campfire, and coffee was always available.
We stayed two nights and enjoyed our stay.