Personal 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

Please note we do not provide transportation.

Guide Hire is for large group pricing, meeting at one dynamic location or a licensed guide will travel with you in your vehicle.

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 into nature.

Person in a purple jacket standing on rocks with arms raised near a lake and mountains, under a cloudy sky.

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

Flashlight night hikes.

Discover your unique happy place.

Person standing on a wooden deck at night, shining a flashlight into the starry sky with trees silhouetted in the background.
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.

Guide Hire

A private tour in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Group of people using binoculars on a pebble-covered beach near a sand dune in Sleeping Bear Dunes.

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

Person hiking through a field of green ferns and trees under a blue sky with clouds.
A small, fluffy Great Lakes Piping Plover chick standing on a sandy beach surrounded by pebbles in Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Person on beach with arms outstretched, wearing a red hoodie and green jacket, facing the waters of Lake Michigan in Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Person jumping in the sand dunes of Sleeping Bear Dunes with small trees on a hill in the background under a clear blue sky.
Group of people smiling and raising their hands outdoors on a wooden platform with a scenic backdrop. They appear to be enjoying a social gathering under a partly cloudy sky in Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Beach scene with four colorful t-shirts from Sleeping Bear Tour Co. hanging on driftwood, with Lake Michigan, and the dunes of Sleeping Bear in the background.

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.

Rescheduled tours subsequently canceled - no refund.

Cancellation by SB2r will receive a 100% refund.

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