Explorer - Personalized Guided Tours in Sleeping Bear Dunes

$100 day plus $50 per hour, additional guests $25 per hour.

Here’s your opportunity to veer from our published offerings and create your own tour. Your private guide will be host to your own creative adventure. Book for a few hours, an entire day, or design a multi day visit. Our expert guide will lead you to all the highlights and hidden gem locations away from the crowds.

Two people in winter clothing walking along a sandy slope by a calm Lake Michigan under a cloudy sky.
Four women smiling and posing together in a forested area near a river.
Person jumping on sand dune with trees, Lake Michigan, and cloudy sky in the background

Experience bold adventure with Sleeping Bear Tour Co.'s Explorer Tour. View all the highlights of Sleeping Bear Dunes and gain perspective of the beauty. Travel in your vehicle along the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive with a guide directing your route, immerse yourself with a Forest Bathing experience, or walk a level trail exploring numerous diverse landscapes. Book now for a memorable, responsible trip.

CONTACT us to develop your own unique journey.

Here are a few activity suggestions, but don’t let these limit you, we are up for any tour you care to dream of!

Person with a yellow backpack walking towards a beach with clear blue water, surrounded by sand dunes and grass, under a clear sky.

Ride Along Guide - Visit multiple park locations in the comfort of your vehicle.

View of a turquoise lake through a forest with evergreen trees and bare branches, with distant cliffs and a clear blue sky.

Forest Bathing - A journey for those who crave nature’s stimulation. 

Common loon swimming in blue water.

Birding - Dawn chorus or evening dance, a melodious passage.

Scenic view of Sleeping Bear Dunes overlooking Lake Michigan with cloudy sky.

Photography - We’ll place you in an optimal setting at the proper time.

Swans swimming on a lake during sunset, with two forming a heart shape with their necks.

Engagement or Celebration - We’ll help you select the ultimate setting.

Serene seashore with calm water reflecting a sky filled with scattered clouds on a clear day.

Memorials and Water Scattering - Release loved ones back into nature.

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$100 day plus $50 per hour, additional guests $25 per hour.

Flashlight night hikes.

Discover your unique happy place.

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Group of elderly people smiling and raising their hands on a wooden deck with a scenic landscape of Sleeping Bear Dunes in the background.

Singles, couples, group, and team travel.

Young Great Lakes Piping Plover chick walking on a sandy beach with scattered pebbles in Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Scenic view of a sand dune overlooking a calm lake under a cloudy sky, with "Sleeping Bear Tour Co." text at the bottom.

Read more about each experience by selecting a tour type below:

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Person in red hoodie standing on beach with arms outstretched towards the turquoise waters of Lake Michigan in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Woman jumping in air on sand dune with trees in background under clear blue sky

A private tour in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The original wilderness guides in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Cancellation Policy

4% credit card recovery fee for all client cancellations - zero costs to reschedule.

Client cancellations within 24 hours of tour time will not be refunded.

Cancellation by SB2r will receive a 100% refund.

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