Many international and group tour visitors arrive in Western Montana’s Glacier Country and are excited to visit the iconic Glacier National Park. While driving the 50-mile-long Going-to-the-Sun Road is permitted in your personal vehicle or rental car, the best way to experience Glacier National Park is with a guided tour. Sun Tours is your unique tour option while visiting Glacier National Park and Blackfeet Country. Sun Tours offers daily departures for interpretive tours from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, along with all entrances of Glacier National Park, and travels the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road encompassing the highlights of the route.
Featuring a spectacular eastern approach to the Rocky Mountain Front, the tours that originate from the Blackfeet Nation take the most scenic routes across the foothills and valleys of the mountains. Photo opportunities include the Blackfeet Bison Reserve and cultural interpretive sites, including visits to the Blackfeet Heritage Center and the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana.
The one-of-a-kind cultural tour is guided by the members of the Blackfeet Tribe and covers the culture and landscape of the “Neets-Tse-Ta-Pi” (Real People). The tour guide’s narrative concentrates on Glacier National Park’s natural features and their relevance to the Blackfeet Indian Nation, past and present. One of the compelling offerings of the tour is a chance for visitors to learn about the history and culture of the Crown of the Continent’s fascinating landscape that natives call the Backbone of the World.
All of our guides at Sun Tours are residents of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and have extensive knowledge on the many facets of tribal history, culture and lifestyles, as well as extensive information and experience in Glacier National Park. Blackfeet spiritual and philosophical perspectives are covered, as well as plants and roots commonly used for nutrition and medicine. The tour stops include Triple Divide, Wild Goose Island, Jackson Glacier, Heavy Runner Mountain, Logan Pass and Bird Woman Falls, with a view from Big Bend.
We would be happy to accommodate your FIT clients and your motorcoach groups. Our tours leave from the east side of Glacier National Park, with pickups that include East Glacier Park, Browning and from the St. Mary valley area. We also depart from the west side of Glacier National Park from West Glacier and Apgar Visitor Center.
Tour season runs from mid-May through September 30th on passenger coaches that seat 13 to 25 people with large windows and air conditioning. Coaches can be reserved for tour groups or private parties. Please keep in mind that tour demand increases in the summer months of July and August and we highly recommend reserving space for your clients early. In addition, spring and fall both offer tour attendees a quieter look at Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Nation.
For more information, visit our website at glaciersuntours.com or call our reservation office at 800-732-9220.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Backbone of the World,
Ed DesRosier
About the author: Ed is the owner and operator of Sun Tours, an interpretive Native/Blackfeet Bus Tour Concessioner of Montana’s Glacier National Park. Sun Tours is starting its 25th operating season. Now living in St Mary, Montana, Ed is an enrolled Blackfeet Tribal Member and has lived his entire life on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Summers of his youth were spent working for the Museum on the Plains Indian in Browning. The park and reservation land have been a constant study in summer and winter. Most of his youth and adult years included enjoying the mountains and valleys of Glacier National Park where he hikes, snowshoes and skis hundreds of miles of trails, as well as climbing many of the park’s highest peaks.
December 2, 2016
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