My recent trip to America

Recently I took a trip to America for my winter break. During this break, I travelled to many national parks in America, but only one of them truly left a mark, and that would be yellowstone national park. In this blog, I would like to share my experience of yellowstone national park, and the best places to visit there.

Established in 1872, yellowstone national park is the first national park ever created. The park is a vast and iconic wilderness primarily located in Wyoming, however with parts located in Montana and Idahoa. Spanning over 3500 square miles, it is a park of breathtaking beauty, with dramatic geysers, vast plains, and bubbling hot springs; paired with diverse wildlife including bison, elks, grizzly bears, and wolves.

One of the favorite places I went to in yellowstone national park was the grand prismatic spring. This spring was formed millions of years ago due to the massive volcanic cauldron below yellowstone national park. I especially enjoyed this spring due to the lush rainbow-like colours from it. And the mystical steam that rises from it only adds to the spectacle.

If you are ever going to visit this wonderful spring, I would also highly reccomend you to go try the scenic hike next to the spring known as “Johnny’s hike” to fully appreciate the beauty of it. Johnnys hike isn’t a very hard hike, it’s only 2 km long, and at the end of the hike, you get rewarded with one of the best viewpoints for this spring. It’s breathtaking, and if you don’t believe me, just look at the picture above!

The wildlife at Yellowstone was also spectacular as the park functions as a living museum of the American wilderness. During my visit, I was constantly in awe of the sheer variety and fearlessness of the animals, from massive bison to sleek elk grazing calmly in the meadows of Mammoth Hot Springs. With a spotting scope I  could find bighorn sheep perched on precarious cliffs, while at the river valleys grizzly bears would hunt for fish. In the Lamar Valley, often called America’s Serengeti, I even spotted a distant wolf pack moving through the trees, with the signature “awhooooo” call at sunset making the long drive to the valley all the more worthwhile.

The experience in almost all areas of Yellowstone were phenomenal, however there was one place that I would not recommend most people to visit- Old Faithful geyser.

Overall, my trip was absolutely incredible, and I can’t wait to come here again!

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